Test Costco API

[TomasAndersonFang]

Issue Description

The test_api_costco.py function is tested across multiple test cases to validate its output structure and data consistency. However, the following issues were observed:

1. Output Consistency:

   • The test cases expect the output to be a list of dictionaries with specific keys (title, price, website, link, img_link, timestamp).
   • If the API response is not consistent or lacks any of these keys, the assertions fail. This has been observed intermittently.

2. Unexpected Empty Fields:

   • Test cases such as test_api_costco_collected_produce_title, test_api_costco_collected_produce_link, test_api_costco_collected_produce_img_link, and test_api_costco_collected_produce_timestamp check for non-empty values in specific fields. If any field is missing or empty, these tests will fail.
   • This raises concerns regarding the reliability of data extraction from the source, particularly when certain fields are unexpectedly empty.

3. Price Validation:

   • In test_api_costco_collected_produce_price, the check_price function verifies that all price values are valid floats after removing $ and ,. However, invalid or inconsistent formats may lead to ValueError exceptions, failing this test.
   • Price sorting in test_api_costco_collected_produce_order might also fail if prices are not properly formatted or extracted.

Affected Test Cases

• Data Structure Validation:
  • test_api_costco, test_api_costco1, test_api_costco2, etc., check if the API returns the expected data structure and keys.
• Field Validation:
  • test_api_costco_collected_produce_title
  • test_api_costco_collected_produce_link
  • test_api_costco_collected_produce_img_link
  • test_api_costco_collected_produce_timestamp
  • test_api_costco_collected_produce_price
• Price Sorting Validation:
  • test_api_costco_collected_produce_order

Steps to Reproduce

1. Run the test cases provided in the code snippet.
2. Observe any intermittent test failures or inconsistencies in the test_api_costco.py response.

Expected Outcome

• The search_items_API function should consistently return a list of dictionaries, with each dictionary containing the keys title, price, website, link, img_link, and timestamp.
• Fields such as title, link, img_link, and timestamp should not be empty, and price should be a valid float.
• Prices should be in ascending order when order_by_col='price'.

Actual Outcome

• Inconsistent data structure or missing fields in some API responses.
• Occasional empty values in fields that are expected to be populated.
• Price values sometimes contain invalid formats, leading to test failures in price validation and sorting.

[TomasAndersonFang]

Resolved #30