### Install and Run VCR's Test Suite with Pyenv

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_sources/contributing.rst.txt

This example demonstrates setting up Pyenv to manage Python versions and then running the VCR test suite. Ensure you have an AWS key if running boto3 tests.

```bash
git clone https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv ~/.pyenv

# Add ~/.pyenv/bin to your PATH
export PATH="$PATH:~/.pyenv/bin"

# Setup shim paths
eval "$(pyenv init -)"

# Install supported versions (at time of writing), this does not activate them
pyenv install 3.12.0 pypy3.10

# This activates them
pyenv local 3.12.0 pypy3.10

# Run the whole test suite
pip install .[tests]
./runtests.sh
```

--------------------------------

### Install VCR.py with pip

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_sources/installation.rst.txt

Use this command to install the latest version of VCR.py from PyPI.

```bash
pip3 install vcrpy
```

--------------------------------

### Install libyaml on Ubuntu

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html

Install the libyaml development library on Ubuntu. This is a prerequisite for pyyaml to use libyaml extensions.

```bash
apt-get install libyaml-dev  # Ubuntu

```

--------------------------------

### Install libyaml development headers

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_sources/installation.rst.txt

Install the libyaml development libraries required for pyyaml to use its C extensions. Commands vary by operating system.

```bash
brew install libyaml         # Mac with Homebrew
apt-get install libyaml-dev  # Ubuntu
dnf install libyaml-devel      # Fedora
```

--------------------------------

### Install libyaml on Fedora

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html

Install the libyaml development library on Fedora. This is a prerequisite for pyyaml to use libyaml extensions.

```bash
dnf install libyaml-devel      # Fedora

```

--------------------------------

### Install libyaml on macOS

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html

Install the libyaml development library on macOS using Homebrew. This is a prerequisite for pyyaml to use libyaml extensions.

```bash
brew install libyaml         # Mac with Homebrew

```

--------------------------------

### Install VCR.py using pip

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html

Install the VCR.py package using pip3. This is the standard method for adding VCR.py to your Python environment.

```bash
pip3 install vcrpy

```

--------------------------------

### CassetteContextDecorator Initialization

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_modules/vcr/cassette.html

Initializes the CassetteContextDecorator with a cassette class and an arguments getter function. This class acts as a context manager or decorator to handle cassette installation and removal.

```python
class CassetteContextDecorator:
    _non_cassette_arguments = (
        "path_transformer",
        "func_path_generator",
        "record_on_exception",
    )

    @classmethod
    def from_args(cls, cassette_class, **kwargs):
        return cls(cassette_class, lambda: dict(kwargs))

    def __init__(self, cls, args_getter):
        self.cls = cls
        self._args_getter = args_getter
        self.__finish = None
        self.__cassette = None
```

--------------------------------

### VCR.py CannotOverwriteExistingCassetteException Example

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_sources/debugging.rst.txt

This exception message shows which matchers succeeded and failed when a request couldn't be found in a cassette, helping to debug custom matchers.

```text
CannotOverwriteExistingCassetteException: Can't overwrite existing cassette ('cassette.yaml') in your current record mode ('once').
No match for the request (<Request (GET) https://www.googleapis.com/?alt=json&maxResults=200>) was found.
Found 1 similar requests with 1 different matchers :

1 - (<Request (GET) https://www.googleapis.com/?alt=json&maxResults=500>).
Matchers succeeded : ['method', 'scheme', 'host', 'port', 'path']
Matchers failed :
query - assertion failure :
[('alt', 'json'), ('maxResults', '200')] != [('alt', 'json'), ('maxResults', '500')]
```

--------------------------------

### Python Configuration Error Example

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_sources/contributing.rst.txt

This snippet shows a common `ConfigurationError` that might occur when running tests on MacOSX if Curl is configured with SSL.

```python
__main__.ConfigurationError: Curl is configured to use SSL, but we have
    
```

--------------------------------

### Importing and Storing Original aiohttp Client Session Request

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_modules/vcr/patch.html

This code attempts to import the `aiohttp.client` module and stores the original `ClientSession._request` method if successful. This is part of VCRpy's setup to handle aiohttp requests.

```python
try:
    import aiohttp.client
except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
    pass
else:
    _AiohttpClientSessionRequest = aiohttp.client.ClientSession._request
```

