Django testing, no 404 response when expected -

i writing tests in django check apps have written. more or less working through suggested on here (http://toastdriven.com/blog/2011/apr/10/guide-to-testing-in-django/). however, when put

    resp = self.client.get('made_up_url')     self.assertequal(resp.status_code, 404) 

which doesn't exist (and hence i'm hoping 404 response, i.e. test pass)...but test fails saying 200!=400, i.e. seems think made_up_url valid page.

any ideas wrong?

you trying self.client.get unexistent url: made_up_url. dan-klasson told you, need /made_up_url.

i suggest that, instead of hardcoding url in self.client.get arguments, first name related url in urls.py file. can resolve via reverse function.

then, once have name it, can in unit tests:

from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse  url = reverse('made_up_url') resp = self.client.get(url) self.assertequal(resp.status_code, 404)