Testing an HTTP client that makes encrypted requests to a server you don't control

http_tls_test.md

Here's neat testing trick I've just come across.

I've got an HTTP client that makes requests to https://accounts.google.com.

So I create a fake HTTP server:

srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
/// ...
})

And then I can force my HTTP client to make non-HTTPS connections to my local server

&http.Client{Transport: &http.Transport{
  DialTLSContext: func(ctx context.Context, network, addr string) (net.Conn, error) {
    address := srv.Listener.Addr()
    return net.Dial(address.Network(), address.String())
  },
}}