add tests for example generators

configurations/example_generators.py

@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ def gen_random_string(length: int, allowed_chars: str = RANDOM_STRING_CHARS) ->
     Create a parameterized generator which generates a cryptographically secure random string of the given length
     containing the given characters.
     """
-    def generate() -> str:
+    def _gen_random_string() -> str:
         return get_random_string(length, allowed_chars)
-    return generate
+    return _gen_random_string
 
 
 def gen_bytes(length: int, encoding: str) -> Callable[[], str]:
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ def gen_bytes(length: int, encoding: str) -> Callable[[], str]:
         raise ValueError(f"Cannot gen_bytes with encoding '{encoding}'. Valid encodings are 'base64', 'base64_urlsafe'"
                          f" and 'hex'")
 
-    def generate() -> str:
+    def _gen_bytes() -> str:
         b = secrets.token_bytes(length)
         if encoding == "base64":
             return base64.standard_b64encode(b).decode("ASCII")
         elif encoding == "base64_urlsafe":
             return base64.urlsafe_b64encode(b).decode("ASCII")
         elif encoding == "hex":
             return b.hex().upper()
-    return generate
+    return _gen_bytes

tests/test_example_generators.py

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import base64
+from django.test import TestCase
+from configurations.example_generators import gen_bytes, gen_random_string, gen_django_secret_key
+
+
+class ExampleGeneratorsTestCase(TestCase):
+    def test_generators_dont_raise_exceptions(self):
+        for gen in [gen_bytes(64, "hex"), gen_bytes(64, "base64"), gen_bytes(64, "base64_urlsafe"),
+                    gen_random_string(16, "ab"), gen_random_string(5),
+                    gen_django_secret_key]:
+            with self.subTest(gen.__name__):
+                gen()
+
+    # gen_django_secret_key() and gen_random_string() are not tested beyond the above general test case
+    # because they are just wrappers around existing django utilities.
+    # They are thus assumed to work.
+
+    def test_gen_bytes(self):
+        with self.subTest("base64"):
+            result = gen_bytes(64, "base64")()
+            b = base64.standard_b64decode(result.encode("ASCII"))
+            self.assertEqual(len(b), 64)
+
+        with self.subTest("base64_urlsafe"):
+            result = gen_bytes(64, "base64_urlsafe")()
+            b = base64.urlsafe_b64decode(result.encode("ASCII"))
+            self.assertEqual(len(b), 64)
+
+        with self.subTest("hex"):
+            result = gen_bytes(64, "hex")()
+            b = bytes.fromhex(result)
+            self.assertEqual(len(b), 64)