A task to mocking requests.get function

Reijonen Pekka · Reijonen Pekka · commit 7ea0837c7157 · 2020-11-11T10:44:34.000+02:00
diff --git a/pipeLine.py b/pipeLine.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 def getData():
     # url = 'http://web.mta.info/developers/turnstile.html'
     url = 'http://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?format=json'
-    response = requests.get(url)
+    response = requests.get(url) # task: mock this function. if applicable use with your own data source (URL)
     return response
   
 
diff --git a/tests.py b/tests.py
@@ -2,10 +2,14 @@
 
 import awesome
 import example_pkg
+import pipeLine
 
+ url = 'http://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?format=json'
 
 class TestMethods(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_add(self):
+        # call to function changing some "global" data structure 
+        # assert function is checking that the change you expected happens properly. 
         self.assertEqual(awesome.smile(), ":)")
   
     def test_anotherOne(self):
@@ -14,6 +18,10 @@ def test_anotherOne(self):
         bazres = example_pkg.baz_func()
         self.assertRegexpMatches(barres,".*bar.*")
 
+    def test_pipeline(self):
+        result = pipeLine.getData(url)
+        self.assertRegexpMatches(barres,".*bar.*")
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
