Test Client - TestClient¶
You can use the TestClient class to test FastAPI applications without creating an actual HTTP and socket connection, just communicating directly with the FastAPI code.
Read more about it in the FastAPI docs for Testing.
You can import it directly from fastapi.testclient:
fromfastapi.testclientimport TestClient
fastapi.testclient.TestClient ¶
TestClient(
app,
base_url="http://testserver",
raise_server_exceptions=True,
root_path="",
backend="asyncio",
backend_options=None,
cookies=None,
headers=None,
follow_redirects=True,
client=("testclient", 50000),
)
Bases: Client
Source code in starlette/testclient.py
def__init__(
self,
app: ASGIApp,
base_url: str = "http://testserver",
raise_server_exceptions: bool = True,
root_path: str = "",
backend: Literal["asyncio", "trio"] = "asyncio",
backend_options: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
cookies: httpx._types.CookieTypes | None = None,
headers: dict[str, str] | None = None,
follow_redirects: bool = True,
client: tuple[str, int] = ("testclient", 50000),
) -> None:
self.async_backend = _AsyncBackend(backend=backend, backend_options=backend_options or {})
if _is_asgi3(app):
asgi_app = app
else:
app = cast(ASGI2App, app) # type: ignore[assignment]
asgi_app = _WrapASGI2(app) # type: ignore[arg-type]
self.app = asgi_app
self.app_state: dict[str, Any] = {}
transport = _TestClientTransport(
self.app,
portal_factory=self._portal_factory,
raise_server_exceptions=raise_server_exceptions,
root_path=root_path,
app_state=self.app_state,
client=client,
)
if headers is None:
headers = {}
headers.setdefault("user-agent", "testclient")
super().__init__(
base_url=base_url,
headers=headers,
transport=transport,
follow_redirects=follow_redirects,
cookies=cookies,
)
follow_redirects
instance-attribute
¶
follow_redirects = follow_redirects
max_redirects
instance-attribute
¶
max_redirects = max_redirects
trust_env
property
¶
trust_env
timeout
property
writable
¶
timeout
event_hooks
property
writable
¶
event_hooks
auth
property
writable
¶
auth
Authentication class used when none is passed at the request-level.
See also Authentication.
task
instance-attribute
¶
task
portal
class-attribute
instance-attribute
¶
portal = None
async_backend
instance-attribute
¶
async_backend = _AsyncBackend(
backend=backend, backend_options=backend_options or {}
)
app
instance-attribute
¶
app = asgi_app
app_state
instance-attribute
¶
app_state = {}
build_request ¶
build_request(
method,
url,
*,
content=None,
data=None,
files=None,
json=None,
params=None,
headers=None,
cookies=None,
timeout=USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
extensions=None
)
Build and return a request instance.
- The
params,headersandcookiesarguments are merged with any values set on the client. - The
urlargument is merged with anybase_urlset on the client.
See also: Request instances
Source code in httpx/_client.py
defbuild_request(
self,
method: str,
url: URL | str,
*,
content: RequestContent | None = None,
data: RequestData | None = None,
files: RequestFiles | None = None,
json: typing.Any | None = None,
params: QueryParamTypes | None = None,
headers: HeaderTypes | None = None,
cookies: CookieTypes | None = None,
timeout: TimeoutTypes | UseClientDefault = USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
extensions: RequestExtensions | None = None,
) -> Request:
"""
Build and return a request instance.
* The `params`, `headers` and `cookies` arguments
are merged with any values set on the client.
* The `url` argument is merged with any `base_url` set on the client.
See also: [Request instances][0]
[0]: /advanced/clients/#request-instances
"""
url = self._merge_url(url)
headers = self._merge_headers(headers)
cookies = self._merge_cookies(cookies)
params = self._merge_queryparams(params)
extensions = {} if extensions is None else extensions
if "timeout" not in extensions:
timeout = (
self.timeout
if isinstance(timeout, UseClientDefault)
else Timeout(timeout)
)
extensions = dict(**extensions, timeout=timeout.as_dict())
return Request(
method,
url,
content=content,
data=data,
files=files,
json=json,
params=params,
headers=headers,
cookies=cookies,
extensions=extensions,
)
stream ¶
stream(
method,
url,
*,
content=None,
data=None,
files=None,
json=None,
params=None,
headers=None,
cookies=None,
auth=USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
follow_redirects=USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
timeout=USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
extensions=None
)
Alternative to httpx.request() that streams the response body
instead of loading it into memory at once.
Parameters: See httpx.request.
