Proper way to test Django signals

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Simplest way to do what you asked in 2015:

from unittest.mock import patch

@patch('full.path.to.signals.question_posted.send')
def test_question_posted_signal_triggered(self, mock):
    form = YourForm()
    form.cleaned_data = {'name': 'Jan Nowak'}
    form.save()

    # Check that your signal was called.
    self.assertTrue(mock.called)

    # Check that your signal was called only once.
    self.assertEqual(mock.call_count, 1)

    # Do whatever else, like actually checking if your signal logic did well.

And with that, you just tested that your signal was properly triggered.

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