httpmock vs minimock

httpmock

HTTP mocking for Golang (by jarcoal)

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minimock

Powerful mock generation tool for Go programming language (by gojuno)

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httpmock		minimock
	Project
5	Mentions	2
1,868	Stars	556
-	Growth	3.4%
4.7	Activity	7.0
8 days ago	Latest Commit	6 days ago
Go	Language	Go
MIT License	License	MIT License

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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.

Golang rest-api testing
1 project | /r/golang | 27 Dec 2022
[Rant] Sa Isi Bage Microserviciile in C*R
2 projects | /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 practices around mocking interfaces from external packages
1 project | /r/golang | 6 May 2021

Alternatively, you could use an http mock library like https://github.com/jarcoal/httpmock, and override the urls the RealClient calls with a mock response in your tests.
best way to mock/unit test http.Client?
4 projects | /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.

minimock

Posts with mentions or reviews of minimock. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-09-21.

How do you write/generate mocks for testing?
5 projects | /r/golang | 21 Sep 2022
How do you control behaviour in mocked interface ?
5 projects | /r/golang | 21 Jan 2022

In our company projects we use https://github.com/gojuno/minimock for units

What are some alternatives?

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

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

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

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

mockery - A mock code autogenerator for Go

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

go-sqlmock - Sql mock driver for golang to test database interactions

realize - Realize is the #1 Golang Task Runner which enhance your workflow by automating the most common tasks and using the best performing Golang live reloading.

httpexpect - End-to-end HTTP and REST API testing for Go.

gomate.io - Behavior-driven development tool for GoLang

go-vcr - Record and replay your HTTP interactions for fast, deterministic and accurate tests

timex - A test-friendly replacement for golang's time package [managed by soy-programador]