alt Hacker NewsThat works fine for files, but what if the integration is with a third party service for example?
You can create an actual mock networked service but it's much more work.
I think this is an example explaining what seems like a good practice for using mocks in python to me, the actual code in the post is barely "supporting cast".
If it's HTTP you can create the fixtures and serve them with a mock server. I'm a frontend dev, so backend APIs are like 3rd parties to me.
I use a browser extension for scraping actual backend responses, which downloads them with a filename convention the mock server understands. I mostly use it for development, but also for setting up screenshot tests. For example,
screenshot the app and pixel diff it screenshot…