Mocking .NET HTTP Client

I prefer testing the behaviour, rather than implementation. To test the behaviour, I create TestServer, get the client from the test server, and make HTTP call. The client TestServer returns is only for that TestServer and you don’t have to specify baseUrl.

var application = new WebApplicationFactory<Program>()
	  .WithWebHostBuilder(builder => {});

var client = application.CreateClient(); 

It happens that the SUT call another API endpoint and depending on the response of the API call, your SUT should behave differently. Test cases will be like

• Verify SUT makes a correct API call with all expected request details

• Mock the response in order to test if SUT handles different responses correctly

MockHttp comes in handy for these use cases

public class TestFixture
{
	public readonly MockHttpMessageHandler MockHttpHandler;

	public TestFixture()
	{
		MockHttpHandler = new MockHttpMessageHandler();
	}

	public HttpClient CreateClient()
	{
		var application = new WebApplicationFactory<Program>()
			.WithWebHostBuilder(builder =>
			{
				builder
					.ConfigureServices(serviceCollection =>
						serviceCollection.AddSingleton(MockHttpHandler.ToHttpClient()));
			});

		return application.CreateClient();
	}
}

public async Task ShouldMakeCorrectWebhookCall()
{
	// arrange
	const string webhookUrl = "http://localhost/fake-webhook";

	var webhookRequest = _testFixture
		.MockHttpHandler
		.Expect(webhookUrl)
		.Respond(HttpStatusCode.OK);
	var client = _testFixture.CreateClient();

	var endToEndId = "someEndToEndId";
	var request = new AtomicLockRequest { EndToEndId = endToEndId };

	// act
	var response = await client.PostAsync("v1/atomic-lock",
		new StringContent(JsonSerializer.Serialize(request),
			Encoding.UTF8,
			MediaTypeNames.Application.Json),
		CancellationToken.None);

	// assert
  _testFixture.MockHttpHandler.GetMatchCount(webhookRequest).Should().Be(1);
}

You can find more uses cases from the project site.