Dejavu

Mocking for Swift network requests

Use Dejavu to mock network requests in Swift tests making them faster and more reliable. First use Dejavu to record network activity. From then on Dejavu can playback the original network request, exactly as it ran the first time. Dejavu stores requests and responses in a sqlite database.

Dejavu is used to help test the ArcGIS Maps SDK for Swift.

Example

A full example of a mocked network test can be found here.

Instructions

One time setup

Configure a location to store mocked data. Detailed instructions for this can be found here.

Usage Overview

1. Prepare network interception and observation

Dejavu can be configured to use custom network interceptors and observers. These can be specified when creating the DejavuConfiguration. However, you may choose to use the defaults. The defaults use URLProtocol, which does require setup, specifically to tell the URLSession you are using what URLProtocol classes to use.

To do this, you will need to set a URL protocol registration and unregistration handler for the interceptor and observer. This is an example of how to wire that up:

// Set the protocol registration handler.
Dejavu.setURLProtocolRegistrationHandler { [weak self] protocolClass in
    guard let self else { return }
    let config = URLSessionConfiguration.default
    config.protocolClasses = [protocolClass]
    self.session = URLSession(configuration: config)
}

// Set the protocol unregistration handler.
Dejavu.setURLProtocolUnregistrationHandler { [weak self] protocolClass in
    self?.session = URLSession(configuration: .default)
}

2. Record network requests

let config = DejavuConfiguration(fileURL: URL, mode: .cleanRecord)
Dejavu.startSession(configuration: config)

3. Playback network requests

let config = DejavuConfiguration(fileURL: URL, mode: .playback)
Dejavu.startSession(configuration: config)

4. End the session

Dejavu.endSession()

5. Explore other modes

Dejavu has 3 modes:

• cleanRecord - First deletes the cache, then records any network traffic to the cache.

• supplementalRecord(_ behavior: SupplementalRecordBehavior) – Records new network traffic to the cache without deleting the existing database. If a matching request is found in the cache, it can either update the existing entry or insert a new one, depending on the configuration:

  • .supplementalRecord(.updateExisting) / .supplementalRecord (default) – Updates the existing cached request when a match is found, based on the instance count.
  • .supplementalRecord(.insertNew) – Always inserts a new entry for each request, incrementing the instance count for matching requests.

• playback - Intercepts requests and gets the responses from the cache.

Requirements

• Xcode 26.0 (or newer)
• iOS 17.0, Mac Catalyst 17.0, visionOS 2.0 (minimum deployment targets)

Issues

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Contributing

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Licensing

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