--------------------------------

### Check requests Library Version Compatibility

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_modules/vcr/patch.html

Checks if the installed 'requests' library version is compatible with VCR.py, raising an error if it's too old.

```python
try:
    import requests
except ImportError:
    pass
else:
    if requests.__build__ < 0x021602:
        raise RuntimeError(
            "vcrpy >=4.2.2 and requests <2.16.2 are not compatible"
            "; please upgrade requests (or downgrade vcrpy)",
        )
```

--------------------------------

### Get Matcher Results for Two Requests

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_modules/vcr/matchers.html

Compares two requests using a list of matchers. It aggregates successful and failed matches, including assertion details for failures.

```python
def get_matchers_results(r1, r2, matchers):
    """
    Get the comparison results of two requests as two list.
    The first returned list represents the matchers names that passed.
    The second list is the failed matchers as a string with failed assertion details if any.
    """
    matches_success, matches_fails = [], []
    for m in matchers:
        matcher_name = m.__name__
        match, assertion_message = _evaluate_matcher(m, r1, r2)
        if match:
            matches_success.append(matcher_name)
        else:
            assertion_message = get_assertion_message(assertion_message)
            matches_fails.append((matcher_name, assertion_message))
    return matches_success, matches_fails
```

--------------------------------

### Instantiate VCR with Custom Configuration

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/configuration.html

Create a VCR instance with specific settings for serializer, cassette library directory, record mode, and request matching criteria.

```python
import vcr

my_vcr = vcr.VCR(
    serializer='json',
    cassette_library_dir='fixtures/cassettes',
    record_mode='once',
    match_on=['uri', 'method'],
)

with my_vcr.use_cassette('test.json'):
    # your http code here

```

--------------------------------

### VCR Initialization Configuration

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_modules/vcr/config.html

Demonstrates the various parameters available when initializing a VCR object to customize its behavior, such as path transformers, request/response filters, record modes, and serializers.

```python
import copy
import functools
import inspect
import os
import types
from collections import abc as collections_abc
from pathlib import Path

from . import filters, matchers
from .cassette import Cassette
from .persisters.filesystem import FilesystemPersister
from .record_mode import RecordMode
from .serializers import jsonserializer, yamlserializer
from .util import auto_decorate, compose




class VCR:


    @staticmethod
    def is_test_method(method_name, function):
        return method_name.startswith("test") and isinstance(function, types.FunctionType)




    @staticmethod
    def ensure_suffix(suffix):
        def ensure(path):
            if not path.endswith(suffix):
                return path + suffix
            return path

        return ensure




    def __init__(
        self,
        path_transformer=None,
        before_record_request=None,
        custom_patches=(),
        filter_query_parameters=(),
        ignore_hosts=(),
        record_mode=RecordMode.ONCE,
        ignore_localhost=False,
        filter_headers=(),
        before_record_response=None,
        filter_post_data_parameters=(),
        match_on=("method", "scheme", "host", "port", "path", "query"),
        before_record=None,
        inject_cassette=False,
        serializer="yaml",
        cassette_library_dir=None,
        func_path_generator=None,
        decode_compressed_response=False,
        record_on_exception=True,
        drop_unused_requests=False,
    ):
        self.serializer = serializer
        self.match_on = match_on
        self.cassette_library_dir = cassette_library_dir
        self.serializers = {"yaml": yamlserializer, "json": jsonserializer}
        self.matchers = {
            "method": matchers.method,
            "uri": matchers.uri,
            "url": matchers.uri,  # matcher for backwards compatibility
            "scheme": matchers.scheme,
            "host": matchers.host,
            "port": matchers.port,
            "path": matchers.path,
            "query": matchers.query,
            "headers": matchers.headers,
            "raw_body": matchers.raw_body,
            "body": matchers.body,
        }
        self.persister = FilesystemPersister
        self.record_mode = record_mode
        self.filter_headers = filter_headers
        self.filter_query_parameters = filter_query_parameters
        self.filter_post_data_parameters = filter_post_data_parameters
        self.before_record_request = before_record_request or before_record
        self.before_record_response = before_record_response
        self.ignore_hosts = ignore_hosts
        self.ignore_localhost = ignore_localhost
        self.inject_cassette = inject_cassette
        self.path_transformer = path_transformer
        self.func_path_generator = func_path_generator
        self.decode_compressed_response = decode_compressed_response
        self.record_on_exception = record_on_exception
        self._custom_patches = tuple(custom_patches)
        self.drop_unused_requests = drop_unused_requests



    def _get_serializer(self, serializer_name):
        try:
            serializer = self.serializers[serializer_name]
        except KeyError:
            raise KeyError(f"Serializer {serializer_name} doesn't exist or isn't registered") from None
        return serializer

    def _get_matchers(self, matcher_names):
        matchers = []
        try:
            for m in matcher_names:
                matchers.append(self.matchers[m])
        except KeyError:
            raise KeyError(f"Matcher {m} doesn't exist or isn't registered") from None
        return matchers




    def use_cassette(self, path=None, **kwargs):
        if path is not None and not isinstance(path, (str, Path)):
            function = path
            # Assume this is an attempt to decorate a function
            return self._use_cassette(**kwargs)(function)
        return self._use_cassette(path=path, **kwargs)

    def _use_cassette(self, with_current_defaults=False, **kwargs):
        if with_current_defaults:
            config = self.get_merged_config(**kwargs)
            return Cassette.use(**config)
        # This is made a function that evaluates every time a cassette
        # is made so that changes that are made to this VCR instance
        # that occur AFTER the `use_cassette` decorator is applied
        # still affect subsequent calls to the decorated function.
        args_getter = functools.partial(self.get_merged_config, **kwargs)
        return Cassette.use_arg_getter(args_getter)



    def get_merged_config(self, **kwargs):
        serializer_name = kwargs.get("serializer", self.serializer)
        matcher_names = kwargs.get("match_on", self.match_on)
        path_transformer = kwargs.get("path_transformer", self.path_transformer)
        func_path_generator = kwargs.get("func_path_generator", self.func_path_generator)

