Loading fixtures in django unit tests

I've specified path relative to project root in the TestCase like so:

from django.test import TestCaseclass MyTestCase(TestCase):    fixtures = ['/myapp/fixtures/dump.json',]    ...

and it worked without using FIXTURE_DIRS

django unit-testing fixtures

Good practice is using PROJECT_ROOT variable in your settings.py:

import os.pathPROJECT_ROOT = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))FIXTURE_DIRS = (os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'fixtures'),)

django unit-testing fixtures

Do you really have a folder /fixtures/ on your hard disk?

You probably intended to use:

FIXTURE_DIRS = ('/path/to/proj_folder/fixtures/',)

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