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- standin-0.2.0/.gitignore +14 -0
- standin-0.2.0/ARCHITECTURE.md +73 -0
- standin-0.2.0/CHANGELOG.md +37 -0
- standin-0.2.0/LICENSE +21 -0
- standin-0.2.0/PKG-INFO +182 -0
- standin-0.2.0/README.md +146 -0
- standin-0.2.0/demo/README.md +44 -0
- standin-0.2.0/pyproject.toml +68 -0
- standin-0.2.0/standin/__init__.py +42 -0
- standin-0.2.0/standin/_codec.py +81 -0
- standin-0.2.0/standin/cassette.py +40 -0
- standin-0.2.0/standin/cli.py +112 -0
- standin-0.2.0/standin/config.py +41 -0
- standin-0.2.0/standin/core.py +68 -0
- standin-0.2.0/standin/engine.py +105 -0
- standin-0.2.0/standin/exceptions.py +22 -0
- standin-0.2.0/standin/interceptors/__init__.py +11 -0
- standin-0.2.0/standin/interceptors/base.py +35 -0
- standin-0.2.0/standin/interceptors/httpx_interceptor.py +89 -0
- standin-0.2.0/standin/matching.py +89 -0
- standin-0.2.0/standin/models.py +63 -0
- standin-0.2.0/standin/py.typed +1 -0
- standin-0.2.0/standin/pytest_plugin.py +37 -0
- standin-0.2.0/standin/redaction.py +73 -0
- standin-0.2.0/standin/storage.py +82 -0
- standin-0.2.0/tests/conftest.py +123 -0
- standin-0.2.0/tests/integration/test_anthropic_sdk.py +33 -0
- standin-0.2.0/tests/integration/test_async.py +70 -0
- standin-0.2.0/tests/integration/test_edge_cases.py +112 -0
- standin-0.2.0/tests/integration/test_modes.py +74 -0
- standin-0.2.0/tests/integration/test_openai_sdk.py +48 -0
- standin-0.2.0/tests/integration/test_pytest_plugin.py +43 -0
- standin-0.2.0/tests/integration/test_record_replay.py +73 -0
- standin-0.2.0/tests/integration/test_threads.py +36 -0
- standin-0.2.0/tests/property/test_fuzz.py +53 -0
- standin-0.2.0/tests/unit/test_cassette.py +43 -0
- standin-0.2.0/tests/unit/test_cli.py +49 -0
- standin-0.2.0/tests/unit/test_codec.py +35 -0
- standin-0.2.0/tests/unit/test_config.py +26 -0
- standin-0.2.0/tests/unit/test_fuzzy.py +40 -0
- standin-0.2.0/tests/unit/test_hardening.py +85 -0
- standin-0.2.0/tests/unit/test_matching.py +31 -0
- standin-0.2.0/tests/unit/test_redaction.py +32 -0
- standin-0.2.0/tests/unit/test_storage.py +40 -0
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# Architecture
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`standin` is organized as a set of small, single-responsibility layers. The
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guiding rule: **the record/replay policy never knows which HTTP client it is
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sitting behind.** That keeps the decision logic tiny and testable, and makes new
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clients (or storage formats, matchers, redactors) additive rather than invasive.
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## Layers
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```
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use_cassette() <- public API (core.py)
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│
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┌─────────────── Engine ───────────────┐ <- policy (engine.py)
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│ record vs replay, ordering, misses │
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└───┬───────────┬───────────┬─────────────┘
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│ │ │
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Matcher Redactor CassetteStore <- pluggable protocols
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│ │ │
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Cassette ── Interaction / Recorded{Request,Response}
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└─────────────────────┘
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httpx.HTTPTransport (patched once, inert until a cassette is open)
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## Modules
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| Module | Responsibility |
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| `models.py` | Data types. `RawRequest/RawResponse` (in-flight, bytes) vs `RecordedRequest/RecordedResponse/Interaction` (on disk). `Mode` enum. |
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| `_codec.py` | Body encode/decode + canonicalization for matching. |
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| `redaction.py` | `Redactor` protocol; `DefaultRedactor` (headers + secret patterns), `NullRedactor`. |
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| `matching.py` | `Matcher` protocol; `DefaultMatcher` (method/url/body, JSON-aware). |
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| `cassette.py` | In-memory interactions + the ordered replay cursor. |
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| `config.py` | Wires the pieces; validates `mode`; picks the redactor. |
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| `engine.py` | The **policy**: replay-or-record, per `Mode`. Transport-neutral. |
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| `interceptors/` | Adapters from a concrete client to the engine. `HttpxInterceptor` today. |
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| `core.py` | `use_cassette` context manager: build config → engine → activate. |
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## Data flow
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**Record** (cache miss): interceptor converts the client request to a
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redacted, encoded, appended to the cassette → returned to the client.