```

--------------------------------

### Cassette Context Decorator

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html

CassetteContextDecorator is a helper class for managing cassette installation and removal as a context manager or decorator.

```APIDOC
## `vcr.cassette.CassetteContextDecorator` Class

### Description
Context manager/decorator that handles installing and removing cassettes.

### Methods
- `__init__(_cls_, _args_getter_)`: Initializes the decorator.
- `_classmethod _from_args(_cassette_class_, **kwargs)`: Creates a decorator instance from arguments.
- `_static _get_function_name(_function_)`: Gets the name of a function.
```

--------------------------------

### vcr.config.VCR Methods

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/genindex.html

Methods for configuring and managing the VCR instance.

```APIDOC
## VCR Methods

### `ensure_suffix()` (static method)

*   **Description**: Ensures a string has a specific suffix.
*   **Usage**: Utility method for string manipulation.

### `get_merged_config()`

*   **Description**: Retrieves the merged configuration for VCR.
*   **Usage**: Access the combined configuration settings.

### `is_test_method()` (static method)

*   **Description**: Checks if a given method is a test method.
*   **Usage**: Identify test methods within the codebase.

### `register_matcher()`

*   **Description**: Registers a custom request matcher.
*   **Usage**: Extend vcrpy's matching capabilities with custom logic.

### `register_persister()`

*   **Description**: Registers a custom cassette persister.
*   **Usage**: Implement custom storage mechanisms for cassettes.

### `register_serializer()`

*   **Description**: Registers a custom cassette serializer.
*   **Usage**: Define custom formats for serializing cassette data.

### `test_case()`

*   **Description**: Decorator or context manager for running tests with VCR.
*   **Usage**: Apply to test functions or methods to automatically manage cassettes.

### `use_cassette()`

*   **Description**: Context manager for using a specific cassette.
*   **Usage**: Wrap code blocks that should use a particular cassette.

```

--------------------------------

### Cassette Instance Methods

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_modules/vcr/cassette.html

Describes the core methods for interacting with a Cassette instance, such as appending and playing back requests/responses.

```APIDOC
## Cassette.append

### Description
Adds a request and its corresponding response to the cassette. The request and response may be modified by `before_record_request` and `before_record_response` hooks.

### Method
`instance method`

### Parameters
- **request** (object) - The request object to append.
- **response** (object) - The response object to append.

### Response
- None. Modifies the cassette in place and sets the `dirty` flag to True if data was added.

## Cassette.filter_request

### Description
Applies the `before_record_request` hook to a given request.

### Method
`instance method`

### Parameters
- **request** (object) - The request object to filter.

### Response
- The filtered request object, or None if the hook removed it.

## Cassette.can_play_response_for

### Description
Determines if a response can be played back for a given request based on the cassette's state and record mode.

### Method
`instance method`

### Parameters
- **request** (object) - The request to check for.

### Response
- True if a response can be played back, False otherwise.

## Cassette.play_response

### Description
Retrieves and marks a response for a given request as played back, provided it hasn't been played before and playback is allowed.

### Method
`instance method`

### Parameters
- **request** (object) - The request for which to play back the response.

### Response
- The corresponding response object if found and playable, otherwise behavior is not explicitly defined in this snippet but implies it would raise an error or return None if no match is found or playback is not possible.
```

