How would you go about mocking a library class tha...
# kodeind
Daniel Weidensdörfer
07/03/2023, 11:18 AMHow would you go about mocking a library class that has no interface, i. e. HttpClient of ktor?
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ian.shaun.thomas
07/03/2023, 2:45 PMYou probably shouldn't. Use integration tests and for unit tests, abstract your network calls to interfaces that allow you to mock.
ian.shaun.thomas
07/03/2023, 2:47 PMI believe ktor has some testing tools though but again I would try to avoid going that route.
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Daniel Weidensdörfer
07/03/2023, 3:01 PMWell I already use clean architecture with interfaces. In this case a DataSource calls HttpClient, now to check that it gets correctly called (request has POST method with xyz field, etc) I could write some tests. But maybe thats a bit overhead anyways 😄
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romainbsl
07/06/2023, 6:48 AMIn that regards you should be using a Ktor instance with a MockEngine. MockMP does not fit here.
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