Refactor test utilities and enhance ASGI settings

- Cleaned up and standardized assertions in ApiTestMixin for API response validation.
- Updated ASGI settings to use os.environ for setting the DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE.
- Removed unused imports and improved formatting in settings.py.
- Refactored URL patterns in urls.py for better readability and organization.
- Enhanced view functions in views.py for consistency and clarity.
- Added .flake8 configuration for linting and style enforcement.
- Introduced type stubs for django-environ to improve type checking with Pylance.

config/django/production.py

@@ -4,25 +4,25 @@ Production settings for thrillwiki project.
 
 # Import the module and use its members, e.g., base.BASE_DIR, base***REMOVED***
 from . import base
+
 # Import the module and use its members, e.g., database.DATABASES
-from ..settings import database
+
 # Import the module and use its members, e.g., email.EMAIL_HOST
-from ..settings import email
+
 # Import the module and use its members, e.g., security.SECURE_HSTS_SECONDS
-from ..settings import security
+
 # Import the module and use its members, e.g., email.EMAIL_HOST
-from ..settings import email
+
 # Import the module and use its members, e.g., security.SECURE_HSTS_SECONDS
-from ..settings import security
 
 # Production settings
 DEBUG = False
 
 # Allowed hosts must be explicitly set in production
-ALLOWED_HOSTS = base.env.list('ALLOWED_HOSTS')
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = base.env.list("ALLOWED_HOSTS")
 
 # CSRF trusted origins for production
-CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS = base.env.list('CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS')
+CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS = base.env.list("CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS")
 
 # Security settings for production
 SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT = True
@@ -34,70 +34,70 @@ SECURE_HSTS_PRELOAD = True
 
 # Production logging
 LOGGING = {
-    'version': 1,
-    'disable_existing_loggers': False,
-    'formatters': {
-        'verbose': {
-            'format': '{levelname} {asctime} {module} {process:d} {thread:d} {message}',
-            'style': '{',
+    "version": 1,
+    "disable_existing_loggers": False,
+    "formatters": {
+        "verbose": {
+            "format": "{levelname} {asctime} {module} {process:d} {thread:d} {message}",
+            "style": "{",
         },
-        'simple': {
-            'format': '{levelname} {message}',
-            'style': '{',
+        "simple": {
+            "format": "{levelname} {message}",
+            "style": "{",
         },
     },
-    'handlers': {
-        'file': {
-            'level': 'INFO',
-            'class': 'logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler',
-            'filename': base.BASE_DIR / 'logs' / 'django.log',
-            'maxBytes': 1024*1024*15,  # 15MB
-            'backupCount': 10,
-            'formatter': 'verbose',
+    "handlers": {
+        "file": {
+            "level": "INFO",
+            "class": "logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler",
+            "filename": base.BASE_DIR / "logs" / "django.log",
+            "maxBytes": 1024 * 1024 * 15,  # 15MB
+            "backupCount": 10,
+            "formatter": "verbose",
         },
-        'error_file': {
-            'level': 'ERROR',
-            'class': 'logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler',
-            'filename': base.BASE_DIR / 'logs' / 'django_error.log',
-            'maxBytes': 1024*1024*15,  # 15MB
-            'backupCount': 10,
-            'formatter': 'verbose',
+        "error_file": {
+            "level": "ERROR",
+            "class": "logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler",
+            "filename": base.BASE_DIR / "logs" / "django_error.log",
+            "maxBytes": 1024 * 1024 * 15,  # 15MB
+            "backupCount": 10,
+            "formatter": "verbose",
         },
     },
-    'root': {
-        'handlers': ['file'],
-        'level': 'INFO',
+    "root": {
+        "handlers": ["file"],
+        "level": "INFO",
     },
-    'loggers': {
-        'django': {
-            'handlers': ['file', 'error_file'],
-            'level': 'INFO',
-            'propagate': False,
+    "loggers": {
+        "django": {
+            "handlers": ["file", "error_file"],
+            "level": "INFO",
+            "propagate": False,
         },
-        'thrillwiki': {
-            'handlers': ['file', 'error_file'],
-            'level': 'INFO',
-            'propagate': False,
+        "thrillwiki": {
+            "handlers": ["file", "error_file"],
+            "level": "INFO",
+            "propagate": False,
         },
     },
 }
 
 # Static files collection for production
-STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage'
+STATICFILES_STORAGE = "whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage"
 
 # Cache settings for production (Redis recommended)
-redis_url = base.env.str('REDIS_URL', default=None)
+redis_url = base.env.str("REDIS_URL", default=None)
 if redis_url:
     CACHES = {
-        'default': {
-            'BACKEND': 'django_redis.cache.RedisCache',
-            'LOCATION': redis_url,
-            'OPTIONS': {
-                'CLIENT_CLASS': 'django_redis.client.DefaultClient',
-            }
+        "default": {
+            "BACKEND": "django_redis.cache.RedisCache",
+            "LOCATION": redis_url,
+            "OPTIONS": {
+                "CLIENT_CLASS": "django_redis.client.DefaultClient",
+            },
         }
     }
 
     # Use Redis for sessions in production
-    SESSION_ENGINE = 'django.contrib.sessions.backends.cache'
-    SESSION_CACHE_ALIAS = 'default'
+    SESSION_ENGINE = "django.contrib.sessions.backends.cache"
+    SESSION_CACHE_ALIAS = "default"