How can I use pytest with Django for mocking?

How can I use pytest with Django for mocking?

You can use the pytest-django plugin along with the unittest.mock library to mock objects in your Django tests.

Can you give me an example of mocking a database call?

Sure! You can use @mock.patch to replace the database call with a mock object. Here's a simple example:

from unittest import mock

@mock.patch('myapp.models.MyModel.objects.get')
def test_my_view(mock_get):
    mock_get.return_value = MyModel(name='Test')
    response = client.get('/my-url/')
    assert response.status_code == 200

What if I want to mock multiple methods?

You can use multiple @mock.patch decorators or a context manager to mock several methods at once. Here's an example:

@mock.patch('myapp.models.MyModel.objects.get')
@mock.patch('myapp.models.MyModel.objects.create')
def test_my_view(mock_create, mock_get):
    mock_get.return_value = MyModel(name='Test')
    mock_create.return_value = MyModel(name='New')
    response = client.get('/my-url/')
    assert response.status_code == 200