title: Django : testing static files
body: <p>Using the testing framework (TestCase) of Django 1.3, I would like to run some tests on static files (i.e., files not necessarily served by django itself on prod but that can be served for debug (runserver)). 
  But if I run </p>
  
  <pre><code>self.client.get("/static/somefile.json")
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>... I get a 404 error in my tests. (of course, this file is available on runserver)</p>
  
  <p>Why not, but what would be the nicest way to check the presence of this json schema in my static files ?   (in my case, I would also like to test this public json schema against a generated json output, so I want the content of the file)</p>