minimock vs mockhttp

minimock

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

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Testing layer for Microsoft's HttpClient library. Create canned responses using a fluent API. (by richardszalay)

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555	Stars	1,540
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7.0	Activity	6.2
9 days ago	Latest Commit	2 months ago
Go	Language	C#
MIT License	License	MIT License

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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

mockhttp

Posts with mentions or reviews of mockhttp. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-01.

Mock heavy tests
2 projects | /r/dotnet | 1 Jun 2023

I'd say that without wanting to refactor the code a little bit (maybe moving those HttpClients into a service so that they are easily mocked) your best bet would be to use something like WireMock or MockHttp.
I created a simpler RestSharp alternative, SimpleHttpClient
2 projects | /r/csharp | 23 Apr 2023

What is the need to create a wrapper around the HttpClient? If it's for mocking, you can use this MockedHttpClientHandler for you tests
How to write tests for HttpClient using Moq
1 project | dev.to | 1 Dec 2022

Voilà! That's how to write tests with HttpClient and Moq. With some extension methods, we could have a small DSL to write more readable tests. For a more fully-featured alternative to write tests for HttpClient, check mockhttp, "a testing layer for Microsoft's HttpClient library."
Help: how to memory-host & test a unit-test controller/service?
1 project | /r/dotnet | 5 Apr 2022

So if you need to mock http client you may want to look into a library like https://github.com/richardszalay/mockhttp
RestClient.Net 5.0.x Beta Released
4 projects | /r/csharp | 24 Apr 2021

What are some alternatives?

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

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

WireMock.Net - WireMock.Net is a flexible product for stubbing and mocking web HTTP responses using advanced request matching and response templating. Based on the functionality from http://WireMock.org, but extended with more functionality.

mockery - A mock code autogenerator for Go

RestClient.Net - .NET REST Client Framework for all platforms

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

Mmock - Mmock is an HTTP mocking application for testing and fast prototyping

httpmock - HTTP mocking for Golang

httpclient-interception - A .NET library for intercepting server-side HTTP requests

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.

FakeItEasy - The easy mocking library for .NET

gomate.io - Behavior-driven development tool for GoLang

NSubstitute - A friendly substitute for .NET mocking libraries.