Correct Django API test patterns for authentication, database usage, and permissions.
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Django tests for APIs often suffer from misapplied authentication, improper database handling, and incomplete permission coverage. This skill provides correction guidance to ensure tests follow best practices and guardrails.
Apply the recommended authentication, database, and permission-testing patterns to your Django tests.
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