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How to test the calling sequence of methods of a class?
Sometimes when I develop by TDD (Test Driven Development) I need to test the calling order of some class methods. In general I write Python code so I'll show the last test case that I have just ...
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Python unittest.mock fails when using pydantic.BaseModel
I have come across this problem when making my unit tests.
from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, patch
import pydantic
# class Parent(): # Using non-pydantic class works
class Parent(pydantic....
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Python unittest fails with No module loaded in VScode
I have the following directory structure
when I use the test runner I get
File "/home/kyle/dev/tests/test_foo.py", line 2, in <module> import foo ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ...
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CheckConstraint in Django model not triggering in unittest.TestCase (AssertionError: IntegrityError not raised)
I have a Model class with a series of constraints that I am attempting to test, and I am unable to get these constraints to return an IntegrityError in testing. The class is as follows:
from django.db ...
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Python: Running tests with all combinations of feature flags
We have several modules that require mandatory feature / backout flags. These flags are defined at module level.
module.py:
from enabled import is_enabled
FLAGS = {flag : is_enabled(flag) for flag in ...
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How to forcefully terminate a running Python test in VSCode
Closely related to my question is VSCode: how to interrupt a running Python test?, however in my case the standard method of pressing the square in the Test Results tap does not work.
What is ...
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How to Test Password Reset Endpoint Using a Token That Doesn’t Exist in the Database in FastAPI?
I'm building a backend system using FastAPI, and I'm currently working on implementing unit tests for the password reset functionality that involves using tokens.
Here’s the snippet of the code I'm ...
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Difference between mock.patch.dict as function decorator and context manager in Python unittest
I have a configuration module, config with data config.data where I want to add a value for testing.
Ideally, I want to use mock.patch.dict as a context manager because the value is a class attribute ...
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RuntimeError: Event loop is closed - unittest, pytest
I have been working on yet another API using FastAPI and trying to write test cases for the APIs, but facing error that event loop is closed.
My setup:
So, I am using asyncpg driver/library to connect ...
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importlib resources files -> not a package, empty module
I tend to alwasy run the testers from inside the module folder, but this breaks the "resources.files" functionality, as it seems not to be able to find the module any more
module folder
...
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How to combine unittest with trace module to produce coverage like report?
I know how to use coverage module to get "human readable" coverage output (using popular third party coverage module). This can be used with pytest or unittest (with some differences in the ...
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How can I apply side effects to a function of an instance that is created in a function that is tested?
I have a custom class in the file MyClass.py
class MyClass:
def __init__(self):
self.fetched_data = False
def get_data(self):
self.fetched_data = True
...
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Running Django tests ends with MigrationSchemaMissing exception
I'm writing because I have a big problem. Well, I have a project in Django where I am using django-tenants. Unfortunately, I can't run any tests as these end up with the following error when calling ...
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Mock asyncio.sleep to be faster in unittest
I want to mock asyncio.sleep to shorten the delay, e.g. by a factor of 10, to speed up my tests while also trying to surface any possible race conditions or other bugs as a crude sanity check. However ...
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Test that unittest.Mock was called with some specified and some unspecified arguments [duplicate]
We can check if a unittest.mock.Mock has any call with some specified arguments.
I now want to test that some of the arguments are correct, while I do not know about the other ones.
Is there some ...
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How to patch global class in python correctly
My project structure:
├── core
| └── service
| └── file.py
└── tests
└── test_file.py
I have a function fun that uses a class method.
file.py
from another_module import myClass
...
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How can we mock an Object instantiation in python?
I have a scenario where I create a git.repo.base.Repo object in a "someFile.py":
def someFunction():
//some part of code
repo = Repo(path)
repo.head.reference = repo.commit(...
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Using unittest.Mock in Odoo 17
In odoo 17 I need to use unitest.mock to mock the return value of a function
The function is called cfdi_cancel.
It is located in mymodulename module, inside that module is the 'models' folder, inside ...
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Test failed even though it shouldn't
I keep getting failed test results with a correct output. I.e:
======================================================================
FAIL: test_block_to_block_type_code (tests.test_block_parser....
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Detecting testcases created dynamically while running unittest module
I've faced a problem. In my situation I create testcases dynamically like this
class TestMetrics(unittest.TestCase):
@staticmethod
def generate_test(test: ElementaryTestCase):
def ...
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I can't make a mock on my environment variables
I have problems when testing the way in which I choose the db to connect to in a condition of my scope where I will perform the deplyoment:
from app.resources import secrets
from app.resources.scope ...
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Mocking in pony orm
I am looking for a way to mock db_session in pony. An example I have now is the following test method:
import unittest
from unittest.mock import MagicMock
from mock import patch
from fireguard....
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How to assert an http.client.HTTPSConnection.request
My code tries to make HTTP requests to Gitlab API to make different actions such as create projects, branches, milestones etc. I'm not using external modules like requests because I want to keep my ...
- 367
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Getting "AttributeError: 'LoginTests' object has no attribute '_testMethodName'" error when running unittest tests
I am new, really new to the programming field (I just went through a QA Automation course with Python) and I am trying to work on a Unittest suite, but when I try to run an individual test (Ex: ...
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How to understand mock patching as it relates to import structures and what are alternatives?
I am having an issue where the patch method from the unittest.mock module is only working when I patch attributes of imported modules in other files. I do not understand if this is an issue of my ...
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Python testing: How can I verify that no error logs were thrown?
