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WebTest

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Reference:flask-webtest.readthedocs.io
Package:pypi

Usage ​

Initialization:

py
from flask_webtest import TestApp
from main import app

# Inside tests
test_app = TestApp(app)

Making a GET request:

py
response = test_app.get(
    url,
    params={'param1': 'value1', 'param2': 'value2'}, # => ?param1=value1&param2=value2
    headers={
        'Authorization': f'Bearer: {api_key}',
        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    },
    status=200,
)

The response can be checked with:

py
assert response.text == expected_body  # plain text
assert response.json == expected_dict  # JSON