Python: block network connections for testing purposes?

Question

I\'m trying to test a package that provides interfaces to a few web services. It has a test suite that is supposed to test most functions without connecting to the

Answer 1

Monkey patching socket ought to do it:

import socket
def guard(*args, **kwargs):
    raise Exception("I told you not to use the Internet!")
socket.socket = guard

Make sure this runs before any other import.