pytest_httpx: A Python repository from RazerM

Send responses to HTTPX using pytest

Version 1.0.0 will be released once httpx is considered as stable (release of 1.0.0).

However, current state can be considered as stable.

Once installed, httpx_mock pytest fixture will make sure every httpx request will be replied to with user provided responses.

Add responses
Add dynamic responses
Raising exceptions
Check requests
Do not mock some requests
Migrating
- responses
- aioresponses

Add responses

You can register responses for both sync and async HTTPX requests.

import pytest
import httpx


def test_something(httpx_mock):
    httpx_mock.add_response()

    with httpx.Client() as client:
        response = client.get("https://test_url")


@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_something_async(httpx_mock):
    httpx_mock.add_response()

    async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
        response = await client.get("https://test_url")

If all registered responses are not sent back during test execution, the test case will fail at teardown.

This behavior can be disabled thanks to the assert_all_responses_were_requested fixture:

import pytest

@pytest.fixture
def assert_all_responses_were_requested() -> bool:
    return False

Default response is a HTTP/1.1 200 (OK) without any body.

How response is selected

In case more than one response match request, the first one not yet sent (according to the registration order) will be sent.

In case all matching responses have been sent, the last one (according to the registration order) will be sent.

You can add criteria so that response will be sent only in case of a more specific matching.

Matching on URL

url parameter can either be a string, a python re.Pattern instance or a httpx.URL instance.

Matching is performed on the full URL, query parameters included.

Order of parameters in the query string does not matter, however order of values do matter if the same parameter is provided more than once.

import httpx
from pytest_httpx import HTTPXMock


def test_url(httpx_mock: HTTPXMock):
    httpx_mock.add_response(url="https://test_url?a=1&b=2")

    with httpx.Client() as client:
        response1 = client.delete("https://test_url?a=1&b=2")
        response2 = client.get("https://test_url?b=2&a=1")

Matching on HTTP method

Use method parameter to specify the HTTP method (POST, PUT, DELETE, PATCH, HEAD) to reply to.

method parameter must be a string. It will be upper-cased, so it can be provided lower cased.

Matching is performed on equality.

import httpx
from pytest_httpx import HTTPXMock


def test_post(httpx_mock: HTTPXMock):
    httpx_mock.add_response(method="POST")

    with httpx.Client() as client:
        response = client.post("https://test_url")


def test_put(httpx_mock: HTTPXMock):
    httpx_mock.add_response(method="PUT")

    with httpx.Client() as client:
        response = client.put("https://test_url")


def test_delete(httpx_mock: HTTPXMock):
    httpx_mock.add_response(method="DELETE")

    with httpx.Client() as client:
        response = client.delete("https://test_url")


def test_patch(httpx_mock: HTTPXMock):
    httpx_mock.add_response(method="PATCH")

    with httpx.Client() as client:
        response = client.patch("https://test_url")


def test_head(httpx_mock: HTTPXMock):
    httpx_mock.add_response(method="HEAD")

    with httpx.Client() as client:
        response = client.head("https://test_url")

Matching on proxy URL

proxy_url parameter can either be a string, a python re.Pattern instance or a httpx.URL instance.

Matching is performed on the full proxy URL, query parameters included.

Order of parameters in the query string does not matter, however order of values do matter if the same parameter is provided more than once.

import httpx
from pytest_httpx import HTTPXMock


def test_proxy_url(httpx_mock: HTTPXMock):
    httpx_mock.add_response(proxy_url="http://test_proxy_url?b=1&a=2")

    with httpx.Client(proxy="http://test_proxy_url?a=2&b=1") as client:
        response = client.get("https://test_url")

Matching on HTTP headers

Use match_headers parameter to specify the HTTP headers to reply to.

Matching is performed on equality for each provided header.

import httpx
from pytest_httpx import HTTPXMock


def test_headers_matching(httpx_mock: HTTPXMock):
    httpx_mock.add_response(match_headers={'User-Agent': 'python-httpx/0.25.0'})

    with httpx.Client() as client:
        response = client.get("https://test_url")

Matching on HTTP body

Use match_content parameter to specify the full HTTP body to reply to.

