TView_Tester.py

import os
from bigvince import settings
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from django.test import RequestFactory
from vince.views import TicketView
django.setup()

def test_ticket_view(ticket_id):
    try:
        url=f'vince/ticket/{ticket_id}/'
        request_factory = RequestFactory()
        my_request = request_factory.get(url)
        my_request.user = User.objects.get(email=os.environ.get("SUPERUSER"))
        my_request.session = {"bypass": settings.SECRET_KEY}
        d=TicketView.as_view()(my_request,pk=ticket_id)
        d.render()
        f=open("/tmp/w","w")
        f.write(d.content.decode())
        f.close()
        return True
    except Exception as err:
        print(f"Exception when trying to run rest_pass routine {err}")
        return False

VINCE-Test-Cases

Simple test case adoption for VINCE project to do automated testing and exception handling.  You can run this from manage.py or direct as needed.