Easy mocking of http responses from external resources.
Currently supports Go 1.13 to 1.23 and is regularly tested against tip.
v1
branch has to be used instead of master
.
In your go files, simply use:
import "github.com/jarcoal/httpmock"
Then next go mod tidy
or go test
invocation will automatically
populate your go.mod
with the latest httpmock release, now
.
func TestFetchArticles(t *testing.T) {
httpmock.Activate()
t.Cleanup(httpmock.DeactivateAndReset)
// Exact URL match
httpmock.RegisterResponder("GET", "https://api.mybiz.com/articles",
httpmock.NewStringResponder(200, `[{"id": 1, "name": "My Great Article"}]`))
// Regexp match (could use httpmock.RegisterRegexpResponder instead)
httpmock.RegisterResponder("GET", `=~^https://api\.mybiz\.com/articles/id/\d+\z`,
httpmock.NewStringResponder(200, `{"id": 1, "name": "My Great Article"}`))
// do stuff that makes a request to articles
...
// get count info
httpmock.GetTotalCallCount()
// get the amount of calls for the registered responder
info := httpmock.GetCallCountInfo()
info["GET https://api.mybiz.com/articles"] // number of GET calls made to https://api.mybiz.com/articles
info["GET https://api.mybiz.com/articles/id/12"] // number of GET calls made to https://api.mybiz.com/articles/id/12
info[`GET =~^https://api\.mybiz\.com/articles/id/\d+\z`] // number of GET calls made to https://api.mybiz.com/articles/id/<any-number>
}
func TestFetchArticles(t *testing.T) {
httpmock.Activate()
t.Cleanup(httpmock.DeactivateAndReset)
// our database of articles
articles := make([]map[string]interface{}, 0)
// mock to list out the articles
httpmock.RegisterResponder("GET", "https://api.mybiz.com/articles",
func(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
resp, err := httpmock.NewJsonResponse(200, articles)
if err != nil {
return httpmock.NewStringResponse(500, ""), nil
}
return resp, nil
})
// return an article related to the request with the help of regexp submatch (\d+)
httpmock.RegisterResponder("GET", `=~^https://api\.mybiz\.com/articles/id/(\d+)\z`,
func(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
// Get ID from request
id := httpmock.MustGetSubmatchAsUint(req, 1) // 1=first regexp submatch
return httpmock.NewJsonResponse(200, map[string]interface{}{
"id": id,
"name": "My Great Article",
})
})
// mock to add a new article
httpmock.RegisterResponder("POST", "https://api.mybiz.com/articles",
func(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
article := make(map[string]interface{})
if err := json.NewDecoder(req.Body).Decode(&article); err != nil {
return httpmock.NewStringResponse(400, ""), nil
}
articles = append(articles, article)
resp, err := httpmock.NewJsonResponse(200, article)
if err != nil {
return httpmock.NewStringResponse(500, ""), nil
}
return resp, nil
})
// mock to add a specific article, send a Bad Request response
// when the request body contains `"type":"toy"`
httpmock.RegisterMatcherResponder("POST", "https://api.mybiz.com/articles",
httpmock.BodyContainsString(`"type":"toy"`),
httpmock.NewStringResponder(400, `{"reason":"Invalid article type"}`))
// do stuff that adds and checks articles
}
When GET http://example.tld/some/path?b=12&a=foo&a=bar
request is
caught, all standard responders are checked against the following URL
or paths, the first match stops the search:
http://example.tld/some/path?b=12&a=foo&a=bar
(original URL)http://example.tld/some/path?a=bar&a=foo&b=12
(sorted query params)http://example.tld/some/path
(without query params)/some/path?b=12&a=foo&a=bar
(original URL without scheme and host)/some/path?a=bar&a=foo&b=12
(same, but sorted query params)/some/path
(path only)
If no standard responder matched, the regexp responders are checked, in the same order, the first match stops the search.
go-testdeep + tdsuite example:
// article_test.go
import (
"testing"
"github.com/jarcoal/httpmock"
"github.com/maxatome/go-testdeep/helpers/tdsuite"
"github.com/maxatome/go-testdeep/td"
)
type MySuite struct{}
func (s *MySuite) Setup(t *td.T) error {
// block all HTTP requests
httpmock.Activate()
return nil
}
func (s *MySuite) PostTest(t *td.T, testName string) error {
// remove any mocks after each test
httpmock.Reset()
return nil
}
func (s *MySuite) Destroy(t *td.T) error {
httpmock.DeactivateAndReset()
return nil
}
func TestMySuite(t *testing.T) {
tdsuite.Run(t, &MySuite{})
}
func (s *MySuite) TestArticles(assert, require *td.T) {
httpmock.RegisterResponder("GET", "https://api.mybiz.com/articles.json",
httpmock.NewStringResponder(200, `[{"id": 1, "name": "My Great Article"}]`))
// do stuff that makes a request to articles.json
}
Ginkgo example:
// article_suite_test.go
import (
// ...
"github.com/jarcoal/httpmock"
)
// ...
var _ = BeforeSuite(func() {
// block all HTTP requests
httpmock.Activate()
})
var _ = BeforeEach(func() {
// remove any mocks
httpmock.Reset()
})
var _ = AfterSuite(func() {
httpmock.DeactivateAndReset()
})
// article_test.go
import (
// ...
"github.com/jarcoal/httpmock"
)
var _ = Describe("Articles", func() {
It("returns a list of articles", func() {
httpmock.RegisterResponder("GET", "https://api.mybiz.com/articles.json",
httpmock.NewStringResponder(200, `[{"id": 1, "name": "My Great Article"}]`))
// do stuff that makes a request to articles.json
})
})
// article_suite_test.go
import (
// ...
"github.com/jarcoal/httpmock"
"github.com/go-resty/resty"
)
// ...
var _ = BeforeSuite(func() {
// block all HTTP requests
httpmock.ActivateNonDefault(resty.DefaultClient.GetClient())
})
var _ = BeforeEach(func() {
// remove any mocks
httpmock.Reset()
})
var _ = AfterSuite(func() {
httpmock.DeactivateAndReset()
})
// article_test.go
import (
// ...
"github.com/jarcoal/httpmock"
"github.com/go-resty/resty"
)
var _ = Describe("Articles", func() {
It("returns a list of articles", func() {
fixture := `{"status":{"message": "Your message", "code": 200}}`
responder := httpmock.NewStringResponder(200, fixture)
fakeUrl := "https://api.mybiz.com/articles.json"
httpmock.RegisterResponder("GET", fakeUrl, responder)
// fetch the article into struct
articleObject := &models.Article{}
_, err := resty.R().SetResult(articleObject).Get(fakeUrl)
// do stuff with the article object ...
})
})