In my test I want to verify that no error log was done during the test. How do I do that?
I tried with self.assertLogs("", level="ERROR") as error_logs:. This can capture the error ...
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Pytest chain mocking between sync and async functions
I want to mock:
async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
async with session.post("xyz.com") as resp:
x = await resp.json()
Currently, I am doing:
# patched aiohttp as ...
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Can't assert folder creation path with unittest patch
I'm trying to assert all paths that passed through os.makedirs to test that a folder structured has been created. The code isn't complicated and I'm sure it works find but my test reports that the ...
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Mock - Change return value depending on Mock object
I'm trying to mock some objects in unittest but I need to have a different boolean value returned depending on the Mock object being evaluated in an if statement.
The function I'm testing looks ...
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Path.touch() patch assertion failed to find calls
I'm creating files with pathlib.Path.touch with the following method that I'd like to assert in a unittest using unitest.mock.patch decorator:
sessions.py
def generate_folders(paths: list):
for p ...
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How to patch a conditionally imported module in pytest?
I have Python code that works locally and when run on Databricks. For saving the results, a different function is used depending on where to code is run.
On Databricks, several things are ...
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Visual Studio Code does not find python unit tests in sub folders
I am setting up a Python project in VisualStudio Code. My folder and file structure looks like follows:
Base project folder
source_folder
package1_folder
module1.py
package2_folder
module2.py
...
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How do I mock the function in a module which is being called inside it from another function?
I am currently writing a pytest file and need some help regarding it.
In my conftest.py I am initialising the spark session in a function let's session
def session():
spark - Spark.Session ...
My ...
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Mock date.today() but leave other date methods alone
I am trying to test some python code that involves setting/comparing dates, and so I am trying to leverage unittest.mock in my testing (using pytest). The current problem I'm hitting is that using ...
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Failed creating mock folders with pyfakefs
I'm working on a project that uses pyfakefs to mock my filesystem to test folder creation and missing folders in a previously defined tree structure. I'm using Python 3.13 on Windows and get this ...
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How to mock in python an inherited attribute that contains the reference to an object
I'm trying to figure out how to use the Patch decorator (or in general the unittest library) for the following python code (I'm using 3.5 version):
class C:
def __init__(self):
self....
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Testing of cdk eks KubernetesManifest in python
I am trying to write unit tests for my python CDK code. From the AWS doc I understand that templates are generated easily for the level-2 & level-1 constructs so that the template can be tested. I ...
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Why is Python's IsolatedAsyncioTestCase so slow?
I'm working on writing test cases for some Python code that uses asyncio. I'm noticing a significant performance degradation when my test classes inherit from unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase vs. ...
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QtTest + unittest: How to use QSignalSpy?
How to use QtTest.QSignalSpy with unittest?
It is not clear from the documentation; there are few examples.
from PySide6.QtWidgets import QApplication, QLabel, QWidget, QVBoxLayout, QPushButton
from ...
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Python unittest - how to unit test function to open files of specific file pattern
I'm trying to write a unit test with unittest which tests that the behaviour of the below function only opens files that have a filename pattern of test_*.json.
import glob
import json
def get_tests()...
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How to patch a 3rd party lib in a unit test with FastAPI client
I have an app/main.py for FastAPI which does:
import qdrant_client as QdrantClient
...
qdrant_client = QdrantClient(url=...)
qdrant_client.create_collection(...)
...
app = FastAPI()
...
@app.get(&...
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How to mock properly recv method in python and use settimeout
I'm trying to use and test sockets in python (I have to use 3.5 version).
Consider this code:
import socket
def send_recv(xml_message):
try:
address = ('127.0.0.1', 12000)
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How to unit test import error of a module that is actually available at testime?
How can I mock an import error of the module foo in the unit test?
# file: bla.py
try:
import foo
except ImportError:
print("error")
sys.exit(1)
Baseline for the unit test:
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VSCode's testing framework breaks when referencing a file in a tertiary folder
I have a super simple test framework in VSCode as follows:
/.vscode
launch.json
settings.json
/python
/resources
some_data.tsv
/src
myapp.py
/test
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How to "inject" a local variable when importing a python module?
Is it possible to declare a local variable before it's imported?
For example to get this code to run as expected:
# a.py
# do magic here to make b.foo = "bar"
import b
b.printlocal()
# b....
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Is it possible to run 2 Python unitttests that have different patches in a single file?
Let's say you want to test a function that requires input and another that prints output. This requires two different patches. I created two distinct classes, but only 1 of them runs. The sample ...
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Python 3.11: No module named "unittest.mock" [closed]
I have tried to run a program using pytorch. It stopped with the error 'No module named "unittest.mock"'
Then I wrote a minimal python program:
import unittest.mock
if __name__ == '__main__':...
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SQLAlchemy 2.0 session issue unittest tests
I'm trying to upgrade my Flask project from using SQLAlchemy 1.3 to 2.0. I'm following the guidance described here (https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/20/changelog/migration_20.html)
I've gone through all ...
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unittest.AsyncMock: side_effect results in an coroutine instead of raising the Exception
Here's a minimal reproducible example.
This is with python 3.11. Besides pytest, no other dependency.
# minum_reproducible_example.py
from typing import Literal
from unittest.mock import Mock, patch
...
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unittest.mock patch decorator is not called depending on the pytest target
Running
docker compose -f docker-compose.local.yml run --rm django pytest ./project/app/
the following test passes perfectly, meaning patch method is being used
@patch("project.app....
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