Mock attributes in Python mock?

Question

I\'m having a fairly difficult time using mock in Python:

def method_under_test():
    r = requests.post(\"http://localhost/post\")

    print r         


        

Answer 1

With mock version '1.0.1' the simpler syntax mentioned in the question is supported and works as is!

Example code updated (py.test is used instead of unittest):

import mock
import requests


def method_under_test():
    r = requests.post("http://localhost/post")

    print r.ok

    if r.ok:
        return r.ok
    else:
        raise Exception()


def test_method_under_test():
    with mock.patch('requests.post') as patched_post:
        patched_post.return_value.ok = True

        result = method_under_test()
        assert result is True, "mock ok failed"

Run this code with: (make sure you install pytest)

$ py.test -s -v mock_attributes.py 
======= test session starts =======================
platform linux2 -- Python 2.7.10 -- py-1.4.30 -- pytest-2.7.2 -- /home/developer/miniconda/bin/python
rootdir: /home/developer/projects/learn/scripts/misc, inifile: 
plugins: httpbin, cov
collected 1 items 

mock_attributes.py::test_method_under_test True
PASSED

======= 1 passed in 0.03 seconds =================