Flipper in Test Suites

[eyefodder]

Hey there - just started using Flipper, so apologies if this has been asked elsewhere.

I want Flipper to pretty much 'get out of the way' when I'm running my test suite. Using Rspec I started by doing this:

config.before(:each) do
  allow(Flipper).to_receive(:enabled?).and_return(true)
end

and this worked, but I noticed that there's an HTTP call also being made, so I had to:

WebMock.stub_request(:get, "https://www.flippercloud.io/adapter/features").to_return(status: 200, body: "")

Is there a better pattern for this? I feel like I must be missing something obvious...

[bkeepers]

Hi @eyefodder, you'll need to override the default flipper instance.

config.before(:each) do
  Flipper.instance = Flipper.new(Flipper::Adapters::Memory.new)
  allow(Flipper).to_receive(:enabled?).and_return(true)
end

I'll work on an update to docs (or Flipper's behavior in tests) to make this more clear.

[jnunemaker]

Yep. I recommend using memory instance.

Also, #482 (comment) explains how we had an EnabledByDefault adapter at GitHub to enable all features by default in tests. We could turn it on or off based on an environment variable which was nice for matrixed test runs to ensure tests passed while features were enabled and disabled.

[jnunemaker]

and this worked, but I noticed that there's an HTTP call also being made, so I had to:

This should/could/would only happen if you are using cloud. Are you?

Either way, if you switch to memory adapter for tests then you won't need the web mock anymore.

[eyefodder]

Hey there - yep; this was using cloud!

[jnunemaker]

@eyefodder Also, I forgot to ask earlier, but I'd love to know what you are using flipper for as well and how it is working out for you (what went well, what was hard other than what you mentioned here).

If you aren't comfortable leaving that information here in a public comment, feel free to email me directly [email protected]. I'm just always curious. :)