How can I simulate input to stdin for pyunit?

Question

I\'m trying to test a function that takes input from stdin, which I\'m currently testing with something like this:

cat /usr/share/dict/words | .         


        

Answer 1

If you are using mock module (written by Michael Foord), in order to mock raw_input function you can use syntax like:

@patch('src.main.raw_input', create=True, new=MagicMock(return_value='y'))
def test_1(self):
    method_we_try_to_test();    # method or function that calls **raw_input**