from django.test import TestCase
from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
from django.http.request import HttpRequest
from django.contrib.auth.models import User

class GeneralTest(TestCase):

    def test_anonymous_user_redirected_to_login_page(self):
        user = User(username='anonymous', email='vvv@mail.ru', password='ttrrttrr')
        user.is_active = False
        request = HttpRequest()
        request.user = user
        hpv = HomePageView()
        response = hpv.get(request)
        self.assertRedirects(response, reverse("auth_login"))

-> self.assertRedirects(response, reverse("auth_login"))
(Pdb) response
<HttpResponseRedirect status_code=302, "text/html; charset=utf-8", url="/accounts/login/">

from django.test import TestCase, Client
from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
from django.http.request import HttpRequest
from django.contrib.auth.models import User

class GeneralTest(TestCase):

    def test_anonymous_user_redirected_to_login_page(self):
        user = User(username='anonymous', email='vvv@mail.ru', password='ttrrttrr')
        user.is_active = False
        request = HttpRequest()
        request.user = user
        hpv = HomePageView()
        response = hpv.get(request)
        response.client = Client()
        self.assertRedirects(response, reverse("auth_login"))