httpserver: http response code for no handler can be specified

csernazs · csernazs · commit 03a3d78d55a3 · 2020-10-17T10:22:27.000+02:00
The http response code sent when no handler is found for the request can be changed. It is set to 500 by default. Fixes #44.
diff --git a/pytest_httpserver/httpserver.py b/pytest_httpserver/httpserver.py
@@ -553,6 +553,13 @@ class HTTPServer:   # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes
         :py:class:`Request` and :py:class:`Response` object which represents the
         incoming request and the outgoing response which happened during the lifetime
         of the server.
+
+    .. py:attribute:: no_handler_status_code
+
+        Attribute containing the http status code (int) which will be the response
+        status when no matcher is found for the request. By default, it is set to *500*
+        but it can be overridden to any valid http status code such as *404* if needed.
+
     """
 
     DEFAULT_LISTEN_HOST = "localhost"
@@ -581,6 +588,7 @@ def __init__(self, host=DEFAULT_LISTEN_HOST, port=DEFAULT_LISTEN_PORT, ssl_conte
             self.default_waiting_settings = WaitingSettings()
         self._waiting_settings = copy(self.default_waiting_settings)
         self._waiting_result = queue.LifoQueue(maxsize=1)
+        self.no_handler_status_code = 500
 
     def clear(self):
         """
@@ -593,6 +601,7 @@ def clear(self):
         self.clear_log()
         self.clear_all_handlers()
         self.permanently_failed = False
+        self.no_handler_status_code = 500
 
     def clear_assertions(self):
         """
@@ -941,7 +950,7 @@ def respond_nohandler(self, request: Request):
             self._set_waiting_result(False)
         text = "No handler found for request {!r}.\n".format(request)
         self.add_assertion(text + self.format_matchers())
-        return Response("No handler found for this request", 500)
+        return Response("No handler found for this request", self.no_handler_status_code)
 
     def respond_permanent_failure(self):
         """
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/no-handler-status-code-380fa02ebe9b2721.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/no-handler-status-code-380fa02ebe9b2721.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    The http response code sent when no handler is found for the
+    request can be changed. It is set to 500 by default.
diff --git a/tests/test_permanent.py b/tests/test_permanent.py
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ def test_unexpected_request(httpserver: HTTPServer):
         httpserver.check_assertions()
 
 
+def test_no_handler_status_code(httpserver: HTTPServer):
+    httpserver.no_handler_status_code = 404
+    assert requests.get(httpserver.url_for("/foobar")).status_code == 404
+
+
 def test_server_cleared_for_each_test(httpserver: HTTPServer):
     assert httpserver.log == []
     assert httpserver.assertions == []
