How to test Python 3.4 asyncio code?

Question

What\'s the best way to write unit tests for code using the Python 3.4 asyncio library? Assume I want to test a TCP client (SocketConnection):

Answer 1

In addition to pylover's answer, if you intend to use some other asynchronous method from the test class itself, the following implementation will work better -

import asyncio
import unittest

class AioTestCase(unittest.TestCase):

    # noinspection PyPep8Naming
    def __init__(self, methodName='runTest', loop=None):
        self.loop = loop or asyncio.get_event_loop()
        self._function_cache = {}
        super(AioTestCase, self).__init__(methodName=methodName)

    def coroutine_function_decorator(self, func):
        def wrapper(*args, **kw):
            return self.loop.run_until_complete(func(*args, **kw))
        return wrapper

    def __getattribute__(self, item):
        attr = object.__getattribute__(self, item)
        if asyncio.iscoroutinefunction(attr) and item.startswith('test_'):
            if item not in self._function_cache:
                self._function_cache[item] = 
                    self.coroutine_function_decorator(attr)
            return self._function_cache[item]
        return attr


class TestMyCase(AioTestCase):

    async def multiplier(self, n):
        await asyncio.sleep(1)  # just to show the difference
        return n*2

    async def test_dispatch(self):
        m = await self.multiplier(2)
        self.assertEqual(m, 4)

the only change was - and item.startswith('test_') in the __getattribute__ method.