I need to write a unit test case for my Django server, where I have the structure like following code snippet. This is just a pseudo-code because I just want to get the idea about the approach.
# views.py
class UserView(ViewSet):
def get_info_from_multiple_sources(self, request):
# assume url for this action is /users/:id/info
user_id = get_parameters(request)
info = info_service.get_info(user_id)
return Response(info)
# user_info_service.py
class UserInfoService:
def get_info(user_id):
user_fb_info = fb_service.get_user_info(user_id)
user_twitter_info = twitter_service.get_user_info(user_id)
merged_info = merge_info(user_fb_info, user_twitter_info)
return merged_info
# fb_service.py
class FbService:
def _manipulate_data(response):
user_info = None
# do some processing here, to convert data from fb format to
# project format. Assign formatted response to user_info variable.
return user_info
def get_user_info(user_id):
# lets say this imaginary urls gives user info somehow magically.
response = requests.request('http://fb.com/users/{0}'.format(user_id))
return self._manipulate_data(response)
# twitter_Service.py
class TwitterService:
def _manipulate_data(response):
user_info = None
# do some processing here, to convert data from twitter format to
# project format. Assign formatted response to user_info variable.
return user_info
def get_user_info(user_id):
response = requests.request('http://twitter.com/users/{0}'.format(user_id))
return self._manipulate_data(response)
# test_user_info_endpoint.py
class TestUserInfoViewEndpoint(APITestCase):
def test_user_info(self):
# how to write a unit test function where
# I will be mocking only requests.request call. i.e outgoing call to external APIs
I am using unittests framework, and I am open to using any standard library for it.