Matching is performed on equality.

import httpx
from pytest_httpx import HTTPXMock


def test_content_matching(httpx_mock: HTTPXMock):
    httpx_mock.add_response(match_content=b"This is the body")

    with httpx.Client() as client:
        response = client.post("https://test_url", content=b"This is the body")

Matching on HTTP JSON body

Use match_json parameter to specify the JSON decoded HTTP body to reply to.

Matching is performed on equality. You can however use unittest.mock.ANY to do partial matching.

import httpx
from pytest_httpx import HTTPXMock
from unittest.mock import ANY

def test_json_matching(httpx_mock: HTTPXMock):
    httpx_mock.add_response(match_json={"a": "json", "b": 2})

    with httpx.Client() as client:
        response = client.post("https://test_url", json={"a": "json", "b": 2})

        
def test_partial_json_matching(httpx_mock: HTTPXMock):
    httpx_mock.add_response(match_json={"a": "json", "b": ANY})

    with httpx.Client() as client:
        response = client.post("https://test_url", json={"a": "json", "b": 2})

Note that match_content cannot be provided if match_json is also provided.

Add JSON response

Use json parameter to add a JSON response using python values.

import httpx
from pytest_httpx import HTTPXMock


def test_json(httpx_mock: HTTPXMock):
    httpx_mock.add_response(json=[{"key1": "value1", "key2": "value2"}])

    with httpx.Client() as client:
        assert client.get("https://test_url").json() == [{"key1": "value1", "key2": "value2"}]

Note that the content-type header will be set to application/json by default in the response.

Reply with custom body

Use text parameter to reply with a custom body by providing UTF-8 encoded string.

import httpx
from pytest_httpx import HTTPXMock


def test_str_body(httpx_mock: HTTPXMock):
    httpx_mock.add_response(text="This is my UTF-8 content")

    with httpx.Client() as client:
        assert client.get("https://test_url").text == "This is my UTF-8 content"

Use content parameter to reply with a custom body by providing bytes.

import httpx
from pytest_httpx import HTTPXMock


def test_bytes_body(httpx_mock: HTTPXMock):
    httpx_mock.add_response(content=b"This is my bytes content")

    with httpx.Client() as client:
        assert client.get("https://test_url").content == b"This is my bytes content"

Use html parameter to reply with a custom body by providing UTF-8 encoded string.

import httpx
from pytest_httpx import HTTPXMock


def test_html_body(httpx_mock: HTTPXMock):
    httpx_mock.add_response(html="<body>This is <p> HTML content</body>")

    with httpx.Client() as client:
        assert client.get("https://test_url").text == "<body>This is <p> HTML content</body>"

Reply by streaming chunks

Use stream parameter to stream chunks that you specify.

import httpx
import pytest
from pytest_httpx import HTTPXMock, IteratorStream

def test_sync_streaming(httpx_mock: HTTPXMock):
    httpx_mock.add_response(stream=IteratorStream([b"part 1", b"part 2"]))

    with httpx.Client() as client:
        with client.stream(method="GET", url="https://test_url") as response:
            assert list(response.iter_raw()) == [b"part 1", b"part 2"]


@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_async_streaming(httpx_mock: HTTPXMock):
    httpx_mock.add_response(stream=IteratorStream([b"part 1", b"part 2"]))

    async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
        async with client.stream(method="GET", url="https://test_url") as response:
            assert [part async for part in response.aiter_raw()] == [b"part 1", b"part 2"]

Add multipart response

Use the httpx MultipartStream via the stream parameter to send a multipart response.

