An example showing how to use the dummy request in Django unit testing.

dummy_request_in_django

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

from django.test import TestCase
from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
from django.test.client import RequestFactory


class RequestTest(TestCase):
    def setUp(self):
        self.factory = RequestFactory()
        self.url = reverse('the-url-name', kwargs={})

    def test_request(self):
        data = {'name': 'core_class', 'value': 'RequestFactory'}
        request = self.factory.post(self.url, data)
        
        name = request.POST.get('name')
        self.assertEqual(name, 'core_class')
        
        value = request.POST.get('value')
        self.assertEqual(value, 'RequestFactory')