pytest-socket

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

Fork

This fork was created to experiment with resolving hostnames, e.g. localhost, example.com to IP addresses such --allowed-hosts can include names as well. In my case, I need to allow redis within a docker network.

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

Features

Disables all network calls flowing through Python's socket interface.

Requirements

Pytest 3.6.3 or greater

Installation

You can install "pytest-socket" via pip from PyPI:

$ pip install pytest-socket

Usage

Run pytest --disable-socket, tests should fail on any access to socket or libraries using socket with a SocketBlockedError.

To add this flag as the default behavior, add this section to your pytest.ini or setup.cfg:
```
[pytest]
addopts = --disable-socket
```
or update your conftest.py to include:
```
from pytest_socket import disable_socket

def pytest_runtest_setup():
    disable_socket()
```

To enable specific tests use of socket, pass in the fixture to the test or use a marker:

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


@pytest.mark.enable_socket
def test_explicitly_enable_socket_with_mark():
    assert socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)

To allow only specific hosts per-test:

@pytest.mark.allow_hosts(['127.0.0.1'])
def test_explicitly_enable_socket_with_mark():
    assert socket.socket.connect(('127.0.0.1', 80))

or for whole test run

[pytest]
addopts = --allow-hosts=127.0.0.1,127.0.1.1

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.

benhowes/pytest-socket