Unittest Woes

test_transfer_approve_transfer.yaml

interactions:
- request:
    body: null
    headers:
      Accept: ['*/*']
      Accept-Encoding: ['gzip, deflate']
      Connection: [keep-alive]
      User-Agent: [python-requests/2.18.4]
    method: GET
    uri: http://127.0.0.1/api/transfer/unapproved?username=demo&api_key=1c34274c0df0bca7edf9831dd838b4a6345ac2ef
  response:
    body: {string: !!python/unicode '{"message": "Fetched unapproved transfers successfully.",
        "results": [{"directory": "unzipped_bag_1", "type": "unzipped bag", "uuid": "8779909c-20e8-4471-beb2-c45591b7abb0"},
        {"directory": "dspace_1", "type": "dspace", "uuid": "f25c71e6-1f1e-4e69-bf57-580a64d4e051"},
        {"directory": "standard_1", "type": "standard", "uuid": "0d16e57f-df1b-4a66-a93c-989f0dc9f16f"}]}'}
    headers:
      connection: [keep-alive]
      content-language: [en]
      content-type: [application/json]
      date: ['Mon, 30 Apr 2018 14:07:23 GMT']
      server: [nginx/1.12.2]
      vary: ['Accept-Language, Cookie']
    status: {code: 200, message: OK}
- request:
    body: !!python/unicode username=demo&directory=unzipped_bag_1&api_key=1c34274c0df0bca7edf9831dd838b4a6345ac2ef&type=unzipped+bag
    headers:
      Accept: ['*/*']
      Accept-Encoding: ['gzip, deflate']
      Connection: [keep-alive]
      Content-Length: ['69']
      Content-Type: [application/x-www-form-urlencoded]
      User-Agent: [python-requests/2.18.4]
    method: POST
    uri: http://127.0.0.1/api/transfer/approve/
  response:
    body: {string: !!python/unicode '{"message": "Approval successful.", "uuid": "8779909c-20e8-4471-beb2-c45591b7abb0"}'}
    headers:
      connection: [keep-alive]
      content-language: [en]
      content-type: [application/json]
      date: ['Mon, 30 Apr 2018 14:07:24 GMT']
      server: [nginx/1.12.2]
      vary: ['Accept-Language, Cookie']
    status: {code: 200, message: OK}
- request:
    body: null
    headers:
      Accept: ['*/*']
      Accept-Encoding: ['gzip, deflate']
      Connection: [keep-alive]
      User-Agent: [python-requests/2.18.4]
    method: GET
    uri: http://127.0.0.1/api/transfer/unapproved?username=demo&api_key=1c34274c0df0bca7edf9831dd838b4a6345ac2ef
  response:
    body: {string: !!python/unicode '{"message": "Fetched unapproved transfers successfully.",
        "results": [{"directory": "dspace_1", "type": "dspace", "uuid": "f25c71e6-1f1e-4e69-bf57-580a64d4e051"},
        {"directory": "standard_1", "type": "standard", "uuid": "0d16e57f-df1b-4a66-a93c-989f0dc9f16f"}]}'}
    headers:
      connection: [keep-alive]
      content-language: [en]
      content-type: [application/json]
      date: ['Mon, 30 Apr 2018 14:07:30 GMT']
      server: [nginx/1.12.2]
      vary: ['Accept-Language, Cookie']
    status: {code: 200, message: OK}
- request:
    body: !!python/unicode username=demo&directory=dspace_1&api_key=1c34274c0df0bca7edf9831dd838b4a6345ac2ef&type=dspace
    headers:
      Accept: ['*/*']
      Accept-Encoding: ['gzip, deflate']
      Connection: [keep-alive]
      Content-Length: ['57']
      Content-Type: [application/x-www-form-urlencoded]
      User-Agent: [python-requests/2.18.4]
    method: POST
    uri: http://127.0.0.1/api/transfer/approve/
  response:
    body: {string: !!python/unicode '{"message": "Approval successful.", "uuid": "f25c71e6-1f1e-4e69-bf57-580a64d4e051"}'}
    headers:
      connection: [keep-alive]
      content-language: [en]
      content-type: [application/json]
      date: ['Mon, 30 Apr 2018 14:07:31 GMT']
      server: [nginx/1.12.2]
      vary: ['Accept-Language, Cookie']
