How can I mock a http response correctly
Hello everybody,
I'm currently trying to mock the HTTP client's response for unit tests. In both cases, I have a sequence, but I need to handle them differently.
Why is that, and how can I correctly mock a response so that it behaves exactly like the real response?
Here's my test script:
# schnipp
declare function local:httpMockResponse() {
(
<http:response status="200"/>,
<html>
<foo>bar</foo>
</html>
)
};
<real>{http:send-request((),"https://nexoma.de")[2]/html/name()}</real>,
<mock>{local:httpMockResponse()[2]/html/name()}</mock>,<mock2>{local:httpMockResponse()[2]/name()}</mock2> (: Why one level lower here? :) # schnapp
I just don't get it. :(
Best regards Andreas
Hi Andreas,
Quoted text · Andreas Hengsbach | nexoma · 1 line
> Why one level lower here?
That level difference is often the difference between a root node and an enclosing document-node. The send-request()[2] is returning a document-node. You can mock the same as below.
/Andy
declare function local:httpMockResponse()
{
<http:response status="200"/>,
* document{*
<html>
<foo>bar</foo>
</html>
}
};Quoted text · Andreas Hengsbach | nexoma · 33 lines
On Fri, 13 Mar 2026 at 11:31, Andreas Hengsbach | nexoma via BaseX-Talk < basex-talk at mailman.uni-konstanz.de> wrote: > Hello everybody, > > I'm currently trying to mock the HTTP client's response for unit tests. > In both cases, I have a sequence, but I need to handle them differently. > > Why is that, and how can I correctly mock a response so that it behaves > exactly like the real response? > > Here's my test script: > > # schnipp > declare function local:httpMockResponse() { > ( > <http:response status="200"/>, > <html> > <foo>bar</foo> > </html> > ) > }; > <real>{http:send-request((),"https://nexoma.de")[2]/html/name()}</real>, > <mock>{local:httpMockResponse()[2]/html/name()}</mock>, > > <mock2>{local:httpMockResponse()[2]/name()}</mock2> (: Why one level lower > here? :) > # schnapp > > I just don't get it. :( > > Best regards > Andreas >
Hi Andy,
That was the key clue. 👍
My colleague just found it in the specs as well: https://expath.org/spec/http-client#d2e517
Thanks for your help.
Best regards, Andreas
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