pythondjangounit-testingdjango-rest-frameworkdjango-testing

Disable logging bad requests while unittest django app


I have a tests in my Django app. They're working well, but i want to disable showing console logging like .Bad Request: /api/v1/users/register/

One of my tests code

 def test_user_register_username_error(self):
        data = {
            'username': 'us',
            'email': 'mail@mail.mail',
            'password': 'pass123123',
            'password_again': 'pass123123'
        }

        url = self.register_url

        response = client.post(url, data=data)

        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 400)
        self.assertFalse(User.objects.filter(username='us').first())

Console output

Found 1 test(s).
Creating test database for alias 'default'...
System check identified no issues (0 silenced).
.Bad Request: /api/v1/users/register/
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Ran 1 tests in 0.414s

OK

Everything works nice, but i want to disable Bad Request: /api/v1/users/register/ output to console. I double checked, there's no print or logging functions, that can possibly log this to console.

How can i disable messages like Bad Request: /api/v1/users/register/ logging while tests

EDIT

To make question more understandable here's current console output:

Found 22 test(s).
Creating test database for alias 'default'...
System check identified no issues (0 silenced).
...........Bad Request: /api/v1/users/register/
.Bad Request: /api/v1/users/register/
.Bad Request: /api/v1/users/register/
.Bad Request: /api/v1/users/register/
.Bad Request: /api/v1/users/register/
..Bad Request: /api/v1/users/register/
.Bad Request: /api/v1/users/activate/
.Bad Request: /api/v1/users/login/
.Bad Request: /api/v1/users/recovery/
Bad Request: /api/v1/users/recovery/
.Bad Request: /api/v1/users/register/
.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 22 tests in 6.350s

OK

And what i expect:

Found 22 test(s).
Creating test database for alias 'default'...
System check identified no issues (0 silenced).
......................
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 22 tests in 6.350s

OK

Solution

  • You can log only errors during the tests, and after they complete, return the normal logging level.

    class SampleTestCase(TestCase):
        def setUp(self) -> None:
            """Reduce the log level to avoid messages like 'bad request'"""
            logger = logging.getLogger("django.request")
            self.previous_level = logger.getEffectiveLevel()
            logger.setLevel(logging.ERROR)
    
        def tearDown(self) -> None:
            """Reset the log level back to normal"""
            logger = logging.getLogger("django.request")
            logger.setLevel(self.previous_level)