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Python-API-Testing

Testing Python APIs

Sections.

  • Introduction - Brief intro of the article and setup of the application.
  • Test Driven Development(TDD) - A bit of explanation on TDD.
  • Utilizing Mocks - Explain the concept of mocking and different ways of mocking as follows.
    • Using Decorators
    • Using a Context Manager
    • Using a Patcher
  • Mocking the whole function behavior - Demonstrate and explain how its done.
  • Mocking third party functions - Demonstrate and explain how to mock out own functions/modules in other functions.
  • Continuous integration with Circle CI - Brief walk through of how to combine testing and CI to make our development smooth, use case Github and Circle CI.
  • Conclusion - Brief summary touching on mocking and CI.

Setup.

$ git clone [email protected]:kimobrian/Python-API-Testing.git
$ cd Python-API-Testing
$ virtualenv -p python3 venv   # Create virtual environment
$ source venv/bin/activate # Activate virtual environment
$ pip install -r requirements.txt