michaelfich

michaelfich

I’ve been working with a function that looks similar to the one that I’ve described below. It works adequately in practice but trying to unit test it has been a challenge to this point.

lib/my_module.ex

defmodule MyApp.MyModule do
  def my_func do
    "my-s3-bucket"
    |> ExAws.S3.list_objects_v2(prefix: "path/to/files")
    |> ExAws.stream!()
    |> Enum.map(&do_work/1)
  end
end

I’ve currently set up ExAws like the code samples below for mocking out ExAws.request! calls.

config/test.exs

config :my_app, :ex_aws,
  http_client: ExAws.Request.HttpMock

test/support/mocks.ex

Mox.defmock(ExAws.Request.HttpMock, for: ExAws.Request.HttpClient)

If anyone has suggestions for how to make the Mox.expect/4 call here properly set up the ExAws.stream! call, that would be greatly appreciated.

test/my_module_test.exs

defmodule MyApp.MyModuleTest do
  use ExUnit.Case, async: true

  import Mox

  setup :verify_on_exit!

  describe "my_func/0" do
    test "mocks api call(s)" do
      # how do we mock the stream?
      expect(ExAws.Request.HttpMock, ..., fn ..., ... ->
        # unsure
      end)

      assert [_ | _] = my_func()
    end
  end
end

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benwilson512

benwilson512

Author of Craft GraphQL APIs in Elixir with Absinthe

To mock at the HTTP layer you need to return a response shape that is the same as what AWS itself returns. the stream function is just making repeated object list calls with a cursor, so you’ll need to return that shape.

I don’t however recommend mocking at this layer. You’ll spend more time trying to make ExAws internals work. Rather I would make an internal FileStore behavior in your app and then have a mock of that which can return a stream directly.

LostKobrakai

LostKobrakai

That – but also if you eventually want to run integration tests you can consider pointing it against minio or localstack instances.

michaelfich

michaelfich OP

Thank you for the feedback. Very much appreciated!

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