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| MIT License | MIT License |
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pytest-describe
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My Python testing style guide – Stargirl (Thea) Flowers
I've found pytest to encourage tests with really long method names, examples from the post:
* test_refresh_failure
* test_refresh_with_timeout
These get even longer like test_refresh_with_timeout_when_username_is_not_found for example.
pytest-describe allows for a much nicer testing syntax. There's a great comparison here: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-describe#why-bother
TL;DR, this is nicer:
def describe_my_function():
def with_default_arguments():
VCR.py
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Please recommend a good API Mocking tool
I made a library for this: https://github.com/kevin1024/vcrpy
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3 Ways to Unit Test REST APIs in Python
Now it’s finally the time to discuss our last option. I have only found about it quite recently, frankly. I’ve been using mocks for a long time and always had some problem with them. VCR.py is a library that simplifies a lot the tests that make HTTP requests.
- My Python testing style guide – Stargirl (Thea) Flowers
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Two Methods for Testing HTTPS API Calls with Python and pytest and also Communicating with the In-laws
Unfortunately, VCR.py only supports a certain number of HTTP client libraries. Thankfully, some very popular implementations are included: the Python built-in urllib and http.client, as well as requests, urllib3, and aiohttp. And, while it may not be listed in the docs at the time of this writing, the changelog notes that HTTPX is also supported. Sadly, pycurl is not supported.
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Magic numbers for Verify?
I don't normally work in Python, so I'm not used to writing mocks. You should be able to mock the client, but if that is too much you might look into something like VCR.py which records underlying HTTP interactions and then plays them back in further tests. (Make sure to redact any API keys from the cassettes though.)
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playback-proxy - record communication between client and server and play it back later during testing
https://betamax.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ https://github.com/kevin1024/vcrpy
What are some alternatives?
pytest-clarity - A plugin to improve the output of pytest with colourful unified diffs
responses - A utility for mocking out the Python Requests library.
pytest-insta - A practical snapshot testing plugin for pytest.
mock - The Python mock library
pudb - Full-screen console debugger for Python
betamax - A VCR imitation designed only for python-requests.
tavern - A command-line tool and Python library and Pytest plugin for automated testing of RESTful APIs, with a simple, concise and flexible YAML-based syntax
httpretty - Intercept HTTP requests at the Python socket level. Fakes the whole socket module
kubetest - Kubernetes integration testing in Python via pytest
Moto - A library that allows you to easily mock out tests based on AWS infrastructure.
pytest-sugar - a plugin for py.test that changes the default look and feel of py.test (e.g. progressbar, show tests that fail instantly)
freezegun - Let your Python tests travel through time