5.2 Processing a POST Request on the Server

src/lists/tests.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from django.http import response
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.urls import resolve
 from django.http import HttpRequest
@@ -10,11 +11,10 @@ class HomePageTest(TestCase):
         found = resolve('/')
         self.assertEqual(found.func, home_page)
 
-    def test_home_page_returns_correct_html(self):
-        """
-        1. Instead of manually creating HttpRequest object and calling view function to get response, pass in URL to `self.client.get()` and get response directly
-        3. `.assertTemplateUsed` is the test method that Django Test Case provides. it checks whether template was used to render a response
-        """
+    def test_uses_home_template(self):
+        response = self.client.get('/')
+        self.assertTemplateUsed(response, 'home.html')
 
-        response = self.client.get('/') #1
-        self.assertTemplateUsed(response, 'home.html') #3
+    def test_can_save_a_POST_request(self):
+        response = self.client.post('/', data={'item_text': 'A new list item'})
+        self.assertIn('A new list item', response.content.decode())

src/lists/views.py

@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@ def home_page(request):
     Using render function to take a request and name of the template to render
     """
 
+    if request.method == 'POST':
+        return HttpResponse(request.POST['item_text'])
     return render(request, 'home.html')