Reach out to httpx developers if you need this publicly exposed as this is not a standard use case.

import httpx
from httpx._multipart import MultipartStream
from pytest_httpx import HTTPXMock


def test_multipart_body(httpx_mock: HTTPXMock):
    httpx_mock.add_response(stream=MultipartStream(data={"key1": "value1"}, files={"file1": b"content of file 1"}, boundary=b"2256d3a36d2a61a1eba35a22bee5c74a"))

    with httpx.Client() as client:
        assert client.get("https://test_url").text == '''--2256d3a36d2a61a1eba35a22bee5c74a\r
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="key1"\r
\r
value1\r
--2256d3a36d2a61a1eba35a22bee5c74a\r
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file1"; filename="upload"\r
Content-Type: application/octet-stream\r
\r
content of file 1\r
--2256d3a36d2a61a1eba35a22bee5c74a--\r
'''

Add non 200 response

Use status_code parameter to specify the HTTP status code of the response.

import httpx
from pytest_httpx import HTTPXMock


def test_status_code(httpx_mock: HTTPXMock):
    httpx_mock.add_response(status_code=404)

    with httpx.Client() as client:
        assert client.get("https://test_url").status_code == 404

Reply with custom headers

Use headers parameter to specify the extra headers of the response.

Any valid httpx headers type is supported, you can submit headers as a dict (str or bytes), a list of 2-tuples (str or bytes) or a httpx.Header instance.

import httpx
from pytest_httpx import HTTPXMock


def test_headers_as_str_dict(httpx_mock: HTTPXMock):
    httpx_mock.add_response(headers={"X-Header1": "Test value"})

    with httpx.Client() as client:
        assert client.get("https://test_url").headers["x-header1"] == "Test value"


def test_headers_as_str_tuple_list(httpx_mock: HTTPXMock):
    httpx_mock.add_response(headers=[("X-Header1", "Test value")])

    with httpx.Client() as client:
        assert client.get("https://test_url").headers["x-header1"] == "Test value"


def test_headers_as_httpx_headers(httpx_mock: HTTPXMock):
    httpx_mock.add_response(headers=httpx.Headers({b"X-Header1": b"Test value"}))

    with httpx.Client() as client:
        assert client.get("https://test_url").headers["x-header1"] == "Test value"

Reply with cookies

Cookies are sent in the set-cookie HTTP header.

You can then send cookies in the response by setting the set-cookie header with the value following key=value format.

import httpx
from pytest_httpx import HTTPXMock


def test_cookie(httpx_mock: HTTPXMock):
    httpx_mock.add_response(headers={"set-cookie": "key=value"})

    with httpx.Client() as client:
        response = client.get("https://test_url")
    assert dict(response.cookies) == {"key": "value"}


def test_cookies(httpx_mock: HTTPXMock):
    httpx_mock.add_response(headers=[("set-cookie", "key=value"), ("set-cookie", "key2=value2")])

    with httpx.Client() as client:
        response = client.get("https://test_url")
    assert dict(response.cookies) == {"key": "value", "key2": "value2"}

Add HTTP/2.0 response

Use http_version parameter to specify the HTTP protocol version of the response.

import httpx
from pytest_httpx import HTTPXMock


def test_http_version(httpx_mock: HTTPXMock):
    httpx_mock.add_response(http_version="HTTP/2.0")

    with httpx.Client() as client:
        assert client.get("https://test_url").http_version == "HTTP/2.0"

Add callbacks

You can perform custom manipulation upon request reception by registering callbacks.

Callback should expect one parameter, the received httpx.Request.

If all callbacks are not executed during test execution, the test case will fail at teardown.

This behavior can be disabled thanks to the assert_all_responses_were_requested fixture:

import pytest

@pytest.fixture
def assert_all_responses_were_requested() -> bool:
    return False

Note that callbacks are considered as responses, and thus are selected the same way.

Dynamic responses

Callback should return a httpx.Response.

import httpx
from pytest_httpx import HTTPXMock


def test_dynamic_response(httpx_mock: HTTPXMock):
    def custom_response(request: httpx.Request):
        return httpx.Response(
            status_code=200, json={"url": str(request.url)},
        )

    httpx_mock.add_callback(custom_response)

    with httpx.Client() as client:
        response = client.get("https://test_url")
        assert response.json() == {"url": "https://test_url"}

Alternatively, callbacks can also be asynchronous.

