Commit 41e086cf authored by Chris Beaven's avatar Chris Beaven
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[1.3.X] Fixes #16532 -- Clearer explanation of how the test client expects... 

[1.3.X] Fixes #16532 -- Clearer explanation of how the test client expects HTTP headers to be passed. Thanks for the patch, Ricardo Bánffy.

Backport of r16554 from trunk.

git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/branches/releases/1.3.X@16555 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37
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docs/topics/testing.txt

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        details view, which is a good way to test code paths that use the

        :meth:`django.http.HttpRequest.is_ajax()` method.



        .. admonition:: CGI specification



            The headers sent via ``**extra`` should follow CGI_ specification.

            For example, emulating a different "Host" header as sent in the

            HTTP request from the browser to the server should be passed

            as ``HTTP_HOST``. 



            .. _CGI: http://www.w3.org/CGI/



        If you already have the GET arguments in URL-encoded form, you can

        use that encoding instead of using the data argument. For example,

        the previous GET request could also be posed as::