Using make_form_fixture

Doctor's post_smoke check generates valid POST payloads from a ModelForm class automatically. The helper is exported as part of the public API — reuse it in your own tests when you don't want to hand-craft every {'client': 17, 'mandat': 42, …} dict.

Minimal example

from django_doctor.fixtures import make_form_fixture
from myapp.forms import MandatForm

data = make_form_fixture(MandatForm)
# {'client': 17, 'type_mandat_ref': 4, 'regime_fiscal': 1,
#  'devise': 1, 'statut': 'BROUILLON', 'date_debut': '2026-01-01',
#  'responsable': 1}

Layering overrides

data = make_form_fixture(MandatForm, overrides={
    "statut": "ACTIF",
    "date_debut": "2026-06-01",
})

In a Django TestCase

from django.test import Client, TestCase

class MandatCreateTests(TestCase):
    def test_create_succeeds(self):
        self.client.force_login(self.user)
        data = make_form_fixture(MandatForm, overrides={"statut": "ACTIF"})
        response = self.client.post("/fr/mandats/nouveau/", data)
        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 302)

What the generator fills

Field type	Sample value
CharField / SlugField	"x"
IntegerField	field.min_value or 1
DecimalField / FloatField	"0"
BooleanField / NullBooleanField	True
DateField	"2026-01-01"
DateTimeField	"2026-01-01 00:00"
TimeField	"00:00"
EmailField	"doctor@example.com"
URLField	"https://example.com"
ChoiceField / TypedChoiceField	First non-empty choice
MultipleChoiceField	[first choice]
ModelChoiceField	queryset.first().pk
ModelMultipleChoiceField	[queryset.first().pk]

What the generator skips

• FileField / ImageField — the test client wants a SimpleUploadedFile which isn't serializable. Pass one yourself in overrides.
• ModelChoiceField whose queryset is empty — returned as "skip", and post_smoke reports an INFO post_smoke.partial_fixture instead of submitting a broken POST.

API reference

See api/fixtures for the full docstring-backed reference.