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pytest-localstack is a plugin for pytest to create AWS integration tests via a Localstack Docker container.

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Requires:

pytest >= 7
Docker

Tested against Python >= 3.9.

Features

Create pytest fixtures that start and stop a Localstack container.
Temporarily patch botocore to redirect botocore/boto3 API calls to Localstack container.
Plugin system to easily extend supports to other AWS client libraries such as aiobotocore.

Example

import boto3
import pytest_localstack

localstack = pytest_localstack.patch_fixture(
    services=["s3"],  # Limit to the AWS services you need.
    scope='module',  # Use the same Localstack container for all tests in this module.
    autouse=True,  # Automatically use this fixture in tests.
)

def test_s3_bucket_creation():
    s3 = boto3.resource('s3')  # Botocore/boto3 will be patched to use Localstack
    assert len(list(s3.buckets.all())) == 0
    bucket = s3.Bucket('foobar')
    bucket.create()
    assert len(list(s3.buckets.all())) == 1

Services

apigateway
cloudformation
cloudwatch
dynamodb
dynamodbstreams
ec2
es
firehose
iam
kinesis
lambda
logs
redshift
route53
s3
secretsmanager
ses
sns
sqs
ssm
stepfunctions
sts

Installation

$ pip install pytest-localstack

TODO

More detailed docs.
Break Docker container running out of LocalstackSession.
Make botocore patching more comprehensible.
Add common test resource fixture factories i.e. S3 buckets, SQS queues, SNS topics, etc.
Test this works for non-localhost Docker containers.
Add other client libraries such as aiobotocore.

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