See also: Streaming Responses
Source code in httpx/_client.py
@contextmanager
defstream(
self,
method: str,
url: URL | str,
*,
content: RequestContent | None = None,
data: RequestData | None = None,
files: RequestFiles | None = None,
json: typing.Any | None = None,
params: QueryParamTypes | None = None,
headers: HeaderTypes | None = None,
cookies: CookieTypes | None = None,
auth: AuthTypes | UseClientDefault | None = USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
follow_redirects: bool | UseClientDefault = USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
timeout: TimeoutTypes | UseClientDefault = USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
extensions: RequestExtensions | None = None,
) -> typing.Iterator[Response]:
"""
Alternative to `httpx.request()` that streams the response body
instead of loading it into memory at once.
**Parameters**: See `httpx.request`.
See also: [Streaming Responses][0]
[0]: /quickstart#streaming-responses
"""
request = self.build_request(
method=method,
url=url,
content=content,
data=data,
files=files,
json=json,
params=params,
headers=headers,
cookies=cookies,
timeout=timeout,
extensions=extensions,
)
response = self.send(
request=request,
auth=auth,
follow_redirects=follow_redirects,
stream=True,
)
try:
yield response
finally:
response.close()
send ¶
send(
request,
*,
stream=False,
auth=USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
follow_redirects=USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT
)
Send a request.
The request is sent as-is, unmodified.
Typically you'll want to build one with Client.build_request()
so that any client-level configuration is merged into the request,
but passing an explicit httpx.Request() is supported as well.
See also: Request instances
Source code in httpx/_client.py
defsend(
self,
request: Request,
*,
stream: bool = False,
auth: AuthTypes | UseClientDefault | None = USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
follow_redirects: bool | UseClientDefault = USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
) -> Response:
"""
Send a request.
The request is sent as-is, unmodified.
Typically you'll want to build one with `Client.build_request()`
so that any client-level configuration is merged into the request,
but passing an explicit `httpx.Request()` is supported as well.
See also: [Request instances][0]
[0]: /advanced/clients/#request-instances
"""
if self._state == ClientState.CLOSED:
raise RuntimeError("Cannot send a request, as the client has been closed.")
self._state = ClientState.OPENED
follow_redirects = (
self.follow_redirects
if isinstance(follow_redirects, UseClientDefault)
else follow_redirects
)
self._set_timeout(request)
auth = self._build_request_auth(request, auth)
response = self._send_handling_auth(
request,
auth=auth,
follow_redirects=follow_redirects,
history=[],
)
try:
if not stream:
response.read()
return response
except BaseException as exc:
response.close()
raise exc
close ¶
close()
Close transport and proxies.
Source code in httpx/_client.py
defclose(self) -> None:
"""
Close transport and proxies.
"""
if self._state != ClientState.CLOSED:
self._state = ClientState.CLOSED
self._transport.close()
for transport in self._mounts.values():
if transport is not None:
transport.close()
request ¶
request(
method,
url,
*,
content=None,
data=None,
files=None,
json=None,
params=None,
headers=None,
cookies=None,
auth=USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
follow_redirects=USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
timeout=USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
extensions=None
)
Source code in starlette/testclient.py
defrequest( # type: ignore[override]
self,
method: str,
url: httpx._types.URLTypes,
*,
content: httpx._types.RequestContent | None = None,
data: _RequestData | None = None,
files: httpx._types.RequestFiles | None = None,
json: Any = None,
params: httpx._types.QueryParamTypes | None = None,
headers: httpx._types.HeaderTypes | None = None,
cookies: httpx._types.CookieTypes | None = None,
auth: httpx._types.AuthTypes | httpx._client.UseClientDefault = httpx._client.USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
follow_redirects: bool | httpx._client.UseClientDefault = httpx._client.USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
timeout: httpx._types.TimeoutTypes | httpx._client.UseClientDefault = httpx._client.USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
extensions: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
) -> httpx.Response:
if timeout is not httpx.USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT:
warnings.warn(
"You should not use the 'timeout' argument with the TestClient. "
"See https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/issues/1108 for more information.",
StarletteDeprecationWarning,
stacklevel=2,
)
url = self._merge_url(url)
return super().request(
method,
url,
content=content,
data=data,
files=files,
json=json,
params=params,
headers=headers,
cookies=cookies,
auth=auth,
follow_redirects=follow_redirects,
timeout=timeout,
extensions=extensions,
)
get ¶
get(
url,
*,
params=None,
headers=None,
cookies=None,
auth=USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
follow_redirects=USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
timeout=USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
extensions=None
)
Source code in starlette/testclient.py