--------------------------------

### Custom HTTPConnection Patching

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_sources/advanced.rst.txt

Use custom_patches to integrate VCR.py with custom HTTPConnection classes. This example shows how to patch a custom HTTPSConnection.

```python
import where_the_custom_https_connection_lives
from vcr.stubs import VCRHTTPSConnection
my_vcr = config.VCR(custom_patches=((where_the_custom_https_connection_lives, 'CustomHTTPSConnection', VCRHTTPSConnection),))
```

--------------------------------

### Cassette Initialization

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_modules/vcr/cassette.html

Initializes a new Cassette instance with various configuration options for recording and playback.

```python
def __init__(
    self,
    path,
    serializer=None,
    persister=None,
    record_mode=RecordMode.ONCE,
    match_on=(uri, method),
    before_record_request=None,
    before_record_response=None,
    custom_patches=(),
    inject=False,
    allow_playback_repeats=False,
    drop_unused_requests=False,
):
    self._persister = persister or FilesystemPersister
    self._path = path
    self._serializer = serializer or yamlserializer
    self._match_on = match_on
    self._before_record_request = before_record_request or (lambda x: x)
    log.info(self._before_record_request)
    self._before_record_response = before_record_response or (lambda x: x)
    self.inject = inject
    self.record_mode = record_mode
    self.custom_patches = custom_patches
    self.allow_playback_repeats = allow_playback_repeats
    self.drop_unused_requests = drop_unused_requests

    # self.data is the list of (req, resp) tuples
    self.data = []
    self.play_counts = collections.Counter()
    self.dirty = False
    self.rewound = False

    # Subsets of self.data to store old and played interactions
    self._old_interactions = []
    self._played_interactions = []
```

--------------------------------

### Mutate Request URI in Callback

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_sources/advanced.rst.txt

Demonstrates mutating a request within a `before_record_request` callback. This example removes query parameters from requests to '/login'.

```python
import urllib

def scrub_login_request(request):
    if request.path == '/login':
        request.uri, _ =  urllib.splitquery(request.uri)
    return request

my_vcr = vcr.VCR(
    before_record_request=scrub_login_request,
)
with my_vcr.use_cassette('test.yml'):
    # your http code here
```

--------------------------------

### Cassette Initialization and Properties

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_modules/vcr/cassette.html

Details the constructor for the Cassette class and its important properties.

```APIDOC
## Cassette.__init__

### Description
Initializes a new Cassette instance with various configuration options.

### Parameters
- **path** (string) - The path to the cassette file.
- **serializer** (object, optional) - The serializer to use for saving/loading (defaults to yamlserializer).
- **persister** (object, optional) - The persister to use for I/O (defaults to FilesystemPersister).
- **record_mode** (RecordMode, optional) - The recording mode (e.g., ONCE, ALL, NONE).
- **match_on** (tuple, optional) - Criteria for matching requests.
- **before_record_request** (callable, optional) - Hook to modify requests before recording.
- **before_record_response** (callable, optional) - Hook to modify responses before recording.
- **custom_patches** (tuple, optional) - Custom patches to apply.
- **inject** (bool, optional) - Whether to inject the cassette into the context.
- **allow_playback_repeats** (bool, optional) - Whether to allow playing back responses multiple times.
- **drop_unused_requests** (bool, optional) - Whether to drop unused requests when saving.

### Properties
- **play_count** (int) - The total number of responses played back.
- **all_played** (bool) - True if all responses have been played back, False otherwise.
- **requests** (list) - A list of all recorded requests.
- **responses** (list) - A list of all recorded responses.
- **write_protected** (bool) - True if the cassette is write-protected (e.g., rewound and in ONCE mode, or in NONE mode).
```

--------------------------------

### Custom Request Filtering Callback

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_sources/advanced.rst.txt

Register a `before_record_request` callback to manipulate or ignore requests before they are recorded. This example prevents requests to '/login' from being recorded.

```python
def before_record_cb(request):
    if request.path == '/login':
        return None
    return request

my_vcr = vcr.VCR(
    before_record_request=before_record_cb,
)
with my_vcr.use_cassette('test.yml'):
    # your http code here
```

