--- slug: "django-unittest-abstract-model" title: "Unit Testing Abstract Models in Django" description: "Django: Best way to unit-test an abstract model - Stack Overflowhttps://stackoverflow.com/questions/4281670/django-best-way-to-unit-test-an-abstract-model" url: "https://www.ytyng.com/en/blog/django-unittest-abstract-model" publish_date: "2018-09-25T10:10:09Z" created: "2018-09-25T10:10:09Z" updated: "2026-02-26T14:16:23.071Z" categories: ["Django"] keywords: "" featured_image_url: "https://media.ytyng.com/resize/20230812/63fb2f0052784727b50f3ac861e43fe9.png.webp?width=768" has_video: false has_music: false video_urls: [] music_urls: [] lang: "en" --- # Unit Testing Abstract Models in Django

Django: Best way to unit-test an abstract model - Stack Overflow
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4281670/django-best-way-to-unit-test-an-abstract-model

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class CodeMemoBaseTest(TestCase):
    model = None

    @classmethod
    def setUpClass(cls):
        cls.model = ModelBase(
            '__TestModel__' +
            CodeMemoBase.__name__, (CodeMemoBase,),
            {'__module__': CodeMemoBase.__module__}
        )

        # Create the schema for our test model
        with connection.schema_editor() as schema_editor:
            schema_editor.create_model(cls.model)
        super().setUpClass()

    @classmethod
    def tearDownClass(cls):
        # Delete the schema for the test model
        with connection.schema_editor() as schema_editor:
            schema_editor.delete_model(cls.model)
        super().tearDownClass()