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Microservices patterns easy

How to Mock an API Gateway Router in Python

Create a lightweight HTTP server that routes requests to mock microservice responses, simulating an API gateway for local development and testing.

api-gateway mock-server http
Python
from http.server import HTTPServer, BaseHTTPRequestHandler
import json


class SimpleGateway(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
    def do_GET(self):
        routes = {
            "/users": {"service": "user-service", "status": "ok", "count": 42},
            "/orders": {"service": "order-service", "status": "ok", "count": 17}…
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Microservices patterns easy

How to Mock an Ambassador Edge Proxy in Python

Build a lightweight mock Ambassador edge proxy with Python's http.server that responds to health and user endpoint requests for local development and testing.

ambassador mock http-server
Python
import http.server
import json
import urllib.parse
import threading

class AmbassadorProxyHandler(http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
    def do_GET(self):
        parsed = urllib.parse.urlparse(self.path)
        if parsed.path == "/health":
            self.send_response(200)
            self.send_header("Content-T…
13 0 Open
Microservices patterns easy

How to implement round-robin load balancing in Python

Implement a client-side round-robin load balancer that distributes requests sequentially across a list of mock servers using itertools.cycle.

load balancing round robin microservices
Python
import itertools
import random


class MockServer:
    def __init__(self, name):
        self.name = name

    def handle_request(self, request_id):
        return f"Server {self.name} handled request #{request_id}"


class RoundRobinLoadBalancer:
    def __init__(self, servers):
        self.servers = servers
       …
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ML engineering pipelines easy

How to Mock MLflow log_params and log_metrics in Python

Use unittest.mock to patch MLflow's log_param and log_metric, run the training function, and verify logging calls without touching a real tracking server.

mlflow mock testing
Python
from unittest.mock import Mock, patch
import mlflow


def train_model():
    mlflow.log_param("learning_rate", 0.01)
    mlflow.log_param("epochs", 10)
    mlflow.log_metric("accuracy", 0.95)
    mlflow.log_metric("loss", 0.05)
    return "Training completed"


if __name__ == "__main__":
    with patch("mlflow.log_par…
15 0 Open
Auth & security at scale easy

How to Check Negotiated Cipher Suite in Python

Connect to a TLS server with Python's ssl module and print the negotiated protocol version and cipher suite details.

tls ssl security
Python
import ssl
import socket

def get_cipher_suites(hostname, port=443):
    context = ssl.create_default_context()
    context.set_ciphers("DEFAULT:@SECLEVEL=2")
    
    with socket.create_connection((hostname, port), timeout=5) as sock:
        with context.wrap_socket(sock, server_hostname=hostname) as ssock:
        …
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Auth & security at scale easy

How to Mock a Content Security Policy Header in Python

Mock a Content-Security-Policy header locally and verify it's served correctly using Python's built-in HTTP server.

csp http-server security-headers
Python
import json
from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer

CSP_HEADER = "default-src 'self'; script-src 'self'; style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'"

class MockServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
    def do_GET(self):
        if self.path == "/":
            self.send_response(200)
            self.send_header("…
15 0 Open
Production deployment patterns easy

How to Create a Liveness Probe HTTP Mock in Python

Build a lightweight HTTP server in Python that mimics a Kubernetes-style liveness endpoint, returning JSON health status for local testing.

http healthcheck mock-server
Python
import http.server
import threading
import time


class LivenessHandler(http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
    def do_GET(self):
        if self.path == "/healthz":
            self.send_response(200)
            self.send_header("Content-Type", "application/json")
            self.end_headers()
            self.wfi…
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