As in the following sample simulating network latency on some responses only.

import asyncio
import httpx
import pytest
from pytest_httpx import HTTPXMock


@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_dynamic_async_response(httpx_mock: HTTPXMock):
    async def simulate_network_latency(request: httpx.Request):
        await asyncio.sleep(1)
        return httpx.Response(
            status_code=200, json={"url": str(request.url)},
        )

    httpx_mock.add_callback(simulate_network_latency)
    httpx_mock.add_response()

    async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
        responses = await asyncio.gather(
            # Response will be received after one second
            client.get("https://test_url"),
            # Response will instantly be received (1 second before the first request)
            client.get("https://test_url")
        )

Raising exceptions

You can simulate HTTPX exception throwing by raising an exception in your callback or use httpx_mock.add_exception with the exception instance.

This can be useful if you want to assert that your code handles HTTPX exceptions properly.

import httpx
import pytest
from pytest_httpx import HTTPXMock


def test_exception_raising(httpx_mock: HTTPXMock):
    httpx_mock.add_exception(httpx.ReadTimeout("Unable to read within timeout"))
    
    with httpx.Client() as client:
        with pytest.raises(httpx.ReadTimeout):
            client.get("https://test_url")

Note that default behavior is to send an httpx.TimeoutException in case no response can be found. You can then test this kind of exception this way:

import httpx
import pytest
from pytest_httpx import HTTPXMock


def test_timeout(httpx_mock: HTTPXMock):
    with httpx.Client() as client:
        with pytest.raises(httpx.TimeoutException):
            client.get("https://test_url")

Check sent requests

The best way to ensure the content of your requests is still to use the match_headers and / or match_content parameters when adding a response. In the same spirit, ensuring that no request was issued does not necessarily require any code.

In any case, you always have the ability to retrieve the requests that were issued.

As in the following samples:

import httpx
from pytest_httpx import HTTPXMock


def test_many_requests(httpx_mock: HTTPXMock):
    httpx_mock.add_response()

    with httpx.Client() as client:
        response1 = client.get("https://test_url")
        response2 = client.get("https://test_url")

    requests = httpx_mock.get_requests()


def test_single_request(httpx_mock: HTTPXMock):
    httpx_mock.add_response()

    with httpx.Client() as client:
        response = client.get("https://test_url")

    request = httpx_mock.get_request()


def test_no_request(httpx_mock: HTTPXMock):
    assert not httpx_mock.get_request()

How requests are selected

You can add criteria so that requests will be returned only in case of a more specific matching.

Matching on URL

url parameter can either be a string, a python re.Pattern instance or a httpx.URL instance.

Matching is performed on the full URL, query parameters included.

Order of parameters in the query string does not matter, however order of values do matter if the same parameter is provided more than once.

Matching on HTTP method

Use method parameter to specify the HTTP method (POST, PUT, DELETE, PATCH, HEAD) of the requests to retrieve.

method parameter must be a string. It will be upper-cased, so it can be provided lower cased.

Matching is performed on equality.

Matching on proxy URL

proxy_url parameter can either be a string, a python re.Pattern instance or a httpx.URL instance.

Matching is performed on the full proxy URL, query parameters included.

Order of parameters in the query string does not matter, however order of values do matter if the same parameter is provided more than once.

Matching on HTTP headers

Use match_headers parameter to specify the HTTP headers executing the callback.

Matching is performed on equality for each provided header.

Matching on HTTP body

Use match_content parameter to specify the full HTTP body executing the callback.

Matching is performed on equality.

Matching on HTTP JSON body

Use match_json parameter to specify the JSON decoded HTTP body executing the callback.

Matching is performed on equality. You can however use unittest.mock.ANY to do partial matching.

Note that match_content cannot be provided if match_json is also provided.

Do not mock some requests

By default, pytest-httpx will mock every request.

But, for instance, in case you want to write integration tests with other servers, you might want to let some requests go through.

