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Testing with unittest.mock
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Ana Yankova
May 20, 2014
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Testing with unittest.mock Ana Hristova
♥ Every tester has the heart of a developer
Crowd Investment Platform CONNECTING INVESTORS AND ENTREPRENEURS THROUGH FUNDING
[email protected]
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unittest.mock Testing library
Part of the Python Standard Library as of Python 3.3
unittest.mock
For older versions: unittest.mock $ pip install mock
unittest.mock helps you create mock objects and make assertions about
them
How is this helpful?
You want to test code that depends on the "
date or time
You are building a shiny new app … # $
% % % % % & ' ( )
Please wait… … while your tests are running *
Mock MagicMock patch( )
Mock objects Callable
Mock objects Create attributes on demand
Mock objects Record how you use the attributes
Allow you to set return values or limit the available
attributes Mock objects
Examples
>>> class Comment: ... ... def create(self, text, parent=None): ...
pass ... comment = Comment()
>>> comment.create = Mock(return_value=True) >>> comment.create(text=‘hello') True >>> comment.create. \
... assert_called_once_with(text=‘hello’) >>> comment.create.called True >>> comment.create.call_args call(text='hello') >>> comment.call_count 1
>>> mock = Mock() >>> mock <Mock id='4353021072'> >>> mock.method
<Mock name='mock.method' id=‘4352854800'> >>> mock.assetr_called_with(keyword=None)
... AttributeError: Mock object has no attribute 'remove' >>> comment.remove
>>> from unittest.mock import create_autospec >>> >>> comment = create_autospec(Comment)
side effects
>>> comment.create.side_effect = \ ... ConnectionError(“Connection refused”) >>> ... ConnectionError:
Connection refused >>> comment.create.mock_calls [call(parent=None, text='Hello')] >>> >>> comment.create(text="Hello", parent=None)
magic methods Mocking
>>> mock = Mock() >>> mock.__len__ = Mock() >>> mock.__len__.return_value
= 42 >>> len(mock) 42 ! !
MagicMock with default implementations of magic methods Subclass of Mock
>>> mock = MagicMock() >>> int(mock) 1 >>> len(mock) 0
>>> list(mock) [] >>> mock.__int__.called True
patch( ) Used to patch objects within the scope of
the test
#event.py from datetime import date ! class Event(): ! def
get_state(self): if self.end_date < date.today(): return "PAST" if self.start_date > date.today(): return "FUTURE" if self.start_date <= date.today() <= self.end_date: return "CURRENT"
#test.py from datetime import date ! class EventTests(TestCase): def setUp(self):
self.pycon = Event() self.pycon.start_date = date(2014, 5, 20) self.pycon.end_date = date(2014, 5, 21) ! @patch('event.date') def test_event_has_passed(self, mock_date): mock_date.today.return_value = date(2014, 5, 22) assert self.pycon.get_state() == "PAST"
@patch('event.date') def test_event_has_passed(self, mock_date): mock_date.today.return_value = date(2014, 5, 22) assert
self.pycon.get_state() == "PAST"
class UserProfileSaveTests(TestCase): ! def setUp(self): self.profile = UserProfileFactory.build(user=UserFactory()) ! !
@patch("notifications.tasks.subscribe_to_newsletter.delay") def test_subscribe_to_newsletter(self, subscribe_mock): self.profile.newsletter = True self.profile.save() subscribe_mock.assert_called_once_with(self.profile.user)
Mock wisely!
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