Integration Tests

The integration layer of testing allows for verification of interactions between service components, with lower development, maintenance and execution costs compared with higher level tests.

To execute integration tests, make sure you have Docker installed and a docker daemon running. Then use: make integration-tests

Integration tests are located in the tests/integration directory. They use pytest and the FastAPI TestClient to send requests to specific merino endpoints and verify responses as well as other outputs, such as logs. Tests are organized according to the API path under test. Type aliases dedicated for test should be stored in the types.py module. Fake providers created for test should be stored in the fake_providers.py module. The conftest.py modules contain common utilities in fixtures.

We have also added integration tests that use Docker via the testcontainers library. See fixture example below.

For a breakdown of fixtures in use per test, use: make integration-test-fixtures

Fixtures

Available fixtures include:

FilterCaplogFixture

Details available in Unit Tests section

TestClientFixture

This fixture creates an instance of the TestClient to be used in testing API calls.

Usage:

def test_with_test_client(client: TestClient):
    response: Response = client.get("/api/v1/endpoint")

TestClientWithEventsFixture

This fixture creates an instance of the TestClient, that will trigger event handlers (i.e. startup and shutdown) to be used in testing API calls.

Usage:

def test_with_test_client_with_event(client_with_events: TestClient):
    response: Response = client_with_events.get("/api/v1/endpoint")

RequestSummaryLogDataFixture

This fixture will extract the extra log data from a captured 'request.summary' LogRecord for verification

Usage:

def test_with_log_data(
    caplog: LogCaptureFixture,
    filter_caplog: FilterCaplogFixture,
    extract_request_summary_log_data: LogDataFixture
):
    records: list[LogRecord] = filter_caplog(caplog.records, "request.summary")
    assert len(records) == 1

    record: LogRecord = records[0]
    log_data: dict[str, Any] = extract_request_summary_log_data(record)
    assert log_data == expected_log_data

InjectProvidersFixture & ProvidersFixture

These fixture will setup and teardown given providers.

Usage:

If specifying providers for a module:

@pytest.fixture(name="providers")
def fixture_providers() -> Providers:
    return {"test-provider": TestProvider()}

If specifying providers for a test:

@pytest.mark.parametrize("providers", [{"test-provider": TestProvider()}])
def test_with_provider() -> None:
    pass

SetupProvidersFixture

This fixture sets application provider dependency overrides.

Usage:

def test_with_setup_providers(setup_providers: SetupProvidersFixture):
    providers: dict[str, BaseProvider] = {"test-provider": TestProvider()}
    setup_providers(providers)

TeardownProvidersFixture

This fixture resets application provider dependency overrides and is often used in teardown fixtures.

Usage:

@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
def teardown(teardown_providers: TeardownProvidersFixture):
    yield
    teardown_providers()

TestcontainersFixture

See tests/integration/jobs/navigational_suggestions/test_domain_metadata_uploader.py for a detailed example.

This is a lightweight example on how to set up a docker container for your integration tests.

Usage:

@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
def your_docker_container() -> DockerContainer:
    os.environ.setdefault("STORAGE_EMULATOR_HOST", "http://localhost:4443")

    container = (
        DockerContainer("your-docker-image")
        .with_command("-scheme http")
        .with_bind_ports(4443, 4443)
    ).start()

    # wait for the container to start and emit logs
    delay = wait_for_logs(container, "server started at")
    port = container.get_exposed_port(4443)

    yield container

    container.stop()

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