Struct wiremock::MockServer

pub struct MockServer(_);

An HTTP web-server running in the background to behave as one of your dependencies using Mocks for testing purposes.

Each instance of MockServer is fully isolated: MockServer::start takes care of finding a random port available on your local machine which is assigned to the new MockServer.

You can use MockServer::builder if you need to specify custom configuration - e.g. run on a specific port or disable request recording.

Best practices

You should use one instance of MockServer for each REST API that your application interacts with and needs mocking for testing purposes.

To ensure full isolation and no cross-test interference, MockServers shouldn’t be shared between tests. Instead, MockServers should be created in the test where they are used.

You can register as many Mocks as your scenario requires on a MockServer.

Implementations

impl MockServer

pub fn builder() -> MockServerBuilder

You can use MockServer::builder if you need to specify custom configuration - e.g. run on a specific port or disable request recording.

If this is not your case, use MockServer::start.

pub async fn start() -> Self

Start a new instance of a MockServer listening on a random port.

Each instance of MockServer is fully isolated: start takes care of finding a random port available on your local machine which is assigned to the new MockServer.

You should use one instance of MockServer for each REST API that your application interacts with and needs mocking for testing purposes.

Example:

use wiremock::{MockServer, Mock, ResponseTemplate};
use wiremock::matchers::method;

#[async_std::main]
async fn main() {
    // Arrange
    let mock_server_one = MockServer::start().await;
    let mock_server_two = MockServer::start().await;

    assert!(mock_server_one.address() != mock_server_two.address());

    let mock = Mock::given(method("GET")).respond_with(ResponseTemplate::new(200));
    // Registering the mock with the first mock server - it's now effective!
    // But it *won't* be used by the second mock server!
    mock_server_one.register(mock).await;

    // Act

    let status = surf::get(&mock_server_one.uri())
        .await
        .unwrap()
        .status();
    assert_eq!(status, 200);

    // This would have matched our mock, but we haven't registered it for `mock_server_two`!
    // Hence it returns a 404, the default response when no mocks matched on the mock server.
    let status = surf::get(&mock_server_two.uri())
        .await
        .unwrap()
        .status();
    assert_eq!(status, 404);
}

pub async fn register(&self, mock: Mock)

Register a Mock on an instance of MockServer.

Be careful! Mocks are not effective until they are mounted or registered on a MockServer.

register is an asynchronous method, make sure to .await it!

Example:

use wiremock::{MockServer, Mock, ResponseTemplate};
use wiremock::matchers::method;

#[async_std::main]
async fn main() {
    // Arrange
    let mock_server = MockServer::start().await;

    let response = ResponseTemplate::new(200);

    let mock = Mock::given(method("GET")).respond_with(response.clone());
    // Registering the mock with the mock server - it's now effective!
    mock_server.register(mock).await;

    // We won't register this mock instead.
    let unregistered_mock = Mock::given(method("GET")).respond_with(response);
     
    // Act
    let status = surf::get(&mock_server.uri())
        .await
        .unwrap()
        .status();
    assert_eq!(status, 200);

    // This would have matched `unregistered_mock`, but we haven't registered it!
    // Hence it returns a 404, the default response when no mocks matched on the mock server.
    let status = surf::post(&mock_server.uri())
        .await
        .unwrap()
        .status();
    assert_eq!(status, 404);
}

pub async fn reset(&self)

Drop all mounted Mocks from an instance of MockServer.
It also deletes all recorded requests.

Example

use wiremock::{MockServer, Mock, ResponseTemplate};
use wiremock::matchers::method;

#[async_std::main]
async fn main() {
    // Arrange
    let mock_server = MockServer::start().await;

    let response = ResponseTemplate::new(200);
    Mock::given(method("GET")).respond_with(response).mount(&mock_server).await;
     
    // Act
    let status = surf::get(&mock_server.uri())
        .await
        .unwrap()
        .status();
    assert_eq!(status, 200);

    // Reset the server
    mock_server.reset().await;

    // This would have matched our mock, but we have dropped it resetting the server!
    let status = surf::post(&mock_server.uri())
        .await
        .unwrap()
        .status();
    assert_eq!(status, 404);
}

Example (Recorded requests are reset)

use wiremock::{MockServer, Mock, ResponseTemplate};
use wiremock::matchers::method;

#[async_std::main]
async fn main() {
    // Arrange
    let mock_server = MockServer::start().await;
     
    // Act
    surf::get(&mock_server.uri()).await.unwrap();

    // We have recorded the incoming request
    let received_requests = mock_server.received_requests().await.unwrap();
    assert!(!received_requests.is_empty());

    // Reset the server
    mock_server.reset().await;

    // All received requests have been forgotten after the call to `.reset`
    let received_requests = mock_server.received_requests().await.unwrap();
    assert!(received_requests.is_empty())
}

pub async fn verify(&self)

Verify that all mounted Mocks on this instance of MockServer have satisfied their expectations on their number of invocations. Panics otherwise.

pub fn uri(&self) -> String

Return the base uri of this running instance of MockServer, e.g. http://127.0.0.1:4372.

Use this method to compose uris when interacting with this instance of MockServer via an HTTP client.

Example:

use wiremock::MockServer;

#[async_std::main]
async fn main() {
    // Arrange - no mocks mounted

    let mock_server = MockServer::start().await;
    // Act
    let uri = format!("{}/health_check", &mock_server.uri());
    let status = surf::get(uri).await.unwrap().status();

    // Assert - default response
    assert_eq!(status, 404);
}

pub fn address(&self) -> &SocketAddr

Return the socket address of this running instance of MockServer, e.g. 127.0.0.1:4372.

Use this method to interact with the MockServer using TcpStreams.

Example:

use wiremock::MockServer;
use std::net::TcpStream;

#[async_std::main]
async fn main() {
    // Act - the server is started
    let mock_server = MockServer::start().await;

    // Assert - we can connect to it
    assert!(TcpStream::connect(mock_server.address()).is_ok());
}

pub async fn received_requests(&self) -> Option<Vec<Request>>

Return a vector with all the requests received by the MockServer since it started.
If no request has been served, it returns an empty vector.

If request recording has been disabled using MockServerBuilder::disable_request_recording, it returns None.

Example:

use wiremock::MockServer;
use http_types::Method;

#[async_std::main]
async fn main() {
    // Arrange
    let mock_server = MockServer::start().await;
     
    // Act
    surf::get(&mock_server.uri()).await.unwrap();

    // Assert
    let received_requests = mock_server.received_requests().await.unwrap();
    assert_eq!(received_requests.len(), 1);

    let received_request = &received_requests[0];
    assert_eq!(received_request.method, Method::Get);
    assert_eq!(received_request.url.path(), "/");
    assert!(received_request.body.is_empty());
}

Example (No request served):

use wiremock::MockServer;

#[async_std::main]
async fn main() {
    // Arrange
    let mock_server = MockServer::start().await;
     
    // Assert
    let received_requests = mock_server.received_requests().await.unwrap();
    assert_eq!(received_requests.len(), 0);
}

Example (Request recording disabled):

use wiremock::MockServer;

#[async_std::main]
async fn main() {
    // Arrange
    let mock_server = MockServer::builder().disable_request_recording().start().await;
     
    // Assert
    let received_requests = mock_server.received_requests().await;
    assert!(received_requests.is_none());
}

Trait Implementations

impl Drop for MockServer

fn drop(&mut self)

Executes the destructor for this type.