[Python] CRSF Token Interfering With TDD - Is there a variable that stores csrf output?

So, I kept returning a Failing test in Django when comparing expected to actual html with form input, so I printed out the result and realized the difference was the rather simple line, caused by my {% csrf_token %}, as follows:

<input type='hidden' name='csrfmiddlewaretoken' value='hrPLKVOlhAIXmxcHI4XaFjqgEAMCTfUa' />


So, I expect a simple answer, but I haven't been able to find it: How do I render the result of a csrf_token for use in testing?

Here's the Test setup and failure:

def test_home_page_returns_correct_html_with_POST(self):
request = HttpRequest()
request.method = 'POST'
request.POST['item_text'] = 'A new list item'

response = home_page(request)

self.assertIn('A new list item', response.content.decode())

expected_html = render_to_string(
'home.html',
{'new_item_text': 'A new list item'},
******this is where I'm hoping for a simple one-line mapping******

)
self.assertEqual(response.content.decode(), expected_html)


Here's the rendering from views.py:

def home_page(request):
return render(request, 'home.html', {
'new_item_text': request.POST.get('item_text'),
})


And here's the test failure, when I run the test with python manage.py test

FAIL: test_home_page_returns_correct_html_with_POST (lists.tests.HomePageTest)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\Me\PycharmProjects\superlists\lists\tests.py", line 29, in test_home_page_returns_correct_html_with_POST
self.assertEqual(response.content.decode(), expected_html)
AssertionError: '<!DO[298 chars] <input type=\'hidden\' name=\'csrfmiddlew[179 chars]tml>' != '<!DO[298 chars] \n </form>\n\n <table
id="id_list_t[82 chars]tml>'

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