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===========
pytest-mock
===========
This plugin installs a ``mocker`` fixture which is a thin-wrapper around the patching API
provided by the `mock package <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/mock>`_,
but with the benefit of not having to worry about undoing patches at the end
of a test:
.. code-block:: python
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import os
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class UnixFS:
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@staticmethod
def rm(filename):
os.remove(filename)
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def test_unix_fs(mocker):
mocker.patch('os.remove')
UnixFS.rm('file')
os.remove.assert_called_once_with('file')
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.. |version| image:: http://img.shields.io/pypi/v/pytest-mock.svg
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:target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pytest-mock
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:target: https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/pytest-mock
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:target: https://travis-ci.org/pytest-dev/pytest-mock
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:target: https://ci.appveyor.com/project/pytestbot/pytest-mock
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:target: https://coveralls.io/r/pytest-dev/pytest-mock
.. |python| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/pytest-mock.svg
:target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pytest-mock/
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Usage
=====
The ``mocker`` fixture has the same API as
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`mock.patch <https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.mock.html#patch>`_,
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supporting the same arguments:
.. code-block:: python
def test_foo(mocker):
# all valid calls
mocker.patch('os.remove')
mocker.patch.object(os, 'listdir', autospec=True)
mocked_isfile = mocker.patch('os.path.isfile')
The supported methods are:
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* `mocker.patch <https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.mock.html#patch>`_
* `mocker.patch.object <https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.mock.html#patch-object>`_
* `mocker.patch.multiple <https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.mock.html#patch-multiple>`_
* `mocker.patch.dict <https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.mock.html#patch-dict>`_
* `mocker.stopall <https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.mock.html#unittest.mock.patch.stopall>`_
* ``mocker.resetall()``: calls `reset_mock() <https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.mock.html#unittest.mock.Mock.reset_mock>`_ in all mocked objects up to this point.
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These objects from the ``mock`` module are accessible directly from ``mocker`` for convenience:
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* `Mock <https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.mock.html#unittest.mock.Mock>`_
* `MagicMock <https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.mock.html#unittest.mock.MagicMock>`_
* `PropertyMock <https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.mock.html#unittest.mock.PropertyMock>`_
* `ANY <https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.mock.html#any>`_
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* `DEFAULT <https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.mock.html#default>`_ *(Version 1.4)*
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* `call <https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.mock.html#call>`_ *(Version 1.1)*
* `sentinel <https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.mock.html#sentinel>`_ *(Version 1.2)*
* `mock_open <https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.mock.html#mock-open>`_
Spy
---
The spy acts exactly like the original method in all cases, except it allows use of `mock`
features with it, like retrieving call count. It also works for class and static methods.
.. code-block:: python
def test_spy(mocker):
class Foo(object):
def bar(self):
return 42
foo = Foo()
mocker.spy(foo, 'bar')
assert foo.bar() == 42
assert foo.bar.call_count == 1
Stub
----
The stub is a mock object that accepts any arguments and is useful to test callbacks, for instance.
May be passed a name to be used by the constructed stub object in its repr (useful for debugging).
.. code-block:: python
def test_stub(mocker):
def foo(on_something):
on_something('foo', 'bar')
stub = mocker.stub(name='on_something_stub')
foo(stub)
stub.assert_called_once_with('foo', 'bar')
Improved reporting of mock call assertion errors
------------------------------------------------
This plugin monkeypatches the mock library to improve pytest output for failures
of mock call assertions like ``Mock.assert_called_with()`` by hiding internal traceback
entries from the ``mock`` module.
It also adds introspection information on differing call arguments when
calling the helper methods. This features catches `AssertionError` raised in
the method, and uses py.test's own `advanced assertions`_ to return a better
diff::
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mocker = <pytest_mock.MockFixture object at 0x0381E2D0>
def test(mocker):
m = mocker.Mock()
m('fo')
> m.assert_called_once_with('', bar=4)
E AssertionError: Expected call: mock('', bar=4)
E Actual call: mock('fo')
E
E pytest introspection follows:
E
E Args:
E assert ('fo',) == ('',)
E At index 0 diff: 'fo' != ''
E Use -v to get the full diff
E Kwargs:
E assert {} == {'bar': 4}
E Right contains more items:
E {'bar': 4}
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E Use -v to get the full diff
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test_foo.py:6: AssertionError
========================== 1 failed in 0.03 seconds ===========================
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This is useful when asserting mock calls with many/nested arguments and trying
to quickly see the difference.
