minor bugfixes and impromvements

tests/conftest.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from the_works.database import db as _db
 TEST_DATABASE_URI = "sqlite:///:memory:"
 
 @pytest.fixture()
-def app():
+def _app():
   test_config = {
     "ENV": "Testing",
     "SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI": TEST_DATABASE_URI,

tests/integration/test_int_genre.py

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 from sqlalchemy import select
-from the_works.database import db
-from the_works.models import Genre
 from sqlalchemy.exc import IntegrityError
 import pytest
+from the_works.database import db
+from the_works.models import Genre
 
-def test_genre_create(client, app):
+def test_genre_create(client, _app):
   """Integrated testing of adding a Genre record."""
-  response = client.post("/genre/create", data={"form_Genre": "Test-Genre"}, follow_redirects=True)
+  response = client.post("/genre/create", data={"form_Genre": "spam"}, follow_redirects=True)
 
   # assert there was exactly 1 redirect
   assert len(response.history) == 1
@@ -15,13 +15,12 @@ def test_genre_create(client, app):
   assert response.status_code == 200
 
   # assert record was successfully added to DB
-  with app.app_context():
-    genre = db.session.scalars(select(Genre).where(Genre.Genre == "Test-Genre")).all()
+  with _app.app_context():
+    genre = db.session.scalars(select(Genre).where(Genre.Genre == "spam")).all()
     assert len(genre) == 1
     assert isinstance(genre[0], Genre)
 
   # assert uniqueness of records
   with pytest.raises(IntegrityError) as excinfo:
-    response = client.post("/genre/create", data={"form_Genre": "Test-Genre"})
+    response = client.post("/genre/create", data={"form_Genre": "spam"})
   assert "UNIQUE constraint failed" in str(excinfo.value)
-

tests/unit/test_unit_genre.py

@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
-from the_works.models import Genre
 import pytest
+from the_works.models import Genre
 
 
 def test_genre_all(client, mocker):
   """Test view all() from genre.py."""
 
   # mock database function
-  # Note: The original method returns an sqlalchemy.engine.Result.ScalarResult, not a list, but the template code
-  # uses the return value in a way that works for both ScalarResult and list
-#  mocker.patch("the_works.database.db.session.scalars", return_value=[
-  mocker.patch("flask_sqlalchemy.SQLAlchemy.session.scalars", return_value=[
-    Genre(ID=4, Genre="bla"),
-    Genre(ID=26, Genre="blubb")
+  # Note: The original scalars() method returns an sqlalchemy.engine.Result.ScalarResult, not a list
+  # but the template code uses the return value in a way which works for both ScalarResult and list
+  mocker.patch("flask_sqlalchemy.session.Session.scalars", return_value=[
+    Genre(ID=4, Genre="spam"),
+    Genre(ID=26, Genre="eggs")
   ])
 
   # test case: get request
@@ -28,10 +27,10 @@ def test_genre_create(client, mocker):
   """Test view create() from genre.py."""
 
   # mock database function
-  mocker.patch("flask_sqlalchemy.SQLAlchemy.session.add")
+  mocker.patch("flask_sqlalchemy.session.Session.add")
 
   # test a POST request with good data
-  response = client.post("/genre/create", data={"form_Genre": "Testname"}, follow_redirects=True)
+  response = client.post("/genre/create", data={"form_Genre": "spam"}, follow_redirects=True)
   # exactly 1 redirect
   assert len(response.history) == 1
   # redirect to the right page
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ def test_genre_create(client, mocker):
 
   # test a POST request with bad form data
   with pytest.raises(ValueError) as excinfo:
-    response = client.post("/genre/create", data={"wrong_key": "Genrename"})
+    response = client.post("/genre/create", data={"wrong_key": "eggs"})
   assert "value can't be empty" in str(excinfo.value)
 
   # test a POST request with empty form data
@@ -54,6 +53,6 @@ def test_genre_create(client, mocker):
   assert "value can't be empty" in str(excinfo.value)
 
   # test a GET request
-  response = client.get("/genre/create", query_string={"form_Genre": "GET-Genre"})
+  response = client.get("/genre/create", query_string={"form_Genre": "spam eggs"})
   assert response.status_code == 405
 

tests/unit/test_unit_home.py

@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
 def test_home_startpage(client):
+  """Test view startpage() from home.py."""
+
   response = client.get("/")
+
+  # assert good status code
   assert response.status_code == 200
+
+  # assert that the returned data is good HTML
   assert response.data.startswith(b"<!DOCTYPE html>\n")
+
+# more test cases: POST, 

the_works/views/home.py

@@ -1,22 +1,21 @@
+import inspect
 from flask import Blueprint, render_template, request, jsonify
 from sqlalchemy import select
 from the_works.database import db
 import the_works.models
-import inspect
 
 bp = Blueprint("home", __name__)
 
 # prepare list of ORM classes to be searched by search_all()
-tables = []
-for name, obj in inspect.getmembers(the_works.models):
-  if inspect.isclass(obj) and issubclass(obj, the_works.models.Base) and obj.__name__ != "Base":
-    tables.append(obj)
-print(f"tables is {tables}")  #DEBUG
+def __tables():
+  return [obj for name, obj in inspect.getmembers(the_works.models) if inspect.isclass(obj) and issubclass(obj, the_works.models.Base) and obj.__name__ != "Base"]
+
 
 @bp.route("/")
 def startpage():
   return render_template("views/home.html")
 
+
 @bp.route("/search")
 def search_all():
   # return when query is empty
@@ -29,8 +28,8 @@ def search_all():
   result = {}
 
   # loop over database tables
-  for table in tables:
-    text_columns = [column.key for column in table.__table__.columns if type(column.type) == db.types.TEXT]
+  for table in __tables():
+    text_columns = [column.key for column in table.__table__.columns if isinstance(column.type, db.types.TEXT)]
     hits = []
     # loop over table rows
     for row in db.session.execute(select(table)):
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ def search_all():
           if s.lower() in row[0].__getattribute__(column).lower():
             hits.append(row[0].asdict())
             break
-      if hits != []:
+      if hits:
         result[table.__table__.fullname] = hits
   # return results
   return jsonify(result)