pytest-sanic 1.6.1

loop

pytest-sanic creates an event loop and injects it as a fixture. pytest will use this event loop to run your async tests. By default, fixture loop is an instance of asyncio.new_event_loop. But uvloop is also an option for you, by simpy passing --loop uvloop. Keep mind to just use one single event loop.

unused_port

an unused TCP port on the localhost.

test_server

Creates a TestServer instance by giving a Sanic application. It’s very easy to utilize test_server to create your Sanic application server for testing.

@pytest.yield_fixture
def app():
    app = Sanic("test_sanic_app")

    @app.route("/test_get", methods=['GET'])
    async def test_get(request):
        return response.json({"GET": True})

    yield app

@pytest.fixture
def sanic_server(loop, app, test_server):
    return loop.run_until_complete(test_server(app))

You can also very easily override this loop fixture by creating your own, simply like,

@pytest.yield_fixture
def loop():
    loop = MyEventLoop()
    yield loop
    loop.close()

test_client

test_client has been deprecated, please use sanic_client instead, check out issue for more context.

sanic_client

Creates a TestClient instance by giving a Sanic application. You can simply have a client by using sanic_client, like

@pytest.yield_fixture
def app():
    app = Sanic("test_sanic_app")

    @app.route("/test_get", methods=['GET'])
    async def test_get(request):
        return response.json({"GET": True})

    @app.route("/test_post", methods=['POST'])
    async def test_post(request):
        return response.json({"POST": True})

    @app.route("/test_put", methods=['PUT'])
    async def test_put(request):
        return response.json({"PUT": True})

    @app.route("/test_delete", methods=['DELETE'])
    async def test_delete(request):
        return response.json({"DELETE": True})

    @app.route("/test_patch", methods=['PATCH'])
    async def test_patch(request):
        return response.json({"PATCH": True})

    @app.route("/test_options", methods=['OPTIONS'])
    async def test_options(request):
        return response.json({"OPTIONS": True})

    @app.route("/test_head", methods=['HEAD'])
    async def test_head(request):
        return response.json({"HEAD": True})

    @app.websocket("/test_ws")
    async def test_ws(request, ws):
        data = await ws.recv()
        await ws.send(data)

    yield app

@pytest.fixture
def test_cli(loop, app, sanic_client):
    return loop.run_until_complete(sanic_client(app, protocol=WebSocketProtocol))

#########
# Tests #
#########

async def test_fixture_test_client_get(test_cli):
    """
    GET request
    """
    resp = await test_cli.get('/test_get')
    assert resp.status == 200
    resp_json = await resp.json()
    assert resp_json == {"GET": True}

async def test_fixture_test_client_post(test_cli):
    """
    POST request
    """
    resp = await test_cli.post('/test_post')
    assert resp.status == 200
    resp_json = await resp.json()
    assert resp_json == {"POST": True}

async def test_fixture_test_client_put(test_cli):
    """
    PUT request
    """
    resp = await test_cli.put('/test_put')
    assert resp.status == 200
    resp_json = await resp.json()
    assert resp_json == {"PUT": True}

async def test_fixture_test_client_delete(test_cli):
    """
    DELETE request
    """
    resp = await test_cli.delete('/test_delete')
    assert resp.status == 200
    resp_json = await resp.json()
    assert resp_json == {"DELETE": True}

async def test_fixture_test_client_patch(test_cli):
    """
    PATCH request
    """
    resp = await test_cli.patch('/test_patch')
    assert resp.status == 200
    resp_json = await resp.json()
    assert resp_json == {"PATCH": True}

async def test_fixture_test_client_options(test_cli):
    """
    OPTIONS request
    """
    resp = await test_cli.options('/test_options')
    assert resp.status == 200
    resp_json = await resp.json()
    assert resp_json == {"OPTIONS": True}

async def test_fixture_test_client_head(test_cli):
    """
    HEAD request
    """
    resp = await test_cli.head('/test_head')
    assert resp.status == 200
    resp_json = await resp.json()
    # HEAD should not have body
    assert resp_json is None

async def test_fixture_test_client_ws(test_cli):
    """
    Websockets
    """
    ws_conn = await test_cli.ws_connect('/test_ws')
    data = 'hello world!'
    await ws_conn.send_str(data)
    msg = await ws_conn.receive()
    assert msg.data == data
    await ws_conn.close()

small notes:

test_cli.ws_connect does not work in sanic.__version__ <= '0.5.4', because of a Sanic bug, but it has been fixed in master branch. And websockets.__version__ >= '4.0' has broken websockets in sanic.__version__ <= '0.6.0', but it has been fixed in master.