Local testing for python 3 with datastore

Question

Does anyone know how to simulate the datastore for local testing with python 3?

Java has the local test utils

python 2 has the testbed module

The documentation suggests using the datastore emulator, but even though it is working, I think it is not ideal to have the tests depending on an external process and it takes a lot of time to start

Answer 1

A true unit test would not require an emulator/simulator of an external service. You should mock/monkeypatch/stub out any calls to datastore and make them return the expected response.

If what you're actually trying to do is a functional test or an integration test, using the Cloud Datastore Emulator is the best choice.