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.

rides/events.py

@@ -1,70 +1,75 @@
 from typing import Dict
 
+
 def get_ride_display_changes(changes: Dict) -> Dict:
     """Returns a human-readable version of the ride changes"""
     field_names = {
-        'name': 'Name',
-        'description': 'Description',
-        'status': 'Status',
-        'post_closing_status': 'Post-Closing Status',
-        'opening_date': 'Opening Date',
-        'closing_date': 'Closing Date',
-        'status_since': 'Status Since',
-        'capacity_per_hour': 'Hourly Capacity',
-        'min_height_in': 'Minimum Height',
-        'max_height_in': 'Maximum Height',
-        'ride_duration_seconds': 'Ride Duration'
+        "name": "Name",
+        "description": "Description",
+        "status": "Status",
+        "post_closing_status": "Post-Closing Status",
+        "opening_date": "Opening Date",
+        "closing_date": "Closing Date",
+        "status_since": "Status Since",
+        "capacity_per_hour": "Hourly Capacity",
+        "min_height_in": "Minimum Height",
+        "max_height_in": "Maximum Height",
+        "ride_duration_seconds": "Ride Duration",
     }
-    
+
     display_changes = {}
     for field, change in changes.items():
         if field in field_names:
-            old_value = change.get('old', '')
-            new_value = change.get('new', '')
-            
+            old_value = change.get("old", "")
+            new_value = change.get("new", "")
+
             # Format specific fields
-            if field == 'status':
+            if field == "status":
                 from .models import Ride
+
                 choices = dict(Ride.STATUS_CHOICES)
                 old_value = choices.get(old_value, old_value)
                 new_value = choices.get(new_value, new_value)
-            elif field == 'post_closing_status':
+            elif field == "post_closing_status":
                 from .models import Ride
+
                 choices = dict(Ride.POST_CLOSING_STATUS_CHOICES)
                 old_value = choices.get(old_value, old_value)
                 new_value = choices.get(new_value, new_value)
-            
+
             display_changes[field_names[field]] = {
-                'old': old_value,
-                'new': new_value
+                "old": old_value,
+                "new": new_value,
             }
-    
+
     return display_changes
 
+
 def get_ride_model_display_changes(changes: Dict) -> Dict:
     """Returns a human-readable version of the ride model changes"""
     field_names = {
-        'name': 'Name',
-        'description': 'Description',
-        'category': 'Category'
+        "name": "Name",
+        "description": "Description",
+        "category": "Category",
     }
-    
+
     display_changes = {}
     for field, change in changes.items():
         if field in field_names:
-            old_value = change.get('old', '')
-            new_value = change.get('new', '')
-            
+            old_value = change.get("old", "")
+            new_value = change.get("new", "")
+
             # Format category field
-            if field == 'category':
+            if field == "category":
                 from .models import CATEGORY_CHOICES
+
                 choices = dict(CATEGORY_CHOICES)
                 old_value = choices.get(old_value, old_value)
                 new_value = choices.get(new_value, new_value)
-            
+
             display_changes[field_names[field]] = {
-                'old': old_value,
-                'new': new_value
+                "old": old_value,
+                "new": new_value,
             }
-    
-    return display_changes
+
+    return display_changes