pytest-recording

A pytest plugin that records network interactions in your tests via VCR.py.

Features

Straightforward pytest.mark.vcr, that reflects VCR.use_cassettes API;
Combining multiple VCR cassettes;
Network access blocking;
The rewrite recording mode that rewrites cassettes from scratch.

Installation

This project can be installed via pip:

.. code:: bash

pip install pytest-recording

⚠️This project is not compatible with pytest-vcr, make sure to uninstall before ⚠️

Usage

.. code:: python

import pytest
import requests

# cassettes/{module_name}/test_single.yaml will be used
@pytest.mark.vcr
def test_single():
    assert requests.get("http://httpbin.org/get").text == '{"get": true}'

# cassettes/{module_name}/example.yaml will be used
@pytest.mark.default_cassette("example.yaml")
@pytest.mark.vcr
def test_default():
    assert requests.get("http://httpbin.org/get").text == '{"get": true}'

# these cassettes will be used in addition to the default one
@pytest.mark.vcr("/path/to/ip.yaml", "/path/to/get.yaml")
def test_multiple():
    assert requests.get("http://httpbin.org/get").text == '{"get": true}'
    assert requests.get("http://httpbin.org/ip").text == '{"ip": true}'

# Make assertions based on the cassette calls/responses:
@pytest.mark.vcr
def test_call_count(vcr):
    assert requests.get("http://httpbin.org/get").text == '{"get": true}'
    assert requests.get("http://httpbin.org/ip").text == '{"ip": true}'
    # See https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/advanced.html for more info
    # about the Cassette object:
    assert vcr.play_count == 2

Run your tests:

.. code:: bash

pytest --record-mode=once test_network.py

Default recording mode


``pytest-recording`` uses the ``none`` VCR recording mode by default to prevent unintentional network requests.
To allow them you need to pass a different recording mode (e.g. ``once``) via the ``--record-mode`` CLI option to your test command.
See more information about available recording modes in the `official VCR documentation <https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/usage.html#record-modes>`_

Configuration

You can provide the recording configuration with the vcr_config fixture, which could be any scope - session, package, module, or function. It should return a dictionary that will be passed directly to VCR.use_cassettes under the hood.

.. code:: python

import pytest

@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
def vcr_config():
    return {"filter_headers": ["authorization"]}

For more granular control you need to pass these keyword arguments to individual pytest.mark.vcr marks, and in this case all arguments will be merged into a single dictionary with the following priority (low -> high):

vcr_config fixture
all marks from the most broad scope ("session") to the most narrow one ("function")

Example:

.. code:: python

import pytest

pytestmark = [pytest.mark.vcr(ignore_localhost=True)]

@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
def vcr_config():
    return {"filter_headers": ["authorization"]}

@pytest.mark.vcr(filter_headers=[])
def test_one():
    ...

@pytest.mark.vcr(filter_query_parameters=["api_key"])
def test_two():
    ...

Resulting VCR configs for each test:

test_one - {"ignore_localhost": True, "filter_headers": []}
test_two - {"ignore_localhost": True, "filter_headers": ["authorization"], "filter_query_parameters": ["api_key"]}

You can get access to the used VCR instance via pytest_recording_configure hook. It might be useful for registering custom matchers, persisters, etc.:

.. code:: python

# conftest.py

def jurassic_matcher(r1, r2):
    assert r1.uri == r2.uri and "JURASSIC PARK" in r1.body, \
        "required string (JURASSIC PARK) not found in request body"

def pytest_recording_configure(config, vcr):
    vcr.register_matcher("jurassic", jurassic_matcher)

You can disable the VCR.py integration entirely by passing the --disable-recording CLI option.

Rewrite record mode


It is possible to rewrite a cassette from scratch and not extend it with new entries as it works now with the ``all`` record mode from VCR.py.

However, it will rewrite only the default cassette and won't touch extra cassettes.

.. code:: python

    import pytest

    @pytest.fixture(scope="module")
    def vcr_config():
        return {"record_mode": "rewrite"}

Or via command-line option:

.. code:: bash

    $ pytest --record-mode=rewrite tests/

Blocking network access

To have more confidence that your tests will not go over the wire, you can block it with pytest.mark.block_network mark:

.. code:: python

import pytest
import requests

@pytest.mark.block_network
def test_multiple():
    assert requests.get("http://httpbin.org/get").text == '{"get": true}'

...
# in case of access
RuntimeError: Network is disabled

Besides marks, the network access could be blocked globally with --block-network command-line option.

However, if VCR.py recording is enabled, the network is not blocked for tests with pytest.mark.vcr.

Example:

.. code:: python

import pytest
import requests

@pytest.mark.vcr
def test_multiple():
    assert requests.get("http://httpbin.org/get").text == '{"get": true}'

Run pytest:

.. code:: bash

$ pytest --record-mode=once --block-network tests/

The network blocking feature supports socket-based transports and pycurl.

It is possible to allow access to specified hosts during network blocking:

.. code:: python

import pytest
import requests

@pytest.mark.block_network(allowed_hosts=["httpbin.*"])
def test_access():
    assert requests.get("http://httpbin.org/get").text == '{"get": true}'
    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match=r"^Network is disabled$"):
        requests.get("http://example.com")

Or via command-line option:

.. code:: bash

$ pytest --record-mode=once --block-network --allowed-hosts=httpbin.*,localhost tests/

Or via vcr_config fixture:

.. code:: python

import pytest

@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
def vcr_config():
    return {"allowed_hosts": ["httpbin.*"]}

Additional resources

Looking for more examples? Check out this article <https://code.kiwi.com/pytest-cassettes-forget-about-mocks-or-live-requests-a9336e1caee6>_ about pytest-recording.

Contributing

To run the tests:

.. code:: bash

$ tox -p all

For more information, take a look at our contributing guide <https://github.com/kiwicom/pytest-recording/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.rst>_

Python support

Pytest-recording supports:

CPython 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, and 3.12
PyPy 7 (3.6)

License

The code in this project is licensed under MIT license_. By contributing to pytest-recording, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under its MIT license.

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