How to Mock a Rest API in Python

A few posts ago, we published a blog about how to use the Jira API. We did not write any unit tests for the application we wrote, and that is exactly what we are going to do now. More specifically, we will focus on how we can unit test a REST API.

Why Unit Tests Anyway?

Our main focus when writing software is building new features and fixing bugs. Of course, we need to test what we built, but we get the most joyful moment when our newly developed feature works. The next step is to write unit tests… But, we already know it is working, so why spend so much effort on it? It is much more fun to start with the next feature, right? So, we skip writing unit tests. But what happens when we need to extend the feature we wrote with some new functionality? 

A few posts ago, we published a blog about how to use the Jira API. We did not write any unit tests for the application we wrote, and that is exactly what we are going to do now. More specifically, we will focus on how we can unit test a REST API.
Why Unit Tests Anyway?
Our main focus when writing software is building new features and fixing bugs. Of course, we need to test what we built, but we get the most joyful moment when our newly developed feature works. The next step is to write unit tests… But, we already know it is working, so why spend so much effort on it? It is much more fun to start with the next feature, right? So, we skip writing unit tests. But what happens when we need to extend the feature we wrote with some new functionality?&nbs […]