--------------------------------

### Basic VCRMixin Usage with unittest

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_sources/usage.rst.txt

Demonstrates how to use VCRMixin with a unittest TestCase. Ensure VCRMixin is inherited before unittest.TestCase.

```python
class MyTestMixin(VCRMixin):
   def test_something(self):
       response = requests.get(self.url)

class MyTestCase(MyTestMixin, unittest.TestCase):
    url = 'http://example.com'
```

--------------------------------

### Migrate VCR.py cassettes

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_sources/installation.rst.txt

Run the VCR.py migration script to upgrade cassettes from the 0.x format to the 1.x format. Provide the path to the cassette directory or a single cassette file.

```bash
python3 -m vcr.migration PATH
```

--------------------------------

### Get Matching Responses for a Request

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_modules/vcr/cassette.html

Internal method to retrieve an iterator of all responses that match a given request based on configured matching rules.

```python
def _responses(self, request):
    """
    internal API, returns an iterator with all responses matching
    the request.
    """
    request = self._before_record_request(request)
    for index, (stored_request, response) in enumerate(self.data):
        if requests_match(request, stored_request, self._match_on):
            yield index, response
```

--------------------------------

### Custom Request Filtering: Mutate URI

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/advanced.html

Use a `before_record_request` callback to modify the request URI, for example, by removing query parameters from '/login' requests.

```python
def scrub_login_request(request):
    if request.path == '/login':
        request.uri, _ =  urllib.splitquery(request.uri)
    return request

my_vcr = vcr.VCR(
    before_record_request=scrub_login_request,
)
with my_vcr.use_cassette('test.yml'):
    # your http code here

```

--------------------------------

### Building All Patchers

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_modules/vcr/patch.html

The `build` method aggregates patchers from various HTTP libraries including httplib, requests, boto3, urllib3, httplib2, tornado, aiohttp, httpcore, and custom patches defined in the cassette.

```python
return itertools.chain(
    self._httplib(),
    self._requests(),
    self._boto3(),
    self._urllib3(),
    self._httplib2(),
    self._tornado(),
    self._aiohttp(),
    self._httpcore(),
    self._build_patchers_from_mock_triples(self._cassette.custom_patches),
)
```

--------------------------------

### Basic Usage with Context Manager

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_sources/usage.rst.txt

Use VCR.py as a context manager to record or replay HTTP requests within a specific block of code. The cassette file is automatically created or read from the specified path.

```python
import vcr
import urllib.request

with vcr.use_cassette('fixtures/vcr_cassettes/synopsis.yaml'):
    response = urllib.request.urlopen('http://www.iana.org/domains/reserved').read()
    assert b'Example domains' in response
```

--------------------------------

### Custom Response Filtering Callback

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_sources/advanced.rst.txt

Use the `before_record_response` configuration option to mutate response bodies or prevent recording. This example scrubs sensitive strings from the response body.

```python
def scrub_string(string, replacement=''):
    def before_record_response(response):
        response['body']['string'] = response['body']['string'].replace(string, replacement)
        return response
    return before_record_response

my_vcr = vcr.VCR(
    before_record_response=scrub_string(settings.USERNAME, 'username'),
)
with my_vcr.use_cassette('test.yml'):
     # your http code here
```

--------------------------------

### Cassette Context Manager Entry

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_modules/vcr/cassette.html

Handles entering the cassette context. It loads the cassette, sets up patching, and yields the cassette instance. Asserts that the cassette is not already open to prevent reentrancy issues.

```python
def __enter__(self):
    assert self.__finish is None, "Cassette already open."
    other_kwargs, cassette_kwargs = partition_dict(
        lambda key, _: key in self._non_cassette_arguments,
        self._args_getter(),
    )
    if other_kwargs.get("path_transformer"):
        transformer = other_kwargs["path_transformer"]
        cassette_kwargs["path"] = transformer(cassette_kwargs["path"])
    self.__cassette = self.cls.load(**cassette_kwargs)
    self.__finish = self._patch_generator(self.__cassette)
    return next(self.__finish)
```

--------------------------------

### Patching Tornado SimpleAsyncHTTPClient

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_modules/vcr/patch.html

This snippet demonstrates patching the `fetch_impl` method of Tornado's `SimpleAsyncHTTPClient` to integrate with VCR.py. It's used within a context manager to ensure the patch is applied only when needed.

```python
yield mock.patch.object(simple.SimpleAsyncHTTPClient, "fetch_impl", _SimpleAsyncHTTPClient_fetch_impl)
```

