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shelfmark/tests
CaliBrain cb690b45b8 fix(prowlarr): rank releases by author instead of querying for it (#1293) (#1295)
MyAnonamouse is the only indexer Shelfmark treats as enriched, and it
alone was sent {title} {author} while every other indexer got the title
on its own. MAM matches all search terms conjunctively, so whenever the
metadata provider spelled the author differently to the tracker -
Hardcover says Timothy Ferriss, MAM lists Tim Ferriss - the search came
back empty and the UI reported No releases found for this book, with the
release sitting on the tracker the whole time.

The enriched flag is a statement about responses: MAM returns clean
author and bookTitle attributes, which is why it earns format detection
and preferential ordering. Using that same flag to shape the request is
the actual defect, and it is why turning the flag off recovers the
search but takes format detection down with it.

So the query is title-only for every indexer now, and the author orders
the results rather than narrowing them. MAM already hands us its author
field, so agreement is judged on data we hold instead of by an AND we
cannot control. The ranking is three-way on purpose - agrees, no
metadata, disagrees - so an indexer reporting no author does not sort
below one reporting the wrong author.

A wrong verdict costs a release its position, never its visibility: a
transliteration such as Dostoevsky against Dostoyevsky sorts last
instead of vanishing. That is what makes the loose token comparison safe
to ship without a tuning knob.

Falling back to a title-only query on zero results was the alternative.
It only rescues total failure - if two of six editions happen to use the
provider's spelling, the search returns those two, no fallback fires,
and the user quietly gets a truncated list. It also spends a round trip
inside the search deadline and stacks a retry on an indexer that may
still be solving a challenge (#1249).

Manual queries skip author ranking: they are the user's own words and
should not be reordered against the metadata they were typed to
override.
2026-09-01 12:59:33 -04:00
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Test Suite

This directory contains the test suite for Shelfmark. Tests are organized by scope and component.

Quick Start

# Sync the local Python environment once
make install-python-dev

# Run all unit tests locally (fast, no external dependencies)
uv run pytest tests/ -v -m "not integration and not e2e"

# Run all Python static analysis (lint, format, typecheck, dead code)
make python-checks

# Run E2E API tests against a running app stack
uv run pytest tests/e2e/ -v -m e2e

# Run everything except integration tests locally
uv run pytest tests/ -v -m "not integration"

Test Structure

tests/
├── config/                 # Settings & configuration tests
│   ├── test_docker_volumes.py          # Docker volume mapping
│   ├── test_environment.py             # Environment variable handling
│   ├── test_mirror_settings_live_apply.py  # Mirror settings live reload
│   ├── test_mirror_settings_options.py # Mirror settings options
│   ├── test_security.py               # Security settings
│   └── test_oidc_settings.py          # OIDC settings fields & show_when conditions
│
├── core/                   # Core application logic tests
│   ├── test_admin_users_api.py         # Admin user CRUD API endpoints
│   ├── test_booklore_multiuser.py      # BookLore per-user override merging
│   ├── test_builtin_multiuser.py       # Builtin auth multi-user migration
│   ├── test_download_processing.py     # Download file processing
│   ├── test_hardlink.py               # Hardlink/copy operations
│   ├── test_library_processing.py      # Library file processing
│   ├── test_manual_query.py           # Manual search query handling
│   ├── test_mirrors_config.py         # Mirror configuration
│   ├── test_naming.py                 # File naming templates
│   ├── test_oidc_auth.py             # OIDC auth helpers (group claims, user provisioning)
│   ├── test_oidc_integration.py       # OIDC integration into auth system (logic mirror)
│   ├── test_oidc_routes.py           # OIDC Flask route handlers
│   ├── test_part_number_extraction.py  # Part number extraction
│   ├── test_per_user_downloads.py     # Per-user download queue filtering
│   ├── test_permission_handling.py    # File permission handling
│   ├── test_processing_integration.py  # Processing integration
│   ├── test_search_plan.py           # Search plan logic
│   ├── test_user_db.py               # UserDB CRUD operations
│   └── test_user_template_variable.py  # {User} template variable in naming
│
├── e2e/                    # End-to-end API tests
│   ├── conftest.py         # Fixtures (APIClient, DownloadTracker)
│   ├── test_api.py         # Core API endpoint tests
│   ├── test_download_flow.py   # Full download journey tests
│   └── test_prowlarr_flow.py   # Prowlarr-specific tests
│
├── prowlarr/               # Prowlarr plugin tests
│   ├── conftest.py         # Shared fixtures
│   ├── test_clients.py     # DownloadClient base, registry, DownloadStatus
│   ├── test_qbittorrent_client.py  # qBittorrent client unit tests
│   ├── test_transmission_client.py # Transmission client unit tests
│   ├── test_nzbget_client.py       # NZBGet client unit tests
│   ├── test_sabnzbd_client.py      # SABnzbd client unit tests
│   ├── test_handler.py     # ProwlarrHandler unit tests
│   ├── test_torrent_utils.py   # Bencode, hash extraction, URL parsing
│   ├── test_bencode.py     # Bencode encoding/decoding
│   ├── test_source.py      # Release source (size parsing, format detection)
│   ├── test_cache.py       # Release cache
│   ├── test_integration_clients.py  # Integration tests (require Docker stack)
│   └── test_integration_handler.py  # Handler integration tests
│
└── README.md               # This file

