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@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Django
The first versions of factory_boy were designed specifically for Django,
-but the library has now evolved to be framework-independant.
+but the library has now evolved to be framework-independent.
Most features should thus feel quite familiar to Django users.
@@ -32,15 +32,36 @@ All factories for a Django :class:`~django.db.models.Model` should use the
This class provides the following features:
- * The :attr:`~factory.Factory.FACTORY_FOR` attribute also supports the ``'app.Model'``
+ * The :attr:`~factory.FactoryOptions.model` attribute also supports the ``'app.Model'``
syntax
* :func:`~factory.Factory.create()` uses :meth:`Model.objects.create() <django.db.models.query.QuerySet.create>`
- * :func:`~factory.Factory._setup_next_sequence()` selects the next unused primary key value
* When using :class:`~factory.RelatedFactory` or :class:`~factory.PostGeneration`
attributes, the base object will be :meth:`saved <django.db.models.Model.save>`
once all post-generation hooks have run.
- .. attribute:: FACTORY_DJANGO_GET_OR_CREATE
+
+.. note:: With Django versions 1.8.0 to 1.8.3, it was no longer possible to call ``.build()``
+ on a factory if this factory used a :class:`~factory.SubFactory` pointing
+ to another model: Django refused to set a :class:`~djang.db.models.ForeignKey`
+ to an unsaved :class:`~django.db.models.Model` instance.
+
+ See https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/10811 and https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/25160 for details.
+
+
+.. class:: DjangoOptions(factory.base.FactoryOptions)
+
+ The ``class Meta`` on a :class:`~DjangoModelFactory` supports extra parameters:
+
+ .. attribute:: database
+
+ .. versionadded:: 2.5.0
+
+ All queries to the related model will be routed to the given database.
+ It defaults to ``'default'``.
+
+ .. attribute:: django_get_or_create
+
+ .. versionadded:: 2.4.0
Fields whose name are passed in this list will be used to perform a
:meth:`Model.objects.get_or_create() <django.db.models.query.QuerySet.get_or_create>`
@@ -49,8 +70,9 @@ All factories for a Django :class:`~django.db.models.Model` should use the
.. code-block:: python
class UserFactory(factory.django.DjangoModelFactory):
- FACTORY_FOR = 'myapp.User' # Equivalent to ``FACTORY_FOR = myapp.models.User``
- FACTORY_DJANGO_GET_OR_CREATE = ('username',)
+ class Meta:
+ model = 'myapp.User' # Equivalent to ``model = myapp.models.User``
+ django_get_or_create = ('username',)
username = 'john'
@@ -80,11 +102,13 @@ All factories for a Django :class:`~django.db.models.Model` should use the
.. code-block:: python
class MyAbstractModelFactory(factory.django.DjangoModelFactory):
- FACTORY_FOR = models.MyAbstractModel
- ABSTRACT_FACTORY = True
+ class Meta:
+ model = models.MyAbstractModel
+ abstract = True
class MyConcreteModelFactory(MyAbstractModelFactory):
- FACTORY_FOR = models.MyConcreteModel
+ class Meta:
+ model = models.MyConcreteModel
Otherwise, factory_boy will try to get the 'next PK' counter from the abstract model.
@@ -102,7 +126,7 @@ Extra fields
:param str from_path: Use data from the file located at ``from_path``,
and keep its filename
:param file from_file: Use the contents of the provided file object; use its filename
- if available
+ if available, unless ``filename`` is also provided.
