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.

core/management/commands/update_trending.py

@@ -4,17 +4,18 @@ from parks.models import Park
 from rides.models import Ride
 from core.analytics import PageView
 
+
 class Command(BaseCommand):
-    help = 'Updates trending parks and rides cache based on views in the last 24 hours'
+    help = "Updates trending parks and rides cache based on views in the last 24 hours"
 
     def handle(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """
         Updates the trending parks and rides in the cache.
-        
+
         This command is designed to be run every hour via cron to keep the trending
         items up to date. It looks at page views from the last 24 hours and caches
         the top 10 most viewed parks and rides.
-        
+
         The cached data is used by the home page to display trending items without
         having to query the database on every request.
         """
@@ -23,12 +24,12 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         trending_rides = PageView.get_trending_items(Ride, hours=24, limit=10)
 
         # Cache the results for 1 hour
-        cache.set('trending_parks', trending_parks, 3600)  # 3600 seconds = 1 hour
-        cache.set('trending_rides', trending_rides, 3600)
+        cache.set("trending_parks", trending_parks, 3600)  # 3600 seconds = 1 hour
+        cache.set("trending_rides", trending_rides, 3600)
 
         self.stdout.write(
             self.style.SUCCESS(
-                'Successfully updated trending parks and rides. '
-                'Cached 10 items each for parks and rides based on views in the last 24 hours.'
+                "Successfully updated trending parks and rides. "
+                "Cached 10 items each for parks and rides based on views in the last 24 hours."
             )
         )