pytest-socket 0.1.0

Pytest Plugin to disable socket calls during tests

A plugin to use with Pytest to disable socket calls during tests to ensure network calls are prevented.

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This Pytest plugin was generated with Cookiecutter along with @hackebrot’s Cookiecutter-pytest-plugin template.

Features

• Disables all network calls flowing throguh Python’s socket interface.

Requirements

• Pytest 3.1.1 or greater

Installation

You can install “pytest-socket” via pip from PyPI:

$ pip install pytest-socket

Usage

• Run pytest, tests should fail on any access to socket or libraries using socket.

• To enable specific tests use of socket, pass in the fixture to the test:

def test_explicitly_enable_socket(enable_socket):
    assert socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)

Contributing

Contributions are very welcome. Tests can be run with tox, please ensure the coverage at least stays the same before you submit a pull request.

License

Distributed under the terms of the MIT license, “pytest-socket” is free and open source software

Issues

If you encounter any problems, please file an issue along with a detailed description.

References

This plugin came about due to the efforts by @hangtwenty solving a StackOverflow question, then converted into a pytest plugin by @miketheman.