| ▲ | riffraff 9 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||
That works fine for files, but what if the integration is with a third party service for example? You can create an actual mock networked service but it's much more work. I think this is an example explaining what seems like a good practice for using mocks in python to me, the actual code in the post is barely "supporting cast". | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | efortis 8 hours ago | parent [-] | ||||||||||||||||
If it's HTTP you can create the fixtures and serve them with a mock server. I'm a frontend dev, so backend APIs are like 3rd parties to me. I use a browser extension for scraping actual backend responses, which downloads them with a filename convention the mock server understands. I mostly use it for development, but also for setting up screenshot tests. For example, | |||||||||||||||||
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