def create_item(user_id=1):
"""
Method used to create and return a simple VideoItem object.
"""
item = VideoItem()
item.filename = "sample.mp4"
item.owner = User.objects.get(pk=user_id)
item.save()
return item
def setUp(self):
"""
Method used to setup the test database
"""
# create a new user
user = User.objects.create_user('root', '*****@*****.**', 'root')
user.is_superuser = True
user.save()
token = Token.objects.create(user=user)
# create a new VideoItem
item = VideoItem()
item.filename = ''
item.type = 'video'
item.file = File(os.path.join(settings.MEDIA_ROOT, 'tests', 'test_video', 'test.mp4'))
item.owner = user
item.save()