I am stumped on testing a POST to add a category to the database where I've used Flask_WTF for validation and CSRF protection. For the CRUD operations pm my website. I've used Flask, Flask_WTF and Flask-SQLAlchemy. It is my first independent project, and I find myself a little at a lost on how to test the Flask-WTForm validate_on_submit function.
Here's are the models:
class Users(db.Model):
id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True, unique=True)
name = db.Column(db.String(80), nullable=False)
email = db.Column(db.String(250), unique=True)
class Category(db.Model):
id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True, unique=True)
name = db.Column(db.String(250), nullable=False, unique=True)
users_id = db.Column(db.Integer, db.ForeignKey('users.id'))
Here's the form:
class CategoryForm(Form):
name = StringField(
'Name', [validators.Length(min=4, max=250, message="name problem")])
And here's the controller:
@category.route('/category/add', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
@login_required
def addCategory():
""" Add a new category.
Returns: Redirect Home.
"""
# Initiate the form.
form = CategoryForm()
# On POST of a valid form, add the new category.
if form.validate_on_submit():
category = Category(
form.name.data, login_session['users_id'])
db.session.add(category)
db.session.commit()
flash('New Category %s Successfully Created' % category.name)
return redirect(url_for('category.showHome'))
else:
# Render the form to add the category.
return render_template('newCategory.html', form=form)
How do I write a test for the if statement with the validate_on_submit function?