def setUp(self): super(FiltersTestCase, self).setUp() documents = [ { "title": "Title 1", "body": "blank" }, { "title": "Title 2", "body": "blank" }, { "title": "Title 3", "body": "blank" }, ] for doc in documents: d = Document(title=doc.get('title'), body=doc.get('body')) self.db.session.add(d) self.db.session.commit()