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.

thrillwiki/settings.py

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 Django settings for thrillwiki project.
 """
 
-import dj_database_url
 from pathlib import Path
 import os
 
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ TEMPLATES = [
                 "django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages",
                 "moderation.context_processors.moderation_access",
             ]
-        }
+        },
     }
 ]
 
@@ -164,8 +163,8 @@ AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = [
 
 # django-allauth settings
 SITE_ID = 1
-ACCOUNT_SIGNUP_FIELDS = ['email*', 'username*', 'password1*', 'password2*']
-ACCOUNT_LOGIN_METHODS = {'email', 'username'}
+ACCOUNT_SIGNUP_FIELDS = ["email*", "username*", "password1*", "password2*"]
+ACCOUNT_LOGIN_METHODS = {"email", "username"}
 ACCOUNT_EMAIL_VERIFICATION = "optional"
 LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = "/"
 ACCOUNT_LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URL = "/"
@@ -176,7 +175,8 @@ SOCIALACCOUNT_ADAPTER = "accounts.adapters.CustomSocialAccountAdapter"
 
 # Social account settings
 # OAuth provider configuration moved to database SocialApp objects
-# This prevents conflicts between settings-based and database-based configurations
+# This prevents conflicts between settings-based and database-based
+# configurations
 SOCIALACCOUNT_PROVIDERS = {
     "google": {
         "SCOPE": [
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ SOCIALACCOUNT_PROVIDERS = {
     "discord": {
         "SCOPE": ["identify", "email"],
         "OAUTH_PKCE_ENABLED": True,
-    }
+    },
 }
 
 # Additional social account settings