    status: {code: 200, message: OK}
- request:
    body: null
    headers:
      Accept: ['*/*']
      Accept-Encoding: ['gzip, deflate']
      Connection: [keep-alive]
      User-Agent: [python-requests/2.18.4]
    method: GET
    uri: http://127.0.0.1/api/transfer/unapproved?username=demo&api_key=1c34274c0df0bca7edf9831dd838b4a6345ac2ef
  response:
    body: {string: !!python/unicode '{"message": "Fetched unapproved transfers successfully.",
        "results": [{"directory": "standard_1", "type": "standard", "uuid": "0d16e57f-df1b-4a66-a93c-989f0dc9f16f"},
        {"directory": "2", "type": "dspace", "uuid": "47908337-3134-4871-8f41-a9d7d500c2e0"}]}'}
    headers:
      connection: [keep-alive]
      content-language: [en]
      content-type: [application/json]
      date: ['Mon, 30 Apr 2018 14:07:37 GMT']
      server: [nginx/1.12.2]
      vary: ['Accept-Language, Cookie']
    status: {code: 200, message: OK}
- request:
    body: !!python/unicode username=demo&directory=standard_1&api_key=1c34274c0df0bca7edf9831dd838b4a6345ac2ef&type=standard
    headers:
      Accept: ['*/*']
      Accept-Encoding: ['gzip, deflate']
      Connection: [keep-alive]
      Content-Length: ['61']
      Content-Type: [application/x-www-form-urlencoded]
      User-Agent: [python-requests/2.18.4]
    method: POST
    uri: http://127.0.0.1/api/transfer/approve/
  response:
    body: {string: !!python/unicode '{"message": "Approval successful.", "uuid": "0d16e57f-df1b-4a66-a93c-989f0dc9f16f"}'}
    headers:
      connection: [keep-alive]
      content-language: [en]
      content-type: [application/json]
      date: ['Mon, 30 Apr 2018 14:07:38 GMT']
      server: [nginx/1.12.2]
      vary: ['Accept-Language, Cookie']
    status: {code: 200, message: OK}
- request:
    body: null
    headers:
      Accept: ['*/*']
      Accept-Encoding: ['gzip, deflate']
      Connection: [keep-alive]
      User-Agent: [python-requests/2.18.4]
    method: GET
    uri: http://127.0.0.1/api/transfer/unapproved?username=demo&api_key=1c34274c0df0bca7edf9831dd838b4a6345ac2ef
  response:
    body: {string: !!python/unicode '{"message": "Fetched unapproved transfers successfully.",
        "results": [{"directory": "transfer_1", "type": "dspace", "uuid": "47908337-3134-4871-8f41-a9d7d500c2e0"}]}'}
    headers:
      connection: [keep-alive]
      content-language: [en]
      content-type: [application/json]
      date: ['Mon, 30 Apr 2018 14:07:44 GMT']
      server: [nginx/1.12.2]
      vary: ['Accept-Language, Cookie']
    status: {code: 200, message: OK}
version: 1

test_transfers.py

    @vcr.use_cassette(
        'fixtures/vcr_cassettes/test_transfer_approve_transfer.yaml')
    def test_approve_transfer(self):
        """Test the process of approving transfers and make sure that the
        outcome is as expected.
        """
        Result = collections.namedtuple('Result', 'dirname expected')
        approve_tests = [
            Result(dirname="unzipped_bag_1",
                   expected='8779909c-20e8-4471-beb2-c45591b7abb0'),
            Result(dirname="dspace_1",
                   expected='f25c71e6-1f1e-4e69-bf57-580a64d4e051'),
            Result(dirname="standard_1",
                   expected='0d16e57f-df1b-4a66-a93c-989f0dc9f16f'),
            Result(dirname="dirname_four",
                   expected=None)
        ]
        for test in approve_tests:
          res = transfer.approve_transfer(test.dirname,
                                          AM_URL,
                                          API_KEY,
                                          USER)

          assert(res == test.expected)