Integration testing DRF

Question

I'm using Django with DRF as just an API--it doesn't serve any FE assets of any kind. I know the Django testing suite is built on the Python native unittest library and plan on using it for unit testing.

When it comes to integration testing, is it sufficient or should something like Behave be used?
If unittest is sufficient, should it be used in conjunction with some kind of faker?

Admin · Answer

If you want to test the API contract, you need:

to read the relevant documentation
have a way to generate models you need. My advice is to use factory-boy.

This setup will test your urlconfs, views, serializers and to some extent your models, without the need for real server and without the need to mock API responses.

Integration testing DRF

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