Context manager for mocking API interactions in tests

docs/source/_substitutions.rst

@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 .. |arg_record_id| replace:: An Airtable record ID.
 
+.. |arg_table_id_or_name| replace:: An Airtable table ID or name.
+        Table name should be unencoded, as shown on browser.
+
 .. |kwarg_view| replace:: The name or ID of a view.
     If set, only the records in that view will be returned.
     The records will be sorted according to the order of the view.

docs/source/changelog.rst

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ Changelog
 * Added support for `Upload attachment <https://airtable.com/developers/web/api/upload-attachment>`_
   via :meth:`Table.upload_attachment <pyairtable.Table.upload_attachment>`
   or :meth:`AttachmentsList.upload <pyairtable.orm.lists.AttachmentsList.upload>`.
+* Added :class:`pyairtable.testing.MockAirtable` for easier testing.
 
 2.3.3 (2024-03-22)
 ------------------------

docs/source/tables.rst

@@ -299,3 +299,14 @@ and :meth:`~pyairtable.Table.add_comment` methods will return instances of
     >>> table.comments("recMNxslc6jG0XedV")[0].text
     'Never mind!'
     >>> comment.delete()
+
+Testing Your Code
+-----------------
+
+pyAirtable provides a :class:`~pyairtable.testing.MockAirtable` class that can be used to
+test your code without making real requests to Airtable.
+
+.. autoclass:: pyairtable.testing.MockAirtable
+   :noindex:
+
+For more information, see :mod:`pyairtable.testing`.

pyairtable/api/api.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from typing import Any, Dict, Iterator, List, Optional, Sequence, Tuple, TypeVar, Union
 
 import requests
+from requests import PreparedRequest
 from requests.sessions import Session
 from typing_extensions import TypeAlias
 
@@ -273,14 +274,17 @@ def request(
                 json=json,
             )
 
-        response = self.session.send(prepared, timeout=self.timeout)
-        return self._process_response(response)
+        return self._perform_request(prepared)
 
     get = partialmethod(request, "GET")
     post = partialmethod(request, "POST")
     patch = partialmethod(request, "PATCH")
     delete = partialmethod(request, "DELETE")
 
+    def _perform_request(self, prepared: PreparedRequest) -> Any:
+        response = self.session.send(prepared, timeout=self.timeout)
+        return self._process_response(response)
+
     def _process_response(self, response: requests.Response) -> Any:
         try:
             response.raise_for_status()

pyairtable/api/base.py

@@ -107,8 +107,7 @@ def table(
         Build a new :class:`Table` instance using this instance of :class:`Base`.
 
         Args:
-            id_or_name: An Airtable table ID or name. Table name should be unencoded,
-                as shown on browser.
+            id_or_name: |arg_table_id_or_name|
             validate: |kwarg_validate_metadata|
             force: |kwarg_force_metadata|
 

pyairtable/api/types.py

@@ -319,6 +319,9 @@ class UpdateRecordDict(TypedDict):
     fields: WritableFields
 
 
+AnyRecordDict: TypeAlias = Union[RecordDict, CreateRecordDict, UpdateRecordDict]
+
+
 class RecordDeletedDict(TypedDict):
     """
     A ``dict`` representing the payload returned by the Airtable API to confirm a deletion.