gabrielfalcao/HTTPretty
Intercept HTTP requests at the Python socket level. Fakes the whole socket module observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5696
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 815
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2159 stars · 285 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
HTTPretty is a Python library that mocks HTTP clients by intercepting requests at the socket level, faking the entire socket module. It lets tests register fake URI responses, stream responses, and record/replay HTTP traffic without real network access.
Use cases
- mock http requests in python tests
- fake responses from external apis
- test api integrations without network access
- record and playback http requests
- unit test code that uses requests or urllib
- disable network access during tests
When to choose
- you need socket-level interception that works regardless of the HTTP client library
- you want decorator-based activation in tests
- you need to fake streaming responses or record/replay traffic
When to avoid
- you only use the requests library and prefer a higher-level mock like responses
- you need mocking for modern Python versions beyond 3.9
- you need an actively developed alternative like responses or pytest-httpserver
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
mocking testing http-client testing developer-tools apis web-development python cross-platform http-mocking socket-level-interception tdd fake-socket record-and-playback
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/gabrielfalcao/HTTPretty · fetched 2026-08-28 · 974dbb88f60c
- registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/httpretty/json · fetched 2026-08-29 · 89a9789b6dcc
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| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
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| gabrielfalcao/HTTPretty | main | 32 |
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