--------------------------------

### Getting or Building Cassette Subclass

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_modules/vcr/patch.html

This method retrieves a cassette subclass for a given base class. If the base class already has a `cassette` attribute, it's returned directly. Otherwise, it either retrieves a cached subclass or builds a new one.

```python
if klass.cassette is not None:
    return klass
if klass not in self._class_to_cassette_subclass:
    subclass = self._build_cassette_subclass(klass)
    self._class_to_cassette_subclass[klass] = subclass
return self._class_to_cassette_subclass[klass]
```

--------------------------------

### Enable VCR.py INFO Logging

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_sources/debugging.rst.txt

Enable INFO level logging for VCR.py to see when requests are sent to real servers or played from cassettes. Ensure logging is initialized.

```python
import vcr
import requests
import logging

logging.basicConfig() # you need to initialize logging, otherwise you will not see anything from vcrpy
vcr_log = logging.getLogger("vcr")
vcr_log.setLevel(logging.INFO)

with vcr.use_cassette('headers.yml'):
    requests.get('http://httpbin.org/headers')
```

--------------------------------

### Cassette Class Methods

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_modules/vcr/cassette.html

Provides an overview of the static and class methods available on the Cassette class for managing cassette instances.

```APIDOC
## Cassette.load

### Description
Instantiates and loads a cassette from a specified path.

### Method
`classmethod`

### Parameters
None explicitly documented for this method signature, but initialization parameters are passed to the constructor.

### Response
- Returns a new `Cassette` instance loaded with data.

## Cassette.use_arg_getter

### Description
Creates a `CassetteContextDecorator` that uses a custom argument getter for cassette configuration.

### Method
`classmethod`

### Parameters
- **arg_getter** (callable) - A function that provides arguments for cassette configuration.

### Response
- Returns a `CassetteContextDecorator` instance.

## Cassette.use

### Description
Creates a `CassetteContextDecorator` for a cassette, allowing for configuration via keyword arguments.

### Method
`classmethod`

### Parameters
- **kwargs** - Arbitrary keyword arguments to configure the cassette.

### Response
- Returns a `CassetteContextDecorator` instance.
```

--------------------------------

### Importing and Storing Original Tornado HTTP Client Implementations

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_modules/vcr/patch.html

This code block attempts to import specific Tornado HTTP client implementations and stores their original `fetch_impl` methods if the imports are successful. This is useful for preserving the original behavior before patching.

```python
try:
    import tornado.simple_httpclient
except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
    pass
else:
    _SimpleAsyncHTTPClient_fetch_impl = tornado.simple_httpclient.SimpleAsyncHTTPClient.fetch_impl

try:
    import tornado.curl_httpclient
except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
    pass
else:
    _CurlAsyncHTTPClient_fetch_impl = tornado.curl_httpclient.CurlAsyncHTTPClient.fetch_impl
```

--------------------------------

### vcr.patch.CassettePatcherBuilder Methods

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/genindex.html

Methods for building cassette patchers.

```APIDOC
## CassettePatcherBuilder Methods

### `build()`

*   **Description**: Builds and returns a cassette patcher.
*   **Usage**: Create a patcher instance.

```

--------------------------------

### Cassette Context Decorator from Arguments

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_modules/vcr/cassette.html

Creates a CassetteContextDecorator from provided arguments, enabling the cassette to be used as a context manager.

```python
@classmethod
def use(cls, **kwargs):
    return CassetteContextDecorator.from_args(cls, **kwargs)
```

--------------------------------

### Global VCR Configuration

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_sources/configuration.rst.txt

Configure VCR globally by instantiating the VCR class with desired options. This sets defaults for all subsequent cassette uses.

```python
import vcr

my_vcr = vcr.VCR(
    serializer='json',
    cassette_library_dir='fixtures/cassettes',
    record_mode='once',
    match_on=['uri', 'method'],
)

with my_vcr.use_cassette('test.json'):
    # your http code here
```

--------------------------------

### Rebuild pyyaml with libyaml

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_sources/installation.rst.txt

Uninstall the current pyyaml and reinstall it, ensuring the --no-cache-dir flag is used to force a rebuild that utilizes libyaml if available.

```bash
pip3 uninstall pyyaml
pip3 --no-cache-dir install pyyaml
```

