from django.test.client import RequestFactory, FakePayload from django.test.client import MULTIPART_CONTENT from urlparse import urlparse class DRFRequestFactory(RequestFactory): def __init__(self, **defaults): super(DRFRequestFactory, self).__init__(**defaults) def patch(self, path, data={}, content_type=MULTIPART_CONTENT, **extra): "Construct a PATCH request." patch_data = self._encode_data(data, content_type) parsed = urlparse(path) r = { 'CONTENT_LENGTH': len(patch_data), 'CONTENT_TYPE': content_type, 'PATH_INFO': self._get_path(parsed), 'QUERY_STRING': parsed[4], 'REQUEST_METHOD': 'PATCH', 'wsgi.input': FakePayload(patch_data), } r.update(extra) return self.request(**r)