HTTPretty
Dev tools
testing library
SHOW HN2012
97points
15comments
#225of 1,677 in 2012
Top 14%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
9 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score +0.64.
Idea: 6 for, 0 againstExecution: 2 for, 0 against
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What people liked
Makes testing easier and removes dependence on the network.
From 3 comments
I'm just getting start with Python and was using the Requests library this morning. I didn't like that my tests were coupled to both the library and an Internet connection…
leftnode on HNHot damn, this makes testing easy. Thanks a lot for the module! There's a small typo in your page. "HTTPretty monkey matches" should be "HTTPretty monkey patches". Great job…
zer01 on HNFantastic, I tried to roll my own a few times but never got to this point. Thanks !
emillon on HN
Useful for testing public APIs.
From 2 comments
Oh wow, this could turn out to be very useful. Can use this for automated testing for public APIs.
xvolter on HNI think we'll put this to use right away.
cyphrd on HN
Requests
Record mode with serialization to JSON/YAML.
From 1 comment
Wonderful, was considering writing this just the other day. Thank you good sir. One thing that would be really nice, is a record mode and serialization (to JSON/yaml/etc...) plus…
bryanh on HN
Support for wildcards and regexes.
From 1 comment
Please feel free to send pull-requests. There are some cool features to be done; supporting wildcards and/or regexes is one of them
gfalcao on HN
Context manager support.
From 1 comment
Wonderful, was considering writing this just the other day. Thank you good sir. One thing that would be really nice, is a record mode and serialization (to JSON/yaml/etc...) plus…
bryanh on HN
Alternatives named
Ruby's VCR and Webmock.
From 2 comments
I'm working on a HTTP testing library based on Ruby's VCR library[1]. I've got it to a pretty basic state where it is somewhat usable. I'm definitely interested in this area.…
kevin1024 on HNNice. The thing I liked about VCR is that it not only allows you to mock HTTP responses, but actually records the real response the first time you use it. So you don't even…
gingerlime on HN