Test Types

Unit Tests

Fast tests that mock external dependencies. Run these frequently during development.

uv run pytest tests/prowlarr/ -v -m "not integration"

What they test:

  • Download client logic (status mapping, URL handling, error cases)
  • Bencode encoding/decoding for torrent files
  • Hash extraction from magnet links and .torrent files
  • Protocol detection (torrent vs usenet)
  • Release cache operations
  • Handler download flow logic
  • User database (CRUD, settings, OIDC subject linking)
  • OIDC authentication (group claims, user provisioning, route handlers)
  • Admin user management API (create, update, delete, password, per-user settings)
  • Multi-user download queue filtering and per-user overrides
  • Settings configuration (OIDC fields, show_when conditions)

E2E Tests

Test the full application through its HTTP API. Require the app to be running.

uv run pytest tests/e2e/ -v -m e2e

What they test:

  • Health check endpoint
  • Configuration endpoint
  • Metadata provider search (Hardcover, etc.)
  • Release source listing
  • Download queue operations (add, cancel, reorder, clear)
  • Settings API
  • Prowlarr integration

Integration Tests

Test against real services (qBittorrent, Transmission, etc.). Require the full Docker test stack.

# Start the test stack first
docker compose -f docker-compose.test-clients.yml up -d

# Run integration tests
docker compose -f docker-compose.test-clients.yml exec shelfmark uv run pytest tests/prowlarr/ -v -m integration

What they test:

  • Real connections to download clients
  • Adding/removing actual torrents
  • Status polling from real clients

Test Markers

Marker Description When to Skip
integration Requires running services (qBittorrent, etc.) Default skip with -m "not integration"
e2e End-to-end API tests When app isn't running
slow Tests that take longer (network calls, polling) Quick feedback with -m "not slow"

Common Commands

# Run specific test file
uv run pytest tests/prowlarr/test_clients.py -v

# Run specific test class
uv run pytest tests/e2e/test_api.py::TestHealthEndpoint -v

# Run specific test
uv run pytest tests/e2e/test_api.py::TestHealthEndpoint::test_health_returns_ok -v

# Run with short traceback (cleaner output)
uv run pytest tests/ -v --tb=short -m "not integration"

# Run and stop on first failure
uv run pytest tests/ -v -x -m "not integration"

# Run with coverage (if pytest-cov installed)
uv run pytest tests/ --cov=shelfmark -m "not integration"

Writing New Tests

Unit Test Example

from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch


class TestMyFeature:
    def test_something(self, monkeypatch):
        # Mock config values
        monkeypatch.setattr(
            "shelfmark.module.config.get",
            lambda key, default="": {"KEY": "value"}.get(key, default),
        )

        # Test your code
        result = my_function()
        assert result == expected

E2E Test Example

import pytest
from .conftest import APIClient, DownloadTracker


@pytest.mark.e2e
class TestMyEndpoint:
    def test_endpoint_works(self, protected_api_client: APIClient):
        resp = protected_api_client.get("/api/my-endpoint")
        assert resp.status_code == 200

    def test_with_cleanup(
        self,
        protected_api_client: APIClient,
        download_tracker: DownloadTracker,
    ):
        # Track IDs for automatic cleanup after test
        download_tracker.track("some-id")
        # ... test code ...

Test Fixtures

E2E Fixtures (tests/e2e/conftest.py)

Fixture Scope Description
api_client function Fresh HTTP client for general E2E calls
protected_api_client function Authenticated client for protected-route E2Es
download_tracker function Tracks downloads for cleanup
server_config session Cached server configuration

Prowlarr Fixtures (tests/prowlarr/conftest.py)

Fixture Scope Description
transmission_client module Real Transmission client (integration)
qbittorrent_client module Real qBittorrent client (integration)
deluge_client module Real Deluge client (integration)
nzbget_client module Real NZBGet client (integration)
sabnzbd_client module Real SABnzbd client (integration)

Expected Skips

Some tests skip when external services aren't available. This is normal:

  • "No metadata providers available" - Metadata provider not responding
  • "Prowlarr not configured" - Prowlarr settings not set up
  • "No releases found" - No indexers configured in Prowlarr
  • "Legacy search source unavailable" - Direct download source offline
  • "Transmission/qBittorrent not available" - Docker test stack not running

Troubleshooting

Tests can't connect to app

# Check the app/container is running
docker ps

# Check app logs
docker logs <your-shelfmark-container>

Import errors

# Sync the local Python environment first
uv sync --locked --extra browser

# Then run tests from the repo root
uv run pytest ...

Integration tests failing

# Make sure test stack is running
docker compose -f docker-compose.test-clients.yml up -d

# Check client containers
docker ps | grep -E "qbittorrent|transmission|deluge|nzbget|sabnzbd"

Stale test data

Restart the container to reset the in-memory queue between test runs:

docker restart <your-shelfmark-container>