hack of pytest implementation - doesnt work yet

backend/tests/test_backend.py

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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+import pytest
+import backend
+from backend import store
+import os
+import time
+import requests
+# https://github.com/pallets/flask/blob/1.1.2/examples/tutorial/tests/test_auth.py
+
+# Much better boilerplate than the docs
+# https://www.python-boilerplate.com/py3+flask+pytest/
+
+
+def test_import(session):
+    res = session.get("/")
+    assert b"IMPORT" in res.data
+    assert res.status_code == 200
+
+    test_url_list = ["https://slashdot.org"]
+    res = session.post('/import', data={'urls': "\n".join(test_url_list)}, follow_redirects=True)
+    s = "{} Imported".format(len(test_url_list))
+
+    #p= url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True
+
+    assert bytes(s.encode('utf-8')) in res.data
+
+    for url in test_url_list:
+        assert bytes(url.encode('utf-8')) in res.data
+
+    #response = requests.get('http://localhost:5000/random_string')
+    #assert response.status_code == 200
+    #assert response.json() == [{'id': 1}]
+
+
+def test_import_a(session):
+    res = session.get("/")
+    assert b"IMPORT" in res.data
+    assert res.status_code == 200