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Python Django Basics Test Time Test our Writer model

Ronit Mankad
Ronit Mankad
12,166 Points

I Don't get my mistake

Plz help

articles/tests.py
from django.test import TestCase

from .models import Writer

class WriterModelTestCase(TestCase):
    '''Tests for the Writer model'''
    def test_writer_creation(TestCase):
        email = "example@example.com"
        writer = Writer.objects.create(name="example",email = email, bio="example")
        self.assertIn(email, writer.mailto())
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)

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1 Answer

Taylor Schimek
Taylor Schimek
19,318 Points

the argument for your test_writer_creation method should be self, not TestCase.

You could also assign the email in .create() line. That way you wouldn't have to create a variable email before. Then, final line would be: self.assertIn(writer.email, writer.mailto())