In a prior post, we covered how to write a mock API server that stored a thread as a class attribute and used it to run the server in the background by starting a thread.
However, we neglected to cover how to actually use the mock API server. So here we include some examples of how you can use the mock API server to write better tests for components that require interacting with APIs.
Let's start with a recap of the mock API …
In this post we discuss a way of mocking an API server during tests. This technique will let you create a fake API server that can respond to API calls however you want.
The technique is twofold:
First, we create a mock API handler that extends BaseHTTPRequestHandler, which is the built-in HTTP server
class in Python. We can extend the server class to control how it responds to requests - to …
We're excited to announce the public release of centillion, a document search engine.
centillion is a search tool that can be used by any individual or organization to index Github repositories (including the content of markdown files), Google Drive folders (including the content of .docx files), and Disqus comment threads.
centillion is tested using Travis CI.
centillion was originally written for the NIH Data Commons effort (which recently concluded). centillion was built to facilitate information-finding in a project with hundreds of people at dozens of institutions generating a sea of email threads, Google Drive folders, markdown files, websites, and Github …
On October 15, 2018, I had the opportunity to offer an in-lab learning opportunity (ILLO) at the Lab for Data Intensive Biology. The ILLO focused on Flask, a useful Python library for creating and running web servers. This library is useful because it has a very low learning curve, but also has the complexity to handle complicated, real-world projects.
As a part of this in-lab learning opportunity, I created repository with five simple Flask examples to highlight five useful capabilities of Flask.
The repository is called flaskadillo and it is available on git.charlesreid1.com or on …