id,page,ref,title,content,breadcrumbs,references
testing_plugins:testing-datasette-client,testing_plugins,testing-datasette-client,Using datasette.client in tests,"The  datasette.client  mechanism is designed for use in tests. It provides access to a pre-configured  HTTPX async client  instance that can make GET, POST and other HTTP requests against a Datasette instance from inside a test. 
             A simple test looks like this: 
             @pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_homepage():
    ds = Datasette(memory=True)
    response = await ds.client.get(""/"")
    html = response.text
    assert ""<h1>"" in html
 
             Or for a JSON API: 
             @pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_actor_is_null():
    ds = Datasette(memory=True)
    response = await ds.client.get(""/-/actor.json"")
    assert response.json() == {""actor"": None}
 
             To make requests as an authenticated actor, create a signed  ds_cookie  using the  datasette.client.actor_cookie()  helper function and pass it in  cookies=  like this: 
             @pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_signed_cookie_actor():
    ds = Datasette(memory=True)
    cookies = {""ds_actor"": ds.client.actor_cookie({""id"": ""root""})}
    response = await ds.client.get(""/-/actor.json"", cookies=cookies)
    assert response.json() == {""actor"": {""id"": ""root""}}","[""Testing plugins""]","[{""href"": ""https://www.python-httpx.org/async/"", ""label"": ""HTTPX async client""}]"