try testing

api/tests.py

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+from django.contrib.auth.models import AnonymousUser, User
+from django.test import RequestFactory, TestCase
+
+from .views import SnippetList, SnippetDetail
+
+class SimpleTest(TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        # Every test needs access to the request factory.
+        self.factory = RequestFactory()
+        self.user = User.objects.create_user(
+            username='testuser', email='test@test.test', password='testpass')
+
+    def test_snippets(self):
+        # Create an instance of a GET request.
+        request = self.factory.get('/snippets')
+
+        # Recall that middleware are not supported. You can simulate a
+        # logged-in user by setting request.user manually.
+        request.user = self.user
+
+        # Or you can simulate an anonymous user by setting request.user to
+        # an AnonymousUser instance.
+        # request.user = AnonymousUser()
+
+        # Test my_view() as if it were deployed at /customer/details
+        response = SnippetList.as_view()(request)
+        # Use this syntax for class-based views.
+        # response = MyView.as_view()(request)
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+
+
+        request = self.factory.post('/snippets', data={
+            'title': 'test1',
+            'code': '() => {console.log("hello")};',
+            'lineos': False,
+            'language': 'js',
+            'style': 'abap'
+            },
+            content_type='application/json'
+        )
+        response = SnippetList.as_view()(request)
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 201)