responses VS pytest-recording

Compare responses vs pytest-recording and see what are their differences.

responses

A utility for mocking out the Python Requests library. (by getsentry)

pytest-recording

A pytest plugin that allows recording network interactions via VCR.py (by kiwicom)
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responses pytest-recording
12 1
4,030 374
0.6% 4.8%
8.0 7.0
about 1 month ago 3 days ago
Python Python
Apache License 2.0 MIT License
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responses

Posts with mentions or reviews of responses. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-16.

pytest-recording

Posts with mentions or reviews of pytest-recording. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-03-16.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing responses and pytest-recording you can also consider the following projects:

httpretty - Intercept HTTP requests at the Python socket level. Fakes the whole socket module

VCR.py - Automatically mock your HTTP interactions to simplify and speed up testing

httmock - A mocking library for requests

Selenium Wire - Extends Selenium's Python bindings to give you the ability to inspect requests made by the browser.

Moto - A library that allows you to easily mock out tests based on AWS infrastructure.

mock - The Python mock library

betamax - A VCR imitation designed only for python-requests.

Mocket - a socket mock framework - for all kinds of socket animals, web-clients included

freezegun - Let your Python tests travel through time

PyRestTest - Python Rest Testing

Schemathesis - Automate your API Testing: catch crashes, validate specs, and save time

python-libfaketime - A fast time mocking alternative to freezegun that wraps libfaketime.