testapp tests to use djangorestframework to test the package programmatically and visually

[gsilvapt]

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Description

If the testapp has a dummy app, with a test model, exposed via DRF, perhaps we could write some better integration tests by attempting to create a new token from the UI and then calling the API, expecting a 200 response with a controlled body.
This should be a testapp only dependency, just to make it more realistic to work with.

As of now, I could test the Django admin view but that's redundant and insufficient. Writing a test that installs drf, creates an app, exposed a module, bla bla bla seems quite cumbersome.

But I am not sure if this setup is desired or any good, so I'm open to alternatives. Maybe @fopina you have a better idea?

Use cases

As a dev, I want to write tests so that they provide sufficient coverage when merging changes.

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[fopina]

Totally agree that testapp should use DRF, this is a package to use with DRF.

DRF is already a dependency btw (via knox - https://github.com/James1345/django-rest-knox/blob/develop/setup.py#L71)

And I see these testapps we use not only as unit test app but also a demo app.
IMO it makes sense adding things that are not required for unit testing but we want to visually/manually verify.