Requests Mock

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References

• https://requests-mock.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
• https://pypi.org/project/requests-mock/
• https://github.com/jamielennox/requests-mock

In the wild:

• https://github.com/sammchardy/python-binance/blob/master/tests/test_api_request.py
• https://github.com/sammchardy/python-binance/blob/d10de413172412fafe6a1ccd5c64e3ea31c449ee/tests/test_historical_klines.py

Example:

    # FUNCTION YOU WANT TO TEST (APP)

    def fetch_data():
        request_url = ""
        return json.loads(requests.get(request_url).text)

    # MOCKING THE REQUEST (TEST)

    import requests_mock

    with requests_mock.mock() as mock:
        request_url = "" # same request url used by the fetch data function
        mock_data = {"message": "HELLO"} # the data we will return instead of making a request for real
        mock.get(request_url, json=mock_data)

        results = fetch_data() # a request is never made, but we get the mock data back
        assert results["message"] == "HELLO"