On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 7:36 PM, Lee Hinde <leehi...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm using django storages/boto to push json files to s3 where they are to be > read by a different app. > > I'd like to test the file push by using the Test Client to see if the file > is present on S3. > > client = Client() > r = client.get(url, content_type="application/json") > > In every case, r comes back as: > > <django.http.response.HttpResponseForbidden object at ....> > > I can take the 'url' and paste it into my browser and get the file. > > So, there's something about the process I'm not understanding. Is this not > what Client is intended for?
No, the test client isn't a client for making web requests, it is a client that creates phony request objects and simulates the request/response inside of django itself. No network activity will take place! Just open it: try: r = urllib.urlopen(url).read() except IOError: ... Cheers Tom -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAFHbX1%2BZPVagLTGP9t%3Dpk%2B%3Di7%2BssSu%3DL5T9UO2Y8kEhPwVUkgA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.