To do so, you can use the non_mocked_hosts fixture:

import pytest

@pytest.fixture
def non_mocked_hosts() -> list:
    return ["my_local_test_host", "my_other_test_host"]

Every other requested hosts will be mocked as in the following example

import pytest
import httpx

@pytest.fixture
def non_mocked_hosts() -> list:
    return ["my_local_test_host"]


def test_partial_mock(httpx_mock):
    httpx_mock.add_response()

    with httpx.Client() as client:
        # This request will NOT be mocked
        response1 = client.get("https://www.my_local_test_host/sub?param=value")
        # This request will be mocked
        response2 = client.get("https://test_url")

Migrating to pytest-httpx

Here is how to migrate from well-known testing libraries to pytest-httpx.

From responses

Feature	responses	pytest-httpx
Add a response	`responses.add()`	`httpx_mock.add_response()`
Add a callback	`responses.add_callback()`	`httpx_mock.add_callback()`
Retrieve requests	`responses.calls`	`httpx_mock.get_requests()`

Add a response or a callback

Undocumented parameters means that they are unchanged between responses and pytest-httpx. Below is a list of parameters that will require a change in your code.

Parameter	responses	pytest-httpx
method	`method=responses.GET`	`method="GET"`
body (as bytes)	`body=b"sample"`	`content=b"sample"`
body (as str)	`body="sample"`	`text="sample"`
status code	`status=201`	`status_code=201`
headers	`adding_headers={"name": "value"}`	`headers={"name": "value"}`
content-type header	`content_type="application/custom"`	`headers={"content-type": "application/custom"}`
Match the full query	`match_querystring=True`	The full query is always matched when providing the `url` parameter.

Sample adding a response with responses:

from responses import RequestsMock

def test_response(responses: RequestsMock):
    responses.add(
        method=responses.GET,
        url="https://test_url",
        body=b"This is the response content",
        status=400,
    )

Sample adding the same response with pytest-httpx:

from pytest_httpx import HTTPXMock

def test_response(httpx_mock: HTTPXMock):
    httpx_mock.add_response(
        method="GET",
        url="https://test_url",
        content=b"This is the response content",
        status_code=400,
    )

From aioresponses

Feature	aioresponses	pytest-httpx
Add a response	`aioresponses.method()`	`httpx_mock.add_response(method="METHOD")`
Add a callback	`aioresponses.method()`	`httpx_mock.add_callback(method="METHOD")`

Add a response or a callback

Undocumented parameters means that they are unchanged between responses and pytest-httpx. Below is a list of parameters that will require a change in your code.

Parameter	responses	pytest-httpx
body (as bytes)	`body=b"sample"`	`content=b"sample"`
body (as str)	`body="sample"`	`text="sample"`
body (as JSON)	`payload=["sample"]`	`json=["sample"]`
status code	`status=201`	`status_code=201`

Sample adding a response with aioresponses:

import pytest
from aioresponses import aioresponses


@pytest.fixture
def mock_aioresponse():
    with aioresponses() as m:
        yield m


def test_response(mock_aioresponse):
    mock_aioresponse.get(
        url="https://test_url",
        body=b"This is the response content",
        status=400,
    )

Sample adding the same response with pytest-httpx:

def test_response(httpx_mock):
    httpx_mock.add_response(
        method="GET",
        url="https://test_url",
        content=b"This is the response content",
        status_code=400,
    )

RazerM/pytest_httpx

Send responses to HTTPX using pytest

Add responses

How response is selected

Matching on URL

Matching on HTTP method

Matching on proxy URL

Matching on HTTP headers

Matching on HTTP body

Matching on HTTP JSON body

Add JSON response

Reply with custom body

Reply by streaming chunks

Add multipart response

Add non 200 response

Reply with custom headers

Reply with cookies

Add HTTP/2.0 response

Add callbacks

Dynamic responses

Raising exceptions

Check sent requests

How requests are selected

Matching on URL

Matching on HTTP method

Matching on proxy URL

Matching on HTTP headers

Matching on HTTP body

Matching on HTTP JSON body

Do not mock some requests

Migrating to pytest-httpx

From responses

Add a response or a callback

From aioresponses

Add a response or a callback