from __future__ import unicode_literals, absolute_import from django.test import TestCase from rest_api.views import ItemList from rest_framework.test import APIRequestFactory class HandlerTests(TestCase): factory = APIRequestFactory() def test_get_items_returns_empty_if_no_items(self): request = self.factory.get('/items/') view = ItemList.as_view() response = view(request) self.assertEqual(response.data, [])