:param bytes data: Use the provided bytes as file contents
:param str filename: The filename for the FileField
@@ -112,7 +136,8 @@ Extra fields
.. code-block:: python
class MyFactory(factory.django.DjangoModelFactory):
- FACTORY_FOR = models.MyModel
+ class Meta:
+ model = models.MyModel
the_file = factory.django.FileField(filename='the_file.dat')
@@ -149,7 +174,8 @@ Extra fields
.. code-block:: python
class MyFactory(factory.django.DjangoModelFactory):
- FACTORY_FOR = models.MyModel
+ class Meta:
+ model = models.MyModel
the_image = factory.django.ImageField(color='blue')
@@ -188,7 +214,8 @@ To work around this problem, use the :meth:`mute_signals()` decorator/context ma
@factory.django.mute_signals(signals.pre_save, signals.post_save)
class FooFactory(factory.django.DjangoModelFactory):
- FACTORY_FOR = models.Foo
+ class Meta:
+ model = models.Foo
# ...
@@ -241,11 +268,39 @@ factory_boy supports `MongoEngine`_-style models, through the :class:`MongoEngin
* :func:`~factory.Factory.create()` builds an instance through ``__init__`` then
saves it.
- .. note:: If the :attr:`associated class <factory.Factory.FACTORY_FOR>` is a :class:`mongoengine.EmbeddedDocument`,
+ .. note:: If the :attr:`associated class <factory.FactoryOptions.model` is a :class:`mongoengine.EmbeddedDocument`,
the :meth:`~MongoEngineFactory.create` function won't "save" it, since this wouldn't make sense.
This feature makes it possible to use :class:`~factory.SubFactory` to create embedded document.
+A minimalist example:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+ import mongoengine
+
+ class Address(mongoengine.EmbeddedDocument):
+ street = mongoengine.StringField()
+
+ class Person(mongoengine.Document):
+ name = mongoengine.StringField()
+ address = mongoengine.EmbeddedDocumentField(Address)
+
+ import factory
+
+ class AddressFactory(factory.mongoengine.MongoEngineFactory):
+ class Meta:
+ model = Address
+
+ street = factory.Sequence(lambda n: 'street%d' % n)
+
+ class PersonFactory(factory.mongoengine.MongoEngineFactory):
+ class Meta:
+ model = Person
+
+ name = factory.Sequence(lambda n: 'name%d' % n)
+ address = factory.SubFactory(AddressFactory)
+
SQLAlchemy
----------
@@ -255,7 +310,7 @@ SQLAlchemy
Factoy_boy also supports `SQLAlchemy`_ models through the :class:`SQLAlchemyModelFactory` class.
-To work, this class needs an `SQLAlchemy`_ session object affected to "FACTORY_SESSION" class attribute.
+To work, this class needs an `SQLAlchemy`_ session object affected to the :attr:`Meta.sqlalchemy_session <SQLAlchemyOptions.sqlalchemy_session>` attribute.
.. _SQLAlchemy: http://www.sqlalchemy.org/
@@ -266,13 +321,23 @@ To work, this class needs an `SQLAlchemy`_ session object affected to "FACTORY_S
This class provides the following features:
* :func:`~factory.Factory.create()` uses :meth:`sqlalchemy.orm.session.Session.add`
- * :func:`~factory.Factory._setup_next_sequence()` selects the next unused primary key value
- .. attribute:: FACTORY_SESSION
- Fields whose SQLAlchemy session object are passed will be used to communicate with the database
+.. class:: SQLAlchemyOptions(factory.base.FactoryOptions)
+
+ In addition to the usual parameters available in :class:`class Meta <factory.base.FactoryOptions>`,
+ a :class:`SQLAlchemyModelFactory` also supports the following settings:
+
+ .. attribute:: sqlalchemy_session
-A (very) simple exemple:
+ SQLAlchemy session to use to communicate with the database when creating
+ an object through this :class:`SQLAlchemyModelFactory`.
+
+ .. attribute:: force_flush
+
+ Force a session flush() at the end of :func:`~factory.alchemy.SQLAlchemyModelFactory._create()`.
