call DjangoRestFramework DetailAPIView() from another view - django-rest-framework

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solution from #brian-destura below
The DRF test client does not work, but the django.test.client does. Odd (?) because it's a DRF APIView being called.
from django.test import Client
client = Client()
result = client.get('/api/place/6873947')
print(result.json)
I have a DRF DetailAPIView() that returns a complex serializer json response to external API queries, so in the browser, and via curl etc. http://localhost:8000/api/place/6873947/ returns a big JSON object. All good. The url entry in the 'api' app looks like this
path('place/<int:pk>/', views.PlaceDetailAPIView.as_view(), name='place-detail'),
I need to use that in another, function-based view, so first I tried using both django.test.Client and rest_framework.test.APIClient, e.g.
from rest_framework.test import APIClient
from django.urls import reverse
client = APIClient()
url = '/api/place/6873947/'
res = client.get(url)
That gets an empty result. With django Client:
from django.test import Client
c=Client()
Then
res = c.get('/api/place?pk=6873947')
and
res = c.get('/api/place/', {'pk': 6873947})
Both return "as_view() takes 1 positional argument but 2 were given"
I've tried other approaches in my IDE, picked up in StackOverflow, starting with
from api.views import PlaceDetailAPIView
pid = 6873947
from django.test import Client
from django.http import HttpRequest
from places.models import Place
request = HttpRequest()
request.method='GET'
request.GET = {"pk": pid}
Then
res = PlaceDetailAPIView.as_view({"pk": pid})
"as_view() takes 1 positional argument but 2 were given"
res = PlaceDetailAPIView.as_view()(request=request)
"Expected view PlaceDetailAPIView to be called with a URL keyword argument named "pk". Fix your URL conf, or set the .lookup_field attribute on the view correctly"
res = PlaceDetailAPIView.as_view()(request=request._request)
"HttpRequest' object has no attribute '_request"
I must be missing something basic, but hours of thrashing has gotten me nowhere - ideas?