python-placebo 1.0.0

Placebo

Placebo is a utility that help implenting mock api responses in a reusable and composable way.

(WORK IN PROGRESS)

Sample mock:

class UsersResponse(BaseMock):
    url = 'http://www.acme.com/api/v1/users/'
    body = json.dumps([{'name': 'Huseyin',
                        'last_name': 'Yilmaz'}])

And usage of the mock will be like this:

@Response.decorate
def users_api_test(self):
    ...

You can decorate any function or method with this decorator. Even django views:

@Response.decorate
def users_list_view(request):
    ...

Details

When a decorator is applied, I will be using httppretty or httmock libraries to mock given endpoint from the socket or requests library layer. So I am thinking about creating a backend structure that can be attach to the library. So I will be able switch between different mocking library backends.

Bad side of this is I will need to create a generic structure and convert specific backend requests to generic PlaceboRequest backend.