Prevented tests to create and destroy the DB

ModulectorBackend/settings.py

@@ -163,6 +163,9 @@
 MEDIA_ROOT = os.getenv('MEDIA_ROOT', os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ''))
 MEDIA_URL = os.getenv('MEDIA_URL', '/media/')
 
+# Test runner
+TEST_RUNNER = 'modulector.tests.runner.DjangoTestSuiteRunner'
+
 # Email Server
 EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
 # This email configuration is what postfix uses, for production, use your own

modulector/tests/runner.py

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from django.test.runner import DiscoverRunner
+
+
+class DjangoTestSuiteRunner(DiscoverRunner):
+    """
+    This runner prevents Django from creating and destroying the test database. This is useful as Modulector has
+    read-only preloaded data in the database.
+    """
+    def setup_databases(self, **kwargs):
+        pass
+
+    def teardown_databases(self, old_config, **kwargs):
+        pass

modulector/tests/test_views.py

@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
 from django.test import Client, TestCase
-from modulector.tests.data_init import load_test_data
 
 client = Client()
 
 
 class ViewTests(TestCase):
-    @classmethod
-    def setUpTestData(cls):
-        load_test_data(cls)
-
     def __check_empty_pagination(self, response):
         """Checks if fields of response are valid for an empty pagination response"""
         self.assertEqual(response.data['count'], 0)