How can we capture the print statement within an except when the exception is mocked?
In the example below, I am mocking the make_request_and_get_response using side_effect.
Then, using the pytest.raises I assert that this exception was raised. But, when trying to assert that the corresponding print statement is being output by using capsys to capture it, nothing is captured.
Am I correct to expect that since I am mocking the exception the corresponding print statement will be executed?
import pytest
from unittest import mock
from foo.main import get_response_from_external_api
def test_url_error(capsys):
mock_query = mock.Mock()
mock_query.make_request_and_get_response.side_effect = Exception('HTTPError')
with pytest.raises(Exception) as excinfo:
get_response_from_external_api(mock_query)
assert str(excinfo.value) == 'HTTPError '
out, err = capsys.readouterr()
assert "Got a HTTPError" in out # AssertionError
query.py
from foo.query import *
def get_response_from_external_api(query):
response = 0
try:
response = query.make_request_and_get_response()
except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
print('Got a HTTPError: ', e)
return response
if __name__ == "__main__":
query = Query('input A', 'input B')
result = get_response_from_external_api(query)
return result
main.py
from foo.query import *
def get_response_from_external_api(query):
response = 0
try:
response = query.make_request_and_get_response()
except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
print('Got a HTTPError: ', e)
return response
if __name__ == "__main__":
query = Query('input A', 'input B')
result = get_response_from_external_api(query)
return resul
