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school_compare/backend/tests/test_suggest.py
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TudorandClaude Opus 5 1a6d349dad feat(suggest): GET /api/suggest, cacheable and DataFrame-free
A dedicated endpoint rather than a mode of /api/schools, because that
path filters and sorts 25,000 pandas rows per query while holding the
GIL — affordable once per search, not once per keystroke. A test asserts
the distinction directly by making load_school_data raise and requiring
the endpoint to answer anyway.

Nothing errors on ordinary input: a short query, no matches, or
Typesense being down are all 200 with an empty list.

Cached deliberately. Prefix queries repeat enormously across users and
school names change once a year, so s-maxage plus the existing ETag
middleware turns most keystrokes into 304s.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_015mWQnpye9F299NVRCCSRvj
2026-08-26 20:34:34 +01:00

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"""Tests for school autosuggest (spec 2026-08-26)."""
from backend import data_loader
class _FakeDocs:
def __init__(self, hits, explode=False):
self._hits = hits
self._explode = explode
self.last_params = None
def search(self, params):
self.last_params = params
if self._explode:
raise RuntimeError("typesense is down")
return {"hits": [{"document": d} for d in self._hits]}
class _FakeClient:
def __init__(self, hits, explode=False):
self.docs = _FakeDocs(hits, explode)
self.collections = {"schools": type("C", (), {"documents": self.docs})()}
_HIT = {
"urn": 100010, "school_name": "Brecknock Primary School",
"local_authority": "Camden", "postcode": "NW1 1AA",
"phase": "Primary", "school_type": "Community school",
}
def _use(monkeypatch, client):
monkeypatch.setattr(data_loader, "_get_typesense_client", lambda: client)
def test_returns_the_fields_a_suggestion_needs(monkeypatch):
# Local authority is not decoration: there are many schools called
# "St Mary's", and a list without it cannot be chosen between.
_use(monkeypatch, _FakeClient([_HIT]))
out = data_loader.suggest_schools_typesense("breck")
assert out == [{
"urn": 100010, "school_name": "Brecknock Primary School",
"local_authority": "Camden", "postcode": "NW1 1AA",
"phase": "Primary", "school_type": "Community school",
}]
def test_a_missing_optional_field_becomes_an_empty_string(monkeypatch):
# phase and school_type are optional in the Typesense schema. A missing
# key must not KeyError in the keystroke path.
_use(monkeypatch, _FakeClient([{"urn": 1, "school_name": "X",
"local_authority": "Y", "postcode": "Z"}]))
out = data_loader.suggest_schools_typesense("x")
assert out[0]["phase"] == "" and out[0]["school_type"] == ""
def test_typesense_unavailable_gives_no_suggestions_rather_than_raising(monkeypatch):
_use(monkeypatch, None)
assert data_loader.suggest_schools_typesense("anything") == []
def test_a_typesense_error_gives_no_suggestions_rather_than_raising(monkeypatch):
_use(monkeypatch, _FakeClient([], explode=True))
assert data_loader.suggest_schools_typesense("anything") == []
def test_the_limit_is_passed_through_and_clamped(monkeypatch):
client = _FakeClient([])
_use(monkeypatch, client)
data_loader.suggest_schools_typesense("x", limit=500)
assert client.docs.last_params["per_page"] == 20
def _client(monkeypatch, rows, *, blow_up_dataframe=False):
from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
from backend import app as app_module
monkeypatch.setattr(app_module, "suggest_schools_typesense",
lambda q, limit=8: rows)
if blow_up_dataframe:
def _boom():
raise AssertionError("the suggest path must not load the DataFrame")
monkeypatch.setattr(app_module, "load_school_data", _boom)
monkeypatch.setattr(app_module, "load_latest_school_data", _boom)
return TestClient(app_module.app, raise_server_exceptions=False)
def test_the_endpoint_returns_suggestions(monkeypatch):
body = _client(monkeypatch, [_HIT]).get("/api/suggest?q=breck").json()
assert body["suggestions"][0]["school_name"] == "Brecknock Primary School"
def test_the_endpoint_never_touches_the_dataframe(monkeypatch):
"""The whole reason this is not a mode of /api/schools.
That endpoint filters and sorts 25,000 rows of pandas per query, holding
the GIL. Per keystroke, that is the cost this endpoint exists to avoid.
"""
res = _client(monkeypatch, [_HIT], blow_up_dataframe=True).get("/api/suggest?q=breck")
assert res.status_code == 200
assert res.json()["suggestions"]
def test_a_one_character_query_returns_nothing_and_does_not_error(monkeypatch):
# The keystroke path never errors on ordinary input.
res = _client(monkeypatch, [_HIT]).get("/api/suggest?q=b")
assert res.status_code == 200
assert res.json() == {"suggestions": []}
def test_a_blank_query_returns_nothing_and_does_not_error(monkeypatch):
res = _client(monkeypatch, [_HIT]).get("/api/suggest?q=")
assert res.status_code == 200
assert res.json() == {"suggestions": []}
def test_typesense_down_is_an_empty_list_not_a_500(monkeypatch):
res = _client(monkeypatch, []).get("/api/suggest?q=breck")
assert res.status_code == 200
assert res.json() == {"suggestions": []}
def test_the_response_is_cacheable(monkeypatch):
# Prefix queries repeat enormously across users, and school names change
# once a year. Without this the endpoint pays full price every keystroke.
res = _client(monkeypatch, [_HIT]).get("/api/suggest?q=breck")
assert "s-maxage" in res.headers.get("cache-control", "")
assert res.headers.get("etag")