defget( # type: ignore[override]
self,
url: httpx._types.URLTypes,
*,
params: httpx._types.QueryParamTypes | None = None,
headers: httpx._types.HeaderTypes | None = None,
cookies: httpx._types.CookieTypes | None = None,
auth: httpx._types.AuthTypes | httpx._client.UseClientDefault = httpx._client.USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
follow_redirects: bool | httpx._client.UseClientDefault = httpx._client.USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
timeout: httpx._types.TimeoutTypes | httpx._client.UseClientDefault = httpx._client.USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
extensions: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
) -> httpx.Response:
return super().get(
url,
params=params,
headers=headers,
cookies=cookies,
auth=auth,
follow_redirects=follow_redirects,
timeout=timeout,
extensions=extensions,
)
options ¶
options(
url,
*,
params=None,
headers=None,
cookies=None,
auth=USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
follow_redirects=USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
timeout=USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
extensions=None
)
Source code in starlette/testclient.py
defoptions( # type: ignore[override]
self,
url: httpx._types.URLTypes,
*,
params: httpx._types.QueryParamTypes | None = None,
headers: httpx._types.HeaderTypes | None = None,
cookies: httpx._types.CookieTypes | None = None,
auth: httpx._types.AuthTypes | httpx._client.UseClientDefault = httpx._client.USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
follow_redirects: bool | httpx._client.UseClientDefault = httpx._client.USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
timeout: httpx._types.TimeoutTypes | httpx._client.UseClientDefault = httpx._client.USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
extensions: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
) -> httpx.Response:
return super().options(
url,
params=params,
headers=headers,
cookies=cookies,
auth=auth,
follow_redirects=follow_redirects,
timeout=timeout,
extensions=extensions,
)
head ¶
head(
url,
*,
params=None,
headers=None,
cookies=None,
auth=USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
follow_redirects=USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
timeout=USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
extensions=None
)
Source code in starlette/testclient.py
defhead( # type: ignore[override]
self,
url: httpx._types.URLTypes,
*,
params: httpx._types.QueryParamTypes | None = None,
headers: httpx._types.HeaderTypes | None = None,
cookies: httpx._types.CookieTypes | None = None,
auth: httpx._types.AuthTypes | httpx._client.UseClientDefault = httpx._client.USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
follow_redirects: bool | httpx._client.UseClientDefault = httpx._client.USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
timeout: httpx._types.TimeoutTypes | httpx._client.UseClientDefault = httpx._client.USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
extensions: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
) -> httpx.Response:
return super().head(
url,
params=params,
headers=headers,
cookies=cookies,
auth=auth,
follow_redirects=follow_redirects,
timeout=timeout,
extensions=extensions,
)
post ¶
post(
url,
*,
content=None,
data=None,
files=None,
json=None,
params=None,
headers=None,
cookies=None,
auth=USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
follow_redirects=USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
timeout=USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
extensions=None
)
Source code in starlette/testclient.py
defpost( # type: ignore[override]
self,
url: httpx._types.URLTypes,
*,
content: httpx._types.RequestContent | None = None,
data: _RequestData | None = None,
files: httpx._types.RequestFiles | None = None,
json: Any = None,
params: httpx._types.QueryParamTypes | None = None,
headers: httpx._types.HeaderTypes | None = None,
cookies: httpx._types.CookieTypes | None = None,
auth: httpx._types.AuthTypes | httpx._client.UseClientDefault = httpx._client.USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
follow_redirects: bool | httpx._client.UseClientDefault = httpx._client.USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
timeout: httpx._types.TimeoutTypes | httpx._client.UseClientDefault = httpx._client.USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
extensions: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
) -> httpx.Response:
return super().post(
url,
content=content,
data=data,
files=files,
json=json,
params=params,
headers=headers,
cookies=cookies,
auth=auth,
follow_redirects=follow_redirects,
timeout=timeout,
extensions=extensions,
)
put ¶
put(
url,
*,
content=None,
data=None,
files=None,
json=None,
params=None,
headers=None,
cookies=None,
auth=USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
follow_redirects=USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
timeout=USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
extensions=None
)
Source code in starlette/testclient.py
defput( # type: ignore[override]
self,
url: httpx._types.URLTypes,
*,
content: httpx._types.RequestContent | None = None,
data: _RequestData | None = None,
files: httpx._types.RequestFiles | None = None,
json: Any = None,
params: httpx._types.QueryParamTypes | None = None,
headers: httpx._types.HeaderTypes | None = None,
