I'm trying to mock a chained Django model object in the following dummy method,
# utils.py
def foo_something_exist():
if Foo.objects.get(a='something').exist():
return 'exist'
# test.py
import unittest.mock import patch
import utils
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@patch('utils.Foo')
def test_foo_something_exist_returns_none(self, mock_foo):
mock_foo.objects.get.exists.return_value = False
self.assertIsNone(utils.foo_something_exist())
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test_foo_something_exist() fails the test. I discovered that Foo.objects.get(a='something').exist() in utils.py was a MagicMock object (<MagicMock name='Member.objects.get().exists()' id='xxxxxx'>) instead of False, which contributed to the failure of this test function. And yes, I've also tried mock_foo.objects.return_value.get.return_value.exists.return_value = False, which was mentioned in a post. Pointers/hints for correctly mocking a model object (with its chained methods) is appreciate.
Thank you in advance.