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Python Django Basics Test Time Test our Writer model

Posted by Dimitris Poulopoulos
Dimitris Poulopoulos
7,670 Points

Can't seem to find the error...

We need to test that our Writer model's creation works like we want it to. First, though, we need to import the model from our models.py file. Add that import, please.

articles/tests.py 
from django.test import TestCase

from .models import Writer

class WriterModelTestCase(TestCase):
    '''Tests for the Writer model''
articles/models.py 
from django.db import models


class Article(models.Model):
    headline = models.CharField(max_length=255)
    publish_date = models.DateTimeField()
    content = models.TextField()
    writer = models.ForeignKey('Writer')

    def __str__(self):
        return self.headline


class Writer(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=255)
    email = models.EmailField()
    bio = models.TextField()

    def __str__(self):
        return self.name

    def mailto(self):
        return '{} <{}>'.format(self.name, self.email)

1 Answer

Myers Carpenter
Myers Carpenter
6,421 Points
Myers Carpenter
Myers Carpenter
6,421 Points

See the comment here:

class WriterModelTestCase(TestCase):
    '''Tests for the Writer model''

You deleted the last ' there. That's causing a syntax error.

Myers Carpenter
Myers Carpenter
6,421 Points

I opened a bug for us to look into making a better error message there.