I’m looking for a way to test a function called fetch_options that basically renders a returned JSONResponse from an internal API. My approach to this test is to mock requests because the internal API is located in another app which has already tested in a different test suite.

I’ve got a gut feeling that the function is properly patched with the mock but for some reason my render call can’t get the response data, I might be wrong about this though.

planner/views/meals.py

def fetch_options(request, meal, field):
    if field == "ingredients":
        index = 1
    else:
        index = 0

    try:
        response = requests.get("log/api/send_" + field) #Trying to mock requests here, request fetches from /log/views/api.py
    except ConnectionError:
        requests.raise_from_exception()
    else:
        return render(request, {"meal": meal, "options": list(response)[index]}) # throws list index out range in tests

/log/views/api.py

def send_data(request, option):
    match option:
        case "ingredients":
            data = Log.objects.first().recipe_ingredients
        case "areas":
            data = Log.objects.first().recipe_area
        case "categories":
            data = Log.objects.first().recipe_categories
        case "activities":
            data = Log.objects.first().activities
    response = JsonResponse(data, status=200, safe=False)
    return response

planner/tests/test_meals_view.py

from unittest import MagicMock, patch

@patch("planner.views.meals.requests")
def test_fetch_options(self, mock_requests):
    mock_response = MagicMock()
    mock_response.status_code = 200
    mock_response.json_data = [{"id": "357", "strIngredient": "Orange"}]
    mock_requests.get.return_value = mock_response
    self.assertContains(
        fetch_options("request", "breakfast", "ingredients"), status_code=200
    )

Can anyone tell me what I’m missing or doing wrong please?