+
+A (very) simple example:
.. code-block:: python
@@ -280,9 +345,8 @@ A (very) simple exemple:
from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
from sqlalchemy.orm import scoped_session, sessionmaker
- session = scoped_session(sessionmaker())
engine = create_engine('sqlite://')
- session.configure(bind=engine)
+ session = scoped_session(sessionmaker(bind=engine))
Base = declarative_base()
@@ -295,10 +359,12 @@ A (very) simple exemple:
Base.metadata.create_all(engine)
+ import factory
- class UserFactory(SQLAlchemyModelFactory):
- FACTORY_FOR = User
- FACTORY_SESSION = session # the SQLAlchemy session object
+ class UserFactory(factory.alchemy.SQLAlchemyModelFactory):
+ class Meta:
+ model = User
+ sqlalchemy_session = session # the SQLAlchemy session object
id = factory.Sequence(lambda n: n)
name = factory.Sequence(lambda n: u'User %d' % n)
@@ -311,3 +377,112 @@ A (very) simple exemple:
<User: User 1>
>>> session.query(User).all()
[<User: User 1>]
+
+
+Managing sessions
+"""""""""""""""""
+
+Since `SQLAlchemy`_ is a general purpose library,
+there is no "global" session management system.
+
+The most common pattern when working with unit tests and ``factory_boy``
+is to use `SQLAlchemy`_'s :class:`sqlalchemy.orm.scoping.scoped_session`:
+
+* The test runner configures some project-wide :class:`~sqlalchemy.orm.scoping.scoped_session`
+* Each :class:`~SQLAlchemyModelFactory` subclass uses this
+ :class:`~sqlalchemy.orm.scoping.scoped_session` as its :attr:`~SQLAlchemyOptions.sqlalchemy_session`
+* The :meth:`~unittest.TestCase.tearDown` method of tests calls
+ :meth:`Session.remove <sqlalchemy.orm.scoping.scoped_session.remove>`
+ to reset the session.
+
+.. note:: See the excellent :ref:`SQLAlchemy guide on scoped_session <sqlalchemy:unitofwork_contextual>`
+ for details of :class:`~sqlalchemy.orm.scoping.scoped_session`'s usage.
+
+ The basic idea is that declarative parts of the code (including factories)
+ need a simple way to access the "current session",
+ but that session will only be created and configured at a later point.
+
+ The :class:`~sqlalchemy.orm.scoping.scoped_session` handles this,
+ by virtue of only creating the session when a query is sent to the database.
+
+
+Here is an example layout:
+
+- A global (test-only?) file holds the :class:`~sqlalchemy.orm.scoping.scoped_session`:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+ # myprojet/test/common.py
+
+ from sqlalchemy import orm
+ Session = orm.scoped_session(orm.sessionmaker())
+
+
+- All factory access it:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+ # myproject/factories.py
+
+ import factory
+ import factory.alchemy
+
+ from . import models
+ from .test import common
+
+ class UserFactory(factory.alchemy.SQLAlchemyModelFactory):
+ class Meta:
+ model = models.User
+
+ # Use the not-so-global scoped_session
+ # Warning: DO NOT USE common.Session()!
+ sqlalchemy_session = common.Session
+
+ name = factory.Sequence(lambda n: "User %d" % n)
+
+
+- The test runner configures the :class:`~sqlalchemy.orm.scoping.scoped_session` when it starts:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+ # myproject/test/runtests.py
+
+ import sqlalchemy
+
+ from . import common
+
+ def runtests():
+ engine = sqlalchemy.create_engine('sqlite://')
+
+ # It's a scoped_session, and now is the time to configure it.
+ common.Session.configure(bind=engine)
+
+ run_the_tests
+
+
+- :class:`test cases <unittest.TestCase>` use this ``scoped_session``,
+ and clear it after each test (for isolation):
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+ # myproject/test/test_stuff.py
+
+ import unittest
+
+ from . import common
+
+ class MyTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+ def setUp(self):
+ # Prepare a new, clean session
+ self.session = common.Session()
+
+ def test_something(self):
+ u = factories.UserFactory()
+ self.assertEqual([u], self.session.query(User).all())
+
+ def tearDown(self):
+ # Rollback the session => no changes to the database
+ self.session.rollback()
+ # Remove it, so that the next test gets a new Session()
+ common.Session.remove()