Minimal Python app using Dev Proxy

Summary

This sample demonstrates the minimal setup to use Dev Proxy with a Python application. It shows how to configure the requests library to route traffic through Dev Proxy and receive mocked API responses.

Compatibility

Contributors

• Waldek Mastykarz

Version history

Prerequisites

• uv
• Dev Proxy

Minimal path to awesome

• Get the sample:

  • Download just this sample:

    npx gitload-cli https://github.com/pnp/proxy-samples/tree/main/samples/minimal-python

    or

  • Download as a .ZIP file and unzip it, or

  • Clone this repository

• Navigate to the sample folder

• In one terminal, start Dev Proxy:

  devproxy

• In another terminal, run the app:

  uv run app.py

• Observe the mocked API response in the console

Features

This sample demonstrates:

• Configuring Python’s requests library to use Dev Proxy
• Disabling SSL verification for Dev Proxy’s self-signed certificate
• Using MockResponsePlugin to return mocked API responses
• Adding custom headers to identify mocked responses

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