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kennethreitz 1bfd85b003 Add Pydantic support for OpenAPI schema generation
Define your API schemas with Pydantic models instead of (or alongside)
YAML docstrings and marshmallow:

    from pydantic import BaseModel

    class PetIn(BaseModel):
        name: str
        age: int = 0

    class PetOut(BaseModel):
        id: int
        name: str
        age: int

    @api.route("/pets", methods=["POST"],
               request_model=PetIn, response_model=PetOut)
    async def create_pet(req, resp):
        data = await req.media()
        resp.media = {"id": 1, **data}

Also works with @api.schema("Name") decorator for registering
standalone schema components.

Pydantic models, marshmallow schemas, and YAML docstrings can all
be used together in the same API.

Also: rewrite docs with more prose, restore sidebar logo and links,
add FastAPI acknowledgment, update homepage copy.

161 tests, 95% coverage.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-03-22 12:35:07 -04:00

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Testing
=======
Responder includes a built-in test client powered by Starlette's
``TestClient``. You don't need to start a server — tests run in-process,
making them fast and reliable.
Getting Started
---------------
Given a simple application in ``api.py``::
import responder
api = responder.API()
@api.route("/")
def hello(req, resp):
resp.text = "hello, world!"
if __name__ == "__main__":
api.run()
You can test it with pytest::
# test_api.py
import api as service
def test_hello():
r = service.api.requests.get("/")
assert r.text == "hello, world!"
Run your tests::
$ pytest
Using Fixtures
--------------
For larger test suites, use pytest fixtures to share the API instance
across tests::
import pytest
import api as service
@pytest.fixture
def api():
return service.api
def test_hello(api):
r = api.requests.get("/")
assert r.text == "hello, world!"
def test_json(api):
@api.route("/data")
def data(req, resp):
resp.media = {"key": "value"}
r = api.requests.get(api.url_for(data))
assert r.json() == {"key": "value"}
The ``api.url_for()`` method generates a URL for a given route endpoint,
so you don't have to hard-code paths in your tests.
Testing JSON APIs
-----------------
Send JSON data and check the response::
def test_create_item(api):
@api.route("/items")
async def create(req, resp):
data = await req.media()
resp.media = {"created": data}
resp.status_code = 201
r = api.requests.post(api.url_for(create), json={"name": "widget"})
assert r.status_code == 201
assert r.json() == {"created": {"name": "widget"}}
Testing File Uploads
--------------------
Send files using the ``files`` parameter::
def test_upload(api):
@api.route("/upload")
async def upload(req, resp):
files = await req.media("files")
resp.media = {"received": list(files.keys())}
files = {"doc": ("report.pdf", b"content", "application/pdf")}
r = api.requests.post(api.url_for(upload), files=files)
assert r.json() == {"received": ["doc"]}
Testing WebSockets
------------------
Use Starlette's ``TestClient`` directly for WebSocket connections::
from starlette.testclient import TestClient
def test_websocket(api):
@api.route("/ws", websocket=True)
async def ws(ws):
await ws.accept()
await ws.send_text("hello")
await ws.close()
client = TestClient(api)
with client.websocket_connect("/ws") as ws:
assert ws.receive_text() == "hello"
Testing Error Handling
----------------------
To test error responses without pytest raising the exception, disable
server exception propagation::
from starlette.testclient import TestClient
def test_500(api):
@api.route("/fail")
def fail(req, resp):
raise ValueError("something broke")
client = TestClient(api, raise_server_exceptions=False)
r = client.get(api.url_for(fail))
assert r.status_code == 500
Testing Lifespan Events
-----------------------
The test client supports lifespan events. Use ``with`` to ensure startup
and shutdown hooks run::
def test_with_lifespan(api):
started = {"value": False}
@api.on_event("startup")
async def on_startup():
started["value"] = True
@api.route("/")
def check(req, resp):
resp.media = {"started": started["value"]}
with api.requests as session:
r = session.get("http://;/")
assert r.json() == {"started": True}