Put this in your settings.py:
import sys
TESTING = len(sys.argv) > 1 and sys.argv[1] == 'test'
This tests whether the second commandline argument (after ./manage.py
) was test
. Then you can access this variable from other modules, like so:
from django.conf import settings
if settings.TESTING:
...
There are good reasons to do this: suppose you’re accessing some backend service, other than Django’s models and DB connections. Then you might need to know when to call the production service vs. the test service.