with-redef.clj

;;this fn doesn't work. couchdb is still being called even though with-redef is replacing the authenticator.
(with-redefs [
             api.routes.login/conn (db.datomic.seeding/connection-to-seeded-db)
             api.db.couch/authenticator (constantly {:basic-authentication {:ok true :name nil :roles ["_admin"] } :couchdb-id "sharedadmin"})
             ]
             
             ;;use mem DB for this
             (deftest login-route 
                      (testing "testing logging in as sharedadmin"
                               (is (= (-> (session api.core/app) ;Use your ring app
                                          (request ,,, "/login" :request-method :post
                                                       :headers { :authorization (str "Basic " (encode-str "sharedadmin:ujJWj5jM"))}))
                                      {:username "sharedadmin" :admin true :firstname "En" :lastname "Ginuity"})))))

;;this works.
;;api.routes.login/couch-auth-proxy called api.db.couch/authenticator through another fn (testing if i could redef more than 1 level deep)
(with-redefs [
             api.db.couch/authenticator 
             (fn [username pass]
               ;(if (= username "sharedadmin")
               {:basic-authentication {:ok true :name nil :roles ["_admin"] } :couchdb-id "sharedadmin"}
               ;    nil)
               )]
             (println (api.routes.login/couch-auth-proxy)))