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Michael Foord1e68bec2012-03-03 22:24:30 +00001mock is a library for testing in Python. It allows you to replace parts of
2your system under test with mock objects and make assertions about how they
3have been used.
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Michael Foorddc1458a2012-10-07 18:43:23 +01005mock is now part of the Python standard library, available as `unittest.mock
Robert Collins6f729792015-07-10 11:16:31 +12006<https://docs.python.org/dev/library/unittest.mock.html>`_ in Python 3.3
7onwards.
Michael Foord2df66112012-10-07 18:33:12 +01008
Robert Collins6f729792015-07-10 11:16:31 +12009This package contains a rolling backport of the standard library mock code
Hugob67fe8a2017-10-28 16:01:45 +030010compatible with Python 2.7 and 3.3 and up.
Robert Collins6f729792015-07-10 11:16:31 +120011
12Please see the standard library documentation for more details.
Michael Foord1e68bec2012-03-03 22:24:30 +000013
Robert Collins18c9bbd2015-07-10 14:00:11 +120014:Homepage: `Mock Homepage`_
15:Download: `Mock on PyPI`_
16:Documentation: `Python Docs`_
17:License: `BSD License`_
18:Support: `Mailing list (testing-in-python@lists.idyll.org)
19 <http://lists.idyll.org/listinfo/testing-in-python>`_
Hugob67fe8a2017-10-28 16:01:45 +030020:Issue tracker: `GitHub Issues
Robert Collins18c9bbd2015-07-10 14:00:11 +120021 <https://github.com/testing-cabal/mock/issues>`_
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Robert Collins18c9bbd2015-07-10 14:00:11 +120026.. _Mock Homepage: https://github.com/testing-cabal/mock
27.. _BSD License: http://github.com/testing-cabal/mock/blob/master/LICENSE.txt
28.. _Python Docs: https://docs.python.org/dev/library/unittest.mock.html
29.. _mock on PyPI: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/mock