Start adding view tests for discussion client. Note that these will not work unless you change your test.py to enable discussion forums.

lms/djangoapps/django_comment_client/base/tests.py

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+import logging
+
+from django.test.utils import override_settings
+from django.test.client import Client
+from student.tests.factories import UserFactory, CourseEnrollmentFactory
+from xmodule.modulestore.tests.factories import CourseFactory
+from xmodule.modulestore.tests.django_utils import ModuleStoreTestCase
+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+
+from django.core.management import call_command
+
+from courseware.tests.tests import TEST_DATA_MONGO_MODULESTORE
+from nose.tools import assert_true, assert_equal
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+@override_settings(MODULESTORE=TEST_DATA_MONGO_MODULESTORE)
+class ViewsTestCase(ModuleStoreTestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        # create a course
+        self.course = CourseFactory.create(org='MITx', course='999',
+                                           display_name='Robot Super Course')
+        self.course_id = self.course.id
+
+        # seed the forums permissions and roles
+        call_command('seed_permissions_roles', self.course_id)
+
+        self.student = UserFactory(username='student', password='test',
+                                   email='student@edx.org')
+        self.enrollment = CourseEnrollmentFactory(user=self.student,
+                                                  course_id=self.course_id)
+
+        self.client = Client()
+        assert_true(self.client.login(username='student', password='test'))
+
+    def test_create_thread(self):
+        thread = {"body": ["this is a post"],
+                  "anonymous_to_peers": ["false"],
+                  "auto_subscribe": ["true"],
+                  "anonymous": ["false"],
+                  "title": ["Hello"]
+                  }
+        url = reverse('create_thread',
+                      kwargs={'commentable_id': 'i4x-MITx-999-course-Robot_Super_Course',
+                              'course_id': self.course_id})
+        # url = '/courses/MITx/999/Robot_Super_Course/discussion/i4x-MITx-999-course-Robot_Super_Course/threads/create'
+        # url = 'MITx/999/Robot_Super_Course/threads/create'
+        response = self.client.post(url, data=thread)
+        assert_equal(response.status_code, 200)

lms/djangoapps/django_comment_client/tests/factories.py

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+from factory import DjangoModelFactory
+from django_comment_client.models import Role, Permission
+
+
+class RoleFactory(DjangoModelFactory):
+    FACTORY_FOR = Role
+    name = 'Student'
+    course_id = 'edX/toy/2012_Fall'
+
+
+class PermissionFactory(DjangoModelFactory):
+    FACTORY_FOR = Permission
+    name = 'create_comment'

lms/djangoapps/django_comment_client/tests/test_utils.py

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 from django.test import TestCase
-from factory import DjangoModelFactory
 from student.tests.factories import UserFactory, CourseEnrollmentFactory
 
-from django_comment_client.models import Role, Permission
+from factories import RoleFactory
 import django_comment_client.utils as utils
 
 
-class RoleFactory(DjangoModelFactory):
-    FACTORY_FOR = Role
-    name = 'Student'
-    course_id = 'edX/toy/2012_Fall'
-
-
-class PermissionFactory(DjangoModelFactory):
-    FACTORY_FOR = Permission
-    name = 'create_comment'
-
-
 class DictionaryTestCase(TestCase):
     def test_extract(self):
         d = {'cats': 'meow', 'dogs': 'woof'}