Example nose based unit test against librato metrics API

gistfile1.sh

>> nosetests -v rkhunter-librato-test.py
rkhunter-libratoo-test.test_beastkit_not_installed ... ok

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rkhunter-librato-test.py

import os
import librato

USER = os.environ['LIBRATO_USER']
PASSWORD = os.environ['LIBRATO_PASSWORD']

API = librato.connect(USER, PASSWORD)


def value_of_metric(metric_name):
    return API.get(metric_name, count=1, resolution=1).measurements['unassigned'][0]['value']

def test_beastkit_not_installed():
    assert (value_of_metric("beastkit_rootkit") == 0)