Pytest Plugin to disable socket calls during tests

pytest-socket A plugin to use with Pytest to disable or restrict socket calls during tests to ensure network calls are prevented. Features Disables all network calls flowing through Python's socket interface. Requirements Pytest 6.2.5 or greater Installation You can install pytest-socket via pip from PyPI: pip install pytest-socket or add to your pyproject.toml for poetry: [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies] pytest-socket = "*" Usage Run pytest --disable-socket, tests should fail on any access to socket or libraries using socket with a SocketBlockedError. To add this flag as the default behavior, add this section to your pytest.ini: [pytest] addopts = --disable-socket or add this to your setup.cfg: [tool:pytest] addopts = --disable-socket or update your conftest.py to include: from pytest_socket import disable_socket def pytest_runtest_setup(): disable_socket() If you exceptionally want to enable socket for one particular execution pass --force-enable-socket. It takes