def configure(): from django.conf import settings settings.configure( DATABASES={'default': {'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3', 'NAME': ':memory:'}}, INSTALLED_APPS=( 'django.contrib.auth', 'django.contrib.contenttypes', 'django.contrib.sessions', 'django.contrib.sites', 'django.contrib.staticfiles', 'rest_framework', 'tests', ), ) import django django.setup() configure()