Testing custom admin actions in django

Just pass the parameter action with the action name.

response = client.post(change_url, {'action': 'mark_as_read', ...})

Checked items are passed as _selected_action parameter. So code will be like this:

fixtures = [MyModel.objects.create(read=False),            MyModel.objects.create(read=True)]should_be_untouched = MyModel.objects.create(read=False)#note the unicode() call belowdata = {'action': 'mark_as_read',        '_selected_action': [unicode(f.pk) for f in fixtures]}response = client.post(change_url, data)

This is what I do:

data = {'action': 'mark_as_read', '_selected_action': Node.objects.filter(...).values_list('pk', flat=True)}response = self.client.post(reverse(change_url), data, follow=True)self.assertContains(response, "blah blah...")self.assertEqual(Node.objects.filter(field_to_check=..., pk__in=data['_selected_action']).count(), 0)

A few notes on that, comparing to the accepted answer:

• We can use values_list instead of list comprehension to obtain the ids.
• We need to specify follow=True because it is expected that a successfull post will lead to a redirect
• Optionally assert for a successful message
• Check that the changes indeed are reflected on the db.

Here is how you do it with login and everything, a complete test case:

from django.test import TestCasefrom django.urls import reversefrom content_app.models import Contentclass ContentModelAdminTests(TestCase):    def setUp(self):        # Create some object to perform the action on        self.content = Content.objects.create(titles='{"main": "test tile", "seo": "test seo"}')        # Create auth user for views using api request factory        self.username = 'content_tester'        self.password = 'goldenstandard'        self.user = User.objects.create_superuser(self.username, 'test@example.com', self.password)    def shortDescription(self):        return None    def test_actions1(self):        """        Testing export_as_json action        App is content_app, model is content        modify as per your app/model        """        data = {'action': 'export_as_json',                '_selected_action': [self.content._id, ]}        change_url = reverse('admin:content_app_content_changelist')        self.client.login(username=self.username, password=self.password)        response = self.client.post(change_url, data)        self.client.logout()        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)

Just modify to use your model and custom action and run your test.

UPDATE: If you get a 302, you may need to use follow=True in self.client.post().