httpexpect vs httpmock

httpexpect

End-to-end HTTP and REST API testing for Go. (by gavv)

#Testing #HTTP #REST #JSON #WebSocket #Assertions #HacktoberFest

Source Code

pkg.go.dev

Docs

httpmock

HTTP mocking for Golang (by jarcoal)

#Testing #Mock

Source Code

godoc.org

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httpexpect		httpmock
	Project
3	Mentions	5
2,076	Stars	1,575
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	5.2
5 days ago	Latest Commit	10 days ago
Go	Language	Go
MIT License	License	MIT License

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httpexpect

Posts with mentions or reviews of httpexpect. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-10-16.

Best packages?
11 projects | reddit.com/r/golang | 16 Oct 2022

httpexpect for testing HTTP services. Works great with both RESTful and GraphQL.
Gostman: Postman like inside Go testing
7 projects | reddit.com/r/golang | 26 Nov 2021

I use this library: https://github.com/gavv/httpexpect
Hacktoberfest: 69 Beginner-Friendly Projects You Can Contribute To
67 projects | dev.to | 29 Sep 2020

https://github.com/gavv/httpexpect End-to-end HTTP and REST API testing for Go.

httpmock

Posts with mentions or reviews of httpmock. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-09-10.

[Rant] Sa Isi Bage Microserviciile in C*R
2 projects | reddit.com/r/programare | 10 Sep 2022
Integration tests with Go and testcontainers
6 projects | dev.to | 23 Jul 2022

We will use httpmock for this purpose. Inside function setupSuite(), where we created useCase and provided nil as a billingClient now we will pass mocked http client:
best way to mock/unit test http.Client?
4 projects | reddit.com/r/golang | 15 Mar 2021

To mock an API: https://github.com/jarcoal/httpmock to use when your code calls external APIs so you don't want your tests call the real API. No need to create an interface as you do.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing httpexpect and httpmock you can also consider the following projects:

gock - HTTP traffic mocking and testing made easy in Go ༼ʘ̚ل͜ʘ̚༽

ginkgo - A Modern Testing Framework for Go

chromedp - A faster, simpler way to drive browsers supporting the Chrome DevTools Protocol.

hoverfly - Lightweight service virtualization/API simulation tool for developers and testers

selenoid - Selenium Hub successor running browsers within containers. Scalable, immutable, self hosted Selenium-Grid on any platform with single binary.

frisby - API testing framework inspired by frisby-js

baloo - Expressive end-to-end HTTP API testing made easy in Go

gomock - GoMock is a mocking framework for the Go programming language.

mockit - Library that make mocking of Go functions/methods easy

goblin - Minimal and Beautiful Go testing framework

minimock - Powerful mock generation tool for Go programming language

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