def setUp(self):

        if not self.prepared:
            # Clean up first
            Object.objects.all().delete()

            # Create objects

            try:
                self.group = Group.objects.get(name='test')
            except Group.DoesNotExist:
                Group.objects.all().delete()
                self.group = Group(name='test')
                self.group.save()

            try:
                self.user = DjangoUser.objects.get(username=self.username)
                self.user.set_password(self.password)
                try:
                    self.profile = self.user.profile
                except Exception:
                    User.objects.all().delete()
                    self.user = DjangoUser(username=self.username, password='')
                    self.user.set_password(self.password)
                    self.user.save()
            except DjangoUser.DoesNotExist:
                User.objects.all().delete()
                self.user = DjangoUser(username=self.username, password='')
                self.user.set_password(self.password)
                self.user.save()

            try:
                perspective = Perspective.objects.get(name='default')
            except Perspective.DoesNotExist:
                Perspective.objects.all().delete()
                perspective = Perspective(name='default')
                perspective.set_default_user()
                perspective.save()
            ModuleSetting.set('default_perspective', perspective.id)

            self.contact_type = ContactType(name='test')
            self.contact_type.set_default_user()
            self.contact_type.save()

            self.contact = Contact(name='test', contact_type=self.contact_type)
            self.contact.set_default_user()
            self.contact.save()

            self.user_contact = Contact(
                name='test', related_user=self.user.profile, contact_type=self.contact_type)
            self.user_contact.set_user(self.user.profile)
            self.user_contact.save()

            self.stream = MessageStream(name='test')
            self.stream.set_default_user()
            self.stream.save()

            self.mlist = MailingList(name='test', from_contact=self.contact)
            self.mlist.set_default_user()
            self.mlist.save()

            self.message = Message(
                title='test', body='test', author=self.contact, stream=self.stream)
            self.message.set_default_user()
            self.message.save()

            self.client = Client()

            self.prepared = True
Initial Setup
dataset/ETHPy150Open treeio/treeio/treeio/messaging/api/tests.py/MessagingApiTest.setUp