--------------------------------

### Importing and Storing Original httpcore Connection Pool Methods

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_modules/vcr/patch.html

This code block imports `httpcore` and stores the original `ConnectionPool.handle_request` and `AsyncConnectionPool.handle_async_request` methods. This is done to preserve the original functionality before VCRpy applies its patches.

```python
try:
    import httpcore
except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
    pass
else:
    _HttpcoreConnectionPool_handle_request = httpcore.ConnectionPool.handle_request
    _HttpcoreAsyncConnectionPool_handle_async_request = httpcore.AsyncConnectionPool.handle_async_request
```

--------------------------------

### Advanced Header Filtering with Tuples

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/advanced.html

Demonstrates replacing header values with static strings or using callables for dynamic replacement.

```python
# original (still works)
vcr = VCR(filter_headers=['authorization'])

# new
vcr = VCR(filter_headers=[('authorization', None)])

```

```python
# replace with a static value (most common)
vcr = VCR(filter_headers=[('authorization', 'XXXXXX')])

```

```python
# replace with a callable, for example when testing
# lots of different kinds of authorization.
def replace_auth(key, value, request):
    auth_type = value.split(' ', 1)[0]
    return '{} {}'.format(auth_type, 'XXXXXX')

```

--------------------------------

### Build Merged Configuration

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_modules/vcr/config.html

Constructs a merged configuration dictionary from instance attributes and keyword arguments. Handles cassette library directory, path transformers, and function path generators.

```python
        cassette_library_dir = kwargs.get("cassette_library_dir", self.cassette_library_dir)
        additional_matchers = kwargs.get("additional_matchers", ())
        record_on_exception = kwargs.get("record_on_exception", self.record_on_exception)

        if cassette_library_dir:

            def add_cassette_library_dir(path):
                if not path.startswith(cassette_library_dir):
                    return os.path.join(cassette_library_dir, path)
                return path

            path_transformer = compose(add_cassette_library_dir, path_transformer)
        elif not func_path_generator:
            # If we don't have a library dir, use the functions
            # location to build a full path for cassettes.
            func_path_generator = self._build_path_from_func_using_module

        merged_config = {
            "serializer": self._get_serializer(serializer_name),
            "persister": self.persister,
            "match_on": self._get_matchers(tuple(matcher_names) + tuple(additional_matchers)),
            "record_mode": kwargs.get("record_mode", self.record_mode),
            "before_record_request": self._build_before_record_request(kwargs),
            "before_record_response": self._build_before_record_response(kwargs),
            "custom_patches": self._custom_patches + kwargs.get("custom_patches", ()),
            "inject": kwargs.get("inject_cassette", self.inject_cassette),
            "path_transformer": path_transformer,
            "func_path_generator": func_path_generator,
            "allow_playback_repeats": kwargs.get("allow_playback_repeats", False),
            "record_on_exception": record_on_exception,
            "drop_unused_requests": kwargs.get("drop_unused_requests", self.drop_unused_requests),
        }
        path = kwargs.get("path")
        if path:
            merged_config["path"] = path
        return merged_config
```

--------------------------------

### CassettePatcherBuilder Initialization

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_modules/vcr/patch.html

Initializes the `CassettePatcherBuilder` with a cassette object. It also sets up a dictionary to map classes to their cassette subclass replacements.

```python
def __init__(self, cassette):
    self._cassette = cassette
    self._class_to_cassette_subclass = {}
```

--------------------------------

### Cassette Load Class Method

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_modules/vcr/cassette.html

Instantiates and loads a cassette from a specified path. This is a class method used to create and initialize a cassette object.

```python
@classmethod
def load(cls, **kwargs):
    """Instantiate and load the cassette stored at the specified path."""
    new_cassette = cls(**kwargs)
    new_cassette._load()
    return new_cassette
```

--------------------------------

### Registering a Custom Serializer

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/advanced.html

Implement `serialize` and `deserialize` methods in a class and register it with VCR to handle custom cassette formats.

```python
import vcr

class BogoSerializer:
    """
    Must implement serialize() and deserialize() methods
    """
    pass

my_vcr = vcr.VCR()
my_vcr.register_serializer('bogo', BogoSerializer())

with my_vcr.use_cassette('test.bogo', serializer='bogo'):
    # your http here

# After you register, you can set the default serializer to your new serializer

my_vcr.serializer = 'bogo'

with my_vcr.use_cassette('test.bogo'):
    # your http here

