Opened 9 years ago

Closed 9 years ago

Last modified 6 years ago

#26590 closed New feature (wontfix)

Make AJAX requests in the test client using a kwarg. ie. ajax=True

Reported by: Neil Lyons Owned by: nobody
Component: Testing framework Version: 1.9
Severity: Normal Keywords: ajax
Cc: Triage Stage: Unreviewed
Has patch: no Needs documentation: no
Needs tests: no Patch needs improvement: no
Easy pickings: no UI/UX: no

Description

Has it been suggested before to simulate an AJAX request by passing a boolean instead of HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH='XMLHttpRequest'? ie self.client.get("/foobar", ajax=True)

I'm sure people would use this as it is easier to remember. I always need to Google how to make AJAX requests in the test client as HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH='XMLHttpRequest' isn't particularly memorable.

Change History (2)

comment:1 by Tim Graham, 9 years ago

Resolution: wontfix
Status: newclosed

I don't think adding more than one way to do that is a good idea. You can always do this in your own subclass if you want to.

comment:2 by Thomas Güttler, 6 years ago

I think it would make sense to think about this again.

ajax=True is really convenient and easy to remember.

I think it would be very nice to have the ajax=True shortcut.

It is like the existing "is_ajax()" method which is convenient and easy to remember.

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