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How to mock an object property in Python
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mock-object-property.py
import mock
with mock.patch('path.to.ObjectClass.my_property', new_callable=mock.PropertyMock) as mock_my_property:
mock_my_property.return_value = 'my value'
@Clement-Lelievre
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thanks

@ClaytonPhillips-Dorsett
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Assigning directly to a MagicMock. From here:

mock_reader = mock.MagicMock()
type(mock_reader).content = mock.PropertyMock(return_value='whatever')

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