This feature is probably safe, but if you encounter any problems it can be disabled in
your ``pytest.ini`` file:
.. code-block:: ini
[pytest]
mock_traceback_monkeypatch = false
Note that this feature is automatically disabled with the ``--tb=native`` option. The underlying
mechanism used to suppress traceback entries from ``mock`` module does not work with that option
anyway plus it generates confusing messages on Python 3.5 due to exception chaining
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.. _advanced assertions: http://pytest.org/latest/assert.html
Use standalone "mock" package
-----------------------------
*New in version 1.4.0.*
Python 3 users might want to use a newest version of the ``mock`` package as published on PyPI
than the one that comes with the Python distribution.
.. code-block:: ini
[pytest]
mock_use_standalone_module = true
This will force the plugin to import ``mock`` instead of the ``unittest.mock`` module bundled with
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Python 3.4+. Note that this option is only used in Python 3+, as Python 2 users only have the option
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to use the ``mock`` package from PyPI anyway.
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Requirements
============
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* Python 2.7, Python 3.4+
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* pytest
* mock (for Python 2)
Install
=======
Install using `pip <http://pip-installer.org/>`_:
.. code-block:: console
$ pip install pytest-mock
Changelog
=========
Please consult the `changelog page`_.
.. _changelog page: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-mock/blob/master/CHANGELOG.rst
Why bother with a plugin?
=========================
There are a number of different ``patch`` usages in the standard ``mock`` API,
but IMHO they don't scale very well when you have more than one or two
patches to apply.
It may lead to an excessive nesting of ``with`` statements, breaking the flow
of the test:
.. code-block:: python
import mock
def test_unix_fs():
with mock.patch('os.remove'):
UnixFS.rm('file')
os.remove.assert_called_once_with('file')
with mock.patch('os.listdir'):
assert UnixFS.ls('dir') == expected
# ...
with mock.patch('shutil.copy'):
UnixFS.cp('src', 'dst')
# ...
One can use ``patch`` as a decorator to improve the flow of the test:
.. code-block:: python
@mock.patch('os.remove')
@mock.patch('os.listdir')
@mock.patch('shutil.copy')
def test_unix_fs(mocked_copy, mocked_listdir, mocked_remove):
UnixFS.rm('file')
os.remove.assert_called_once_with('file')
assert UnixFS.ls('dir') == expected
# ...
UnixFS.cp('src', 'dst')
# ...
But this poses a few disadvantages:
- test functions must receive the mock objects as parameter, even if you don't plan to
access them directly; also, order depends on the order of the decorated ``patch``
functions;
- receiving the mocks as parameters doesn't mix nicely with pytest's approach of
naming fixtures as parameters, or ``pytest.mark.parametrize``;
- you can't easily undo the mocking during the test execution;
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**Note about usage as context manager**
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Although mocker's API is intentionally the same as ``mock.patch``'s, its use
as context manager and function decorator is **not** supported through the
fixture. The purpose of this plugin is to make the use of context managers and
function decorators for mocking unnecessary. Indeed, trying to use the
functionality in ``mocker`` in this manner can lead to non-intuitive errors:
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.. code-block:: python
def test_context_manager(mocker):
a = A()
with mocker.patch.object(a, 'doIt', return_value=True, autospec=True):
assert a.doIt() == True
.. code-block:: console
================================== FAILURES ===================================
____________________________ test_context_manager _____________________________
in test_context_manager
with mocker.patch.object(a, 'doIt', return_value=True, autospec=True):
E AttributeError: __exit__
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You can however use ``mocker.mock_module`` to access the underlying ``mock``
module, e.g. to return a context manager in a fixture that mocks something
temporarily:
.. code-block:: python
@pytest.fixture
def fixture_cm(mocker):
@contextlib.contextmanager
def my_cm():
def mocked():
pass
with mocker.mock_module.patch.object(SomeClass, 'method', mocked):
yield
return my_cm
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Contributing
============
Contributions are welcome! After cloning the repository, create a virtual env
and install ``pytest-mock`` in editable mode with ``dev`` extras:
.. code-block:: console
$ pip install --editable .[dev]
$ pre-commit install
Tests are run with ``tox``, you can run the baseline environments before submitting a PR:
.. code-block:: console
$ tox -e py27,py36,linting
Style checks and formatting are done automatically during commit courtesy of
`pre-commit <https://pre-commit.com>`_.
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License
=======
Distributed under the terms of the `MIT`_ license.
.. _MIT: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-mock/blob/master/LICENSE