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How to Aggregate Mock API Routes by Method in Python

Groups mock API routes by path and method, collecting response bodies and counts into a nested dictionary structure.

defaultdict api-gateway aggregation
Python
from collections import defaultdict


def aggregate_mock_routes(routes):
    """Aggregate mock API routes by method and aggregate their response bodies."""
    aggregated = defaultdict(lambda: defaultdict(list))

    for route in routes:
        method = route["method"]
        path = route["path"]
        response = …
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How to Mock a Metrics Decorator in Python with unittest.mock

This code demonstrates a timing decorator that wraps a function to measure execution time and prints the duration, with a unit test using unittest.mock to patch the print function and assert it was called.

decorators unittest.mock metrics
Python
import time
from functools import wraps
from unittest.mock import patch

def add_metrics(func):
    @wraps(func)
    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
        start = time.perf_counter()
        result = func(*args, **kwargs)
        elapsed = time.perf_counter() - start
        print(f"{func.__name__} took {elapsed:.6f}s…
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How to mock the domain center in an onion architecture in Python

Define a repository interface and an in-memory mock to test domain services without touching infrastructure.

onion-architecture repository-pattern dependency-injection
Python
from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
from dataclasses import dataclass
from typing import Dict, List, Optional


@dataclass
class Order:
    id: int
    customer: str
    items: List[str]
    total: float


class OrderRepository(ABC):
    @abstractmethod
    def find_by_id(self, order_id: int) -> Optional[Order]:
     …
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