Fake HTTP server for tests in Python?

Question

Python

Hello.

Please advise some solution for testing httplib/urllib2-dependent code.
There is a simple class that sends requests to the server, you need to emulate this server.

Don't want to do monkeypatching on httplib, urllib2.

Thank you.

Answer 1

Why do you call the test server "fake"? Take any microframework (for example, flask) and write yourself any api.

Answer 2

It is still customary to do such things through Mock objects.

Answer 3

I did not quite understand what you need, but here is the server (for statics) in python

python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8080

Answer 4

Thanks for answers.
In general, I did just that, I took the Bottle.py microframework right in the code, I run it in a separate daemon thread. And at the end I cut it down, it works with a bang.