Django testing - spoofing an Ajax POST request method with Client() to pass request.is_ajax() validation

Not sure if this is possible, but I have the following validation check for an Ajax POST request in my views.py:

views.py

if request.is_ajax() and request.method == 'POST':
# Do some amazing stuff here...
context['is_ajax'] = True


Now, running a few tests in the shell:

from django.test import Client
>>> c = Client()
>>> response = c.post('/login/', 'username': 'john', 'password': 'smith')
>>> response.context['is_ajax']
>>> undefined


So my question is, is there a way with the test Client to spoof an Ajax request...passing the is_ajax() validation check on the request POST object, is this done by adding something to headers?

is_ajax()

I think the header should be HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH='XMLHttpRequest' - how would this be passed in to the c.post() method?

HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH='XMLHttpRequest'

c.post()

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