Python: Injecting Mock Objects for Powerful Testing

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The code discussed in this post can be found in the github repository . While writing a module to handle Google ClientLogin recently, I wanted to test error handling by simulating error responses from the server. A simple but powerful way of doing this is to use the patching ability of the mock module. The patching ability allows you to replace objects in scope with mocks so that different side…

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