test_settings.py

import os
import django
from botocore.config import Config

# Make filepaths relative to settings.
ROOT = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
path = lambda *a: os.path.join(ROOT, *a)

DEBUG = True


SECRET_KEY = 'foobar'

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'NAME': 'test.db',
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
    }
}

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.sites',
    'dynamodb_sessions',
)

MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',

)


# ROOT_URLCONF = 'urls'

TEMPLATES = [
    {
        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
        'DIRS': [
            ROOT + 'django_ussd/templates',
        ],
        'OPTIONS': {
            'debug': DEBUG,
            'context_processors': [
                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
                'django.template.context_processors.request'
            ],
            'loaders': [
                'django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader',
                'django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader'
            ]
        },
    }
]
USE_LOCAL_DYNAMODB_SERVER = True
BOTO_CORE_CONFIG = Config(
    connect_timeout=1,
    read_timeout=1,
    retries=dict(
        max_attempts=0
    )
)