tests: Set up fixture and mock out config variable

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/tests/unit/test_db_utils.py b/tests/unit/test_db_utils.py
index 68f80a0..a319692 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_db_utils.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_db_utils.py
@@ -6,9 +6,14 @@ from types import SimpleNamespace
 
 import pytest
 
+import gn3
 from gn3.db_utils import database_connector
 from gn3.db_utils import parse_db_url
 
+@pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+def setup_app(request, fxtr_app):
+    """Setup the fixtures for the class."""
+    request.cls.app = fxtr_app
 
 class TestDatabase(TestCase):
     """class contains testd for db connection functions"""
@@ -31,10 +36,14 @@ class TestDatabase(TestCase):
             results, SimpleNamespace, "database not created successfully")
 
     @pytest.mark.unit_test
-    @mock.patch("gn3.db_utils.SQL_URI",
-                "mysql://username:4321@localhost/test")
+    @pytest.mark.usefixtures("setup_app")
     def test_parse_db_url(self):
         """test for parsing db_uri env variable"""
-        results = parse_db_url()
-        expected_results = ("localhost", "username", "4321", "test", None)
-        self.assertEqual(results, expected_results)
+        print(self.__dict__)
+        with self.app.app_context(), mock.patch.dict(# pylint: disable=[no-member]
+                gn3.db_utils.current_app.config,
+                {"SQL_URI": "mysql://username:4321@localhost/test"},
+                clear=True):
+            results = parse_db_url()
+            expected_results = ("localhost", "username", "4321", "test", None)
+            self.assertEqual(results, expected_results)