cookies: httpx._types.CookieTypes | None = None,
auth: httpx._types.AuthTypes | httpx._client.UseClientDefault = httpx._client.USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
follow_redirects: bool | httpx._client.UseClientDefault = httpx._client.USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
timeout: httpx._types.TimeoutTypes | httpx._client.UseClientDefault = httpx._client.USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
extensions: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
) -> httpx.Response:
return super().put(
url,
content=content,
data=data,
files=files,
json=json,
params=params,
headers=headers,
cookies=cookies,
auth=auth,
follow_redirects=follow_redirects,
timeout=timeout,
extensions=extensions,
)
patch ¶
patch(
url,
*,
content=None,
data=None,
files=None,
json=None,
params=None,
headers=None,
cookies=None,
auth=USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
follow_redirects=USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
timeout=USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
extensions=None
)
Source code in starlette/testclient.py
defpatch( # type: ignore[override]
self,
url: httpx._types.URLTypes,
*,
content: httpx._types.RequestContent | None = None,
data: _RequestData | None = None,
files: httpx._types.RequestFiles | None = None,
json: Any = None,
params: httpx._types.QueryParamTypes | None = None,
headers: httpx._types.HeaderTypes | None = None,
cookies: httpx._types.CookieTypes | None = None,
auth: httpx._types.AuthTypes | httpx._client.UseClientDefault = httpx._client.USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
follow_redirects: bool | httpx._client.UseClientDefault = httpx._client.USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
timeout: httpx._types.TimeoutTypes | httpx._client.UseClientDefault = httpx._client.USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
extensions: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
) -> httpx.Response:
return super().patch(
url,
content=content,
data=data,
files=files,
json=json,
params=params,
headers=headers,
cookies=cookies,
auth=auth,
follow_redirects=follow_redirects,
timeout=timeout,
extensions=extensions,
)
delete ¶
delete(
url,
*,
params=None,
headers=None,
cookies=None,
auth=USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
follow_redirects=USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
timeout=USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
extensions=None
)
Source code in starlette/testclient.py
defdelete( # type: ignore[override]
self,
url: httpx._types.URLTypes,
*,
params: httpx._types.QueryParamTypes | None = None,
headers: httpx._types.HeaderTypes | None = None,
cookies: httpx._types.CookieTypes | None = None,
auth: httpx._types.AuthTypes | httpx._client.UseClientDefault = httpx._client.USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
follow_redirects: bool | httpx._client.UseClientDefault = httpx._client.USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
timeout: httpx._types.TimeoutTypes | httpx._client.UseClientDefault = httpx._client.USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
extensions: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
) -> httpx.Response:
return super().delete(
url,
params=params,
headers=headers,
cookies=cookies,
auth=auth,
follow_redirects=follow_redirects,
timeout=timeout,
extensions=extensions,
)
websocket_connect ¶
websocket_connect(url, subprotocols=None, **kwargs)
Source code in starlette/testclient.py
defwebsocket_connect(
self,
url: str,
subprotocols: Sequence[str] | None = None,
**kwargs: Any,
) -> WebSocketTestSession:
url = urljoin("ws://testserver", url)
headers = kwargs.get("headers", {})
headers.setdefault("connection", "upgrade")
headers.setdefault("sec-websocket-key", "testserver==")
headers.setdefault("sec-websocket-version", "13")
if subprotocols is not None:
headers.setdefault("sec-websocket-protocol", ", ".join(subprotocols))
kwargs["headers"] = headers
try:
super().request("GET", url, **kwargs)
except _Upgrade as exc:
session = exc.session
else:
raise RuntimeError("Expected WebSocket upgrade") # pragma: no cover
return session
lifespan
async
¶
lifespan()
Source code in starlette/testclient.py
async deflifespan(self) -> None:
scope = {"type": "lifespan", "state": self.app_state}
try:
await self.app(scope, self.stream_receive.receive, self.stream_send.send)
finally:
await self.stream_send.send(None)
wait_startup
async
¶
wait_startup()
Source code in starlette/testclient.py
async defwait_startup(self) -> None:
await self.stream_receive.send({"type": "lifespan.startup"})
async defreceive() -> Any:
message = await self.stream_send.receive()
if message is None:
self.task.result()
return message
message = await receive()
assert message["type"] in (
"lifespan.startup.complete",
"lifespan.startup.failed",
)
if message["type"] == "lifespan.startup.failed":
await receive()
wait_shutdown
async
¶
wait_shutdown()
Source code in starlette/testclient.py
async defwait_shutdown(self) -> None:
async defreceive() -> Any:
message = await self.stream_send.receive()
if message is None:
self.task.result()
return message
await self.stream_receive.send({"type": "lifespan.shutdown"})
message = await receive()
assert message["type"] in (
"lifespan.shutdown.complete",
"lifespan.shutdown.failed",
)
if message["type"] == "lifespan.shutdown.failed":
await receive()