[TIP] Mocking import functions

[Mahdi Yusuf]

David,

Thanks for your response. I tried that when I was exhausting all my
options. That also doesn't work.

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Mahdi Yusuf


On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 11:07 AM, David Stanek <dstanek at dstanek.com> wrote:

> Instead of mock.patch('miners.tasks_utils.mechanize_url') you should try
> mock.patch('twitter_profile.mechanize_url').
>
> Once your twitter_profile module is imported it will have a reference to
> mechanize_url.  When you patch miners.tasks_utils you are not changing this
> reference.
>
>
>  On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 10:42 AM, Mahdi Yusuf <yusuf.mahdi at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>  I am at my wits end pretty much. I am not sure what is happening here.
>>
>> I am unable to mock an import function. My code is here<https://gist.github.com/myusuf3/685083e70bf3f93fd43c>.
>> After some reading I know you patch where the function is used not where
>> its defined.
>>
>> I have also tried everything else but the mechanize_url is till running
>> as implemented in code not mocked in test.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
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>> Mahdi Yusuf
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