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Caching & Redis easy

Redis GET SET EX TTL mock in Python

A thread-safe Python class mimicking Redis GET, SET with EX, and TTL commands for in-memory testing.

redis mock ttl
Python
import time
import threading
from typing import Optional, Callable


class RedisTTLMock:
    def __init__(self):
        self._store: dict[str, tuple[str, float]] = {}
        self._lock = threading.Lock()

    def set(self, key: str, value: str, ex: Optional[int] = None) -> bool:
        expiry = time.time() + ex if …
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Reliability & rate limiting easy

How to implement an idempotency key store in Python

Build an in-memory idempotency key store with TTL that processes a request once and reuses the cached result for duplicate calls.

idempotency cache ttl
Python
import hashlib
import time
from typing import Dict, Optional


class IdempotencyStore:
    """Simple in-memory idempotency key store with mock processing."""

    def __init__(self, ttl_seconds: int = 3600) -> None:
        self.ttl = ttl_seconds
        self._store: Dict[str, tuple[str, float]] = {}

    def _is_expi…
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Observability & SRE easy

How to Mock a Baggage Context (Key-Value Store) in Python

This code implements an in-memory key-value mock of a baggage context, letting you set, get, check, and delete keys for tracing-style metadata.

baggage tracing mock
Python
class BaggageContext:
    def __init__(self):
        self._store = {}

    def set(self, key, value):
        self._store[key] = value
        return value

    def get(self, key, default=None):
        return self._store.get(key, default)

    def has(self, key):
        return key in self._store

    def delete(sel…
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Microservices patterns easy

Cache-Aside Pattern in Python: Per-Service Mock

A Python mock of the cache-aside pattern for a single microservice—lazy-load from a database into an in-memory cache and invalidate on updates.

caching microservices cache-aside
Python
class ServiceCache:
    def __init__(self):
        self.database = {"user:1": "Alice", "user:2": "Bob", "user:3": "Charlie"}
        self.cache = {}

    def get_user(self, user_id):
        cache_key = f"user:{user_id}"
        if cache_key in self.cache:
            print(f"CACHE HIT: {cache_key}")
            retu…
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Microservices patterns easy

Event Sourcing Store in Python: Append-Only Log Mock

Mock an append-only event store in Python — record events, list them, and fetch by ID using a simple list-backed class.

event-sourcing microservices mock
Python
class EventStore:
    def __init__(self):
        self._events = []

    def append(self, event):
        event_id = len(self._events) + 1
        stored_event = {"id": event_id, "data": event}
        self._events.append(stored_event)
        return stored_event

    def get_events(self):
        return list(self._ev…
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Microservices patterns easy

How to Build an In-Memory Service Registry Mock in Python

A simple in-memory ServiceRegistry class to register, retrieve, list, and unregister microservice endpoints or configs using a dict, with KeyError guards.

service-registry microservices in-memory
Python
class ServiceRegistry:
    def __init__(self):
        self._services = {}

    def register(self, name, service):
        self._services[name] = service

    def unregister(self, name):
        if name not in self._services:
            raise KeyError(f"Service '{name}' not found")
        del self._services[name]

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Microservices patterns easy

How to Implement an Outbox Pattern Mock in Python

This code demonstrates a simple in-memory outbox pattern mock for publishing domain events and tracking pending events until they are marked as published.

outbox domain-events microservices
Python
from dataclasses import dataclass, field
from datetime import datetime
from uuid import uuid4


@dataclass
class DomainEvent:
    event_id: str = field(default_factory=lambda: str(uuid4()))
    occurred_at: datetime = field(default_factory=datetime.utcnow)


class Outbox:
    def __init__(self):
        self._events =…
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Microservices patterns easy

How to Mock a GraphQL Backend in Python

Create an in-memory GraphQL mock backend using dataclasses and resolver methods returning plain dictionaries.

graphql mock dataclasses
Python
from dataclasses import dataclass, asdict
from typing import Any, Dict, List


@dataclass
class Product:
    id: int
    name: str
    price: float


@dataclass
class User:
    id: int
    username: str


class MockGraphQLBackend:
    def __init__(self) -> None:
        self.products = [
            Product(id=1, name…
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Microservices patterns easy

How to Mock a Service Registry in Python with an In-Memory Dict

A lightweight ServiceRegistry class backed by a dict, exposing register, unregister, lookup, list, and health-check methods.

microservices service-registry dictionary
Python
class ServiceRegistry:
    def __init__(self):
        self._services = {}

    def register(self, name, endpoint, version="1.0"):
        self._services[name] = {
            "endpoint": endpoint,
            "version": version,
            "status": "healthy"
        }

    def unregister(self, name):
        return…
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ML engineering pipelines easy

How to Build a Mock Offline Feature Store in Python

Build an in-memory mock of an offline feature store with a dict-based FeatureStore class for storing and retrieving ML features by entity ID.

feature-store ml-pipeline mock
Python
from datetime import datetime
from collections import defaultdict


class FeatureStore:
    """Simple in-memory mock of an offline feature store."""

    def __init__(self):
        self._features = defaultdict(dict)

    def ingest(self, entity_id, feature_name, value, timestamp=None):
        ts = timestamp or datet…
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ML engineering pipelines easy

Model registry version mock in Python

A simple in-memory model registry that stores model versions with metadata and supports version listing and latest retrieval.

ml-engineering model-registry versioning
Python
class ModelRegistry:
    def __init__(self):
        self.models = {}

    def register(self, name, version, model_type, metrics=None):
        if name not in self.models:
            self.models[name] = []
        entry = {
            "version": version,
            "model_type": model_type,
            "metrics": m…
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Database scaling & optimization easy

How to Insert a Mock Route Record Using SQLite in Python

This code creates an in-memory SQLite table for routes and inserts a mock route record, returning the inserted row for verification.

sqlite database insert
Python
import sqlite3
from datetime import datetime

def insert_mock_record(db_path=":memory:"):
    conn = sqlite3.connect(db_path)
    cursor = conn.cursor()
    cursor.execute("""
        CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS routes (
            id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
            origin TEXT NOT NULL,
            des…
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Auth & security at scale easy

Fetch Secrets from a Mock Secrets Manager in Python

Build a minimal in-memory secrets manager that stores and retrieves secret values, raising a KeyError for missing names.

secrets-management security mock
Python
import json

class SecretsManager:
    """Mock secrets manager that returns secrets from a local store."""
    
    def __init__(self, store=None):
        self.store = store or {
            "api_key": "mock-api-key-123",
            "db_password": "s3cret-p@ss",
            "jwt_secret": "dev-only-secret"
        }
…
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Production deployment patterns easy

How to Mock a Container Registry in Python

Build an in-memory container registry mock with push, tag listing, and manifest retrieval logic for testing deployment tooling.

containers testing mocking
Python
import json
from collections import defaultdict


class MockRegistry:
    def __init__(self):
        self.repositories = defaultdict(dict)

    def push_image(self, repo: str, tag: str, layers: list[str]) -> None:
        self.repositories[repo][tag] = {
            "layers": layers,
            "size": sum(len(layer…
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