Testing locally

In this part we explain how can test your code locally. This will require that you finished the local installation as described here.

Note

This guide is only relevant for developers that would to change the code base. Should you be an end-user that simply would like to better understand how to use the service please go directly to one of the tutorials.

In a first step, we need to update the .env file in the root directory. It should now also include the required information for different storages.

An example content of the updated file would be:

# settings for the local Django server
USERNAME_TEST=john_test
PASSWORD_TEST=dogs_and_cats
SECRET_KEY=A_RANDOM_SECRET_KEY_12345

# URL from which you would like to serve
BASE_URL=<YOUR-URL>

# settings for MongoDB
# they are only needed for testing
MONGODB_USERNAME = <YOUR-USERNAME>
MONGODB_PASSWORD = <YOUR-PASSWORD>
MONGODB_DATABASE_URL = <YOUR-URL>

# settings for the Dropbox storage
# they are only needed for testing
APP_KEY=<YOUR-KEY>
APP_SECRET=<YOUR-SECRET>
REFRESH_TOKEN=<YOUR-REFRESH-TOKEN>

For the MongoDB storage you have to set the MONGODB_USERNAME, MONGODB_PASSWORD and MONGODB_DATABASE_URL. For the Dropbox storage, add the APP_KEY, APP_SECRET and REFRESH_TOKEN to the .env file.

All this information was already retrieved in the previous guide.

Finally, you should run python manage.py test to see if everything works out.

Testing locally

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