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| 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"}] |