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**Replay** (cache hit): interceptor builds the `RawRequest` → engine matches it
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## Extension points
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to `RawRequest`/`RawResponse`.
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# Changelog
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## [Unreleased]
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### Added
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- `standin` command-line tool: `list`, `show`, `stats`, and `scrub` (re-run
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secret redaction over an existing cassette).
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- `FuzzyMatcher`: match method/url exactly but allow the request body to differ
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up to a similarity threshold, so a reworded/reformatted prompt still replays.
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- Runnable examples for OpenAI and LangChain under `examples/`.
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(exact and fuzzy strategies share the cassette lookup). `DefaultMatcher` keeps
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its `live_key`/`stored_key` helpers.
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## [0.1.0] - 2026-09-05
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- `use_cassette` context manager and a `standin` pytest fixture / marker.
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- Provider-agnostic record & replay via an httpx transport interceptor
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(OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Mistral, Cohere, litellm, LangChain, LlamaIndex).
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- Streaming (SSE) record and replay.
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- Automatic redaction of auth headers and secret tokens in cassettes.
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- VCR-style modes: `once`, `none`, `all`, `new_episodes`; `STANDIN_MODE` override.
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[Unreleased]: https://github.com/eeshsaxena/standin/compare/v0.1.0...HEAD
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[0.1.0]: https://github.com/eeshsaxena/standin/releases/tag/v0.1.0
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MIT License
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Copyright (c) 2026 Eesh Saxena
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Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
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of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
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Metadata-Version: 2.5
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Name: standin
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Version: 0.2.0
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Summary: A stand-in for the real LLM in your tests. Record LLM API calls once, replay them forever: fast, free, deterministic, offline.
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Project-URL: Homepage, https://github.com/eeshsaxena/standin
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Project-URL: Source, https://github.com/eeshsaxena/standin
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Project-URL: Issues, https://github.com/eeshsaxena/standin/issues
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Project-URL: Changelog, https://github.com/eeshsaxena/standin/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
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Author-email: Eesh Saxena <eeshsaxena@gmail.com>
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License-Expression: MIT
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License-File: LICENSE
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Keywords: agents,ai,anthropic,cassette,deterministic,llm,mock,openai,pytest,record,replay,testing,vcr
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Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
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Classifier: Framework :: Pytest
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Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
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Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
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Classifier: Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence
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# standin
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**A stand-in for the real LLM in your tests.** Record your LLM API calls once, then replay them forever: fast, free, deterministic, and fully offline. One line, any provider.
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<p align="center"><img src="demo/standin.gif" alt="standin: record LLM calls once, replay them instantly and offline" width="820"></p>
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Your LLM tests are slow, flaky, and cost money because they hit real APIs. `standin` makes them **deterministic and offline** by recording the real HTTP calls once and replaying them after, with the things LLM devs actually need: **streaming**, **tool-calls**, **secret redaction**, and **body-aware matching**.
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- **Provider-agnostic, zero wiring.** It hooks `httpx` under the hood, so it works with **OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Mistral, Cohere, litellm, LangChain, LlamaIndex** — anything that sends over httpx. No per-SDK adapters.
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- **Safe to commit.** API keys in headers and secret-looking tokens in bodies are **redacted automatically**, so cassettes can live in a public repo.
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- **Body-aware matching.** Requests match on normalized JSON, so key ordering and formatting noise don't break replays. Repeated identical calls (agent loops) replay in order.
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