```

--------------------------------

### Registering a Custom Cassette Persister

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/advanced.html

Implement `load_cassette` and `save_cassette` methods in a class to create a custom way to persist and load cassette data.

```python
import vcr
my_vcr = vcr.VCR()

class CustomerPersister:
    # implement Persister methods...

my_vcr.register_persister(CustomPersister)

```

--------------------------------

### Usage with Decorator (with path)

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_sources/usage.rst.txt

Apply VCR.py as a decorator to a test function to automatically manage cassette recording and playback for that function. The cassette path must be explicitly provided.

```python
@vcr.use_cassette('fixtures/vcr_cassettes/synopsis.yaml')
def test_iana():
    response = urllib.request.urlopen('http://www.iana.org/domains/reserved').read()
    assert b'Example domains' in response
```

--------------------------------

### Request Scheme, Host, Port, Path, and Query Properties

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_modules/vcr/request.html

Provides properties to access parsed components of the request URI, including scheme, host, port, path, and sorted query parameters.

```python
    @property
    def scheme(self):
        return self.parsed_uri.scheme

    @property
    def host(self):
        return self.parsed_uri.hostname

    @property
    def port(self):
        port = self.parsed_uri.port
        if port is None:
            with suppress(KeyError):
                port = {"https": 443, "http": 80}[self.parsed_uri.scheme]

        return port

    @property
    def path(self):
        return self.parsed_uri.path

    @property
    def query(self):
        q = self.parsed_uri.query
        return sorted(parse_qsl(q))

```

--------------------------------

### Request Class Initialization

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_modules/vcr/request.html

Initializes a Request object with method, URI, body, and headers. Handles different body types like files, iterators, or direct values.

```python
import logging
import warnings
from contextlib import suppress
from io import BytesIO
from urllib.parse import parse_qsl, urlparse

from .util import CaseInsensitiveDict, _is_nonsequence_iterator

log = logging.getLogger(__name__)




class Request:
    """
    VCR's representation of a request.
    """



    def __init__(self, method, uri, body, headers):
        self.method = method
        self.uri = uri
        self._was_file = hasattr(body, "read")
        self._was_iter = _is_nonsequence_iterator(body)
        if self._was_file:
            self.body = body.read()
        elif self._was_iter:
            self.body = list(body)
        else:
            self.body = body
        self.headers = headers
        log.debug("Invoking Request %s", self.uri)

```

--------------------------------

### Create a Test Case Decorator

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_modules/vcr/config.html

Creates a metaclass that can be used to automatically decorate test methods with `use_cassette`. A predicate function can be provided to control which methods are decorated.

```python
def test_case(self, predicate=None):
    predicate = predicate or self.is_test_method
    metaclass = auto_decorate(self.use_cassette, predicate)
    return metaclass("temporary_class", (), {})
```

--------------------------------

### Request URL and Protocol Aliases

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_modules/vcr/request.html

Provides alias properties 'url' for 'uri' and 'protocol' for 'scheme' for backwards compatibility.

```python
    # alias for backwards compatibility
    @property
    def url(self):
        return self.uri

    # alias for backwards compatibility
    @property
    def protocol(self):
        return self.scheme

```

--------------------------------

### Test pyyaml libyaml build

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_sources/installation.rst.txt

Verify if pyyaml was compiled with libyaml extensions. This should execute without errors if the build was successful.

```python
python3 -c 'from yaml import CLoader'
```

--------------------------------

### Patching tornado SimpleAsyncHTTPClient

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_modules/vcr/patch.html

Applies a VCRpy-specific fetch implementation to tornado's SimpleAsyncHTTPClient. This allows VCRpy to intercept and manage requests made by this client.

```python
@_build_patchers_from_mock_triples_decorator
def _tornado(self):
    try:
        import tornado.simple_httpclient as simple
    except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
        pass
    else:
        from .stubs.tornado_stubs import vcr_fetch_impl

        new_fetch_impl = vcr_fetch_impl(self._cassette, _SimpleAsyncHTTPClient_fetch_impl)
        yield simple.SimpleAsyncHTTPClient, "fetch_impl", new_fetch_impl
```

--------------------------------

### VCRMixin for Existing Class Hierarchies

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/usage.html

Use VCRMixin as an alternative to VCRTestCase when inheriting from VCRTestCase is not feasible due to existing class hierarchies. It provides similar functionality.

```python
from vcr.unittest import VCRMixin
import requests
import unittest

class MyTestMixin(VCRMixin):
   def test_something(self):
       response = requests.get(self.url)

class MyTestCase(MyTestMixin, unittest.TestCase