Module

testing

First-class testing utilities for pounce.

ProvidesTestServerfor running a real pounce server in tests — works with httpx, Playwright, Selenium, or any HTTP client.

Usage::

from pounce.testing import TestServer

def test_homepage():
    with TestServer(app) as server:
        resp = httpx.get(f"{server.url}/")
        assert resp.status_code == 200

When pounce is installed, thepounce_serverpytest fixture is auto-registered via thepytest11entry point.

1Class1Function

Classes

TestServer 11 ▼

Methods

host 0 str ▼
The host the server is bound to.
property
def host(self) -> str
Returns
str
port 0 int ▼
The actual port the server is listening on (useful with ``port=0``).
property
def port(self) -> int
Returns
int
url 0 str ▼
Base URL for the running server (e.g. ``http://127.0.0.1:54321``).
property
def url(self) -> str
Returns
str
is_running 0 bool ▼
Whether the server background thread is alive.
property
def is_running(self) -> bool
Returns
bool
start 1 ▼
Start the server in a background thread. Blocks until ready.
def start(self, *, timeout: float = 5.0) -> None
Parameters
Name Type Description
timeout — Default:5.0
stop 1 ▼
Gracefully stop the server and join the background thread.
def stop(self, *, timeout: float = 5.0) -> None
Parameters
Name Type Description
timeout — Default:5.0
Internal Methods 5 ▼
__init__ 4 ▼
def __init__(self, app: ASGIApp, *, host: str = '127.0.0.1', port: int = 0, **config_kwargs: Any) -> None
Parameters
Name Type Description
app —
host — Default:'127.0.0.1'
port — Default:0
**config_kwargs —
__enter__ 0 TestServer ▼
def __enter__(self) -> TestServer
Returns
TestServer
__exit__ 1 ▼
def __exit__(self, *exc: object) -> None
Parameters
Name Type Description
*exc —
__aenter__ 0 TestServer ▼
async
async def __aenter__(self) -> TestServer
Returns
TestServer
__aexit__ 1 ▼
async
async def __aexit__(self, *exc: object) -> None
Parameters
Name Type Description
*exc —

Functions

serve 2 AsyncIterator[TestServer] ▼
Async context manager that starts and stops a `TestServer`. Example:: asy…
async
async def serve(app: ASGIApp, **kwargs: Any) -> AsyncIterator[TestServer]

Async context manager that starts and stops aTestServer.

Example::

async with serve(app) as server:
    async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
        resp = await client.get(server.url)
Parameters
Name Type Description
app ASGIApp
**kwargs Any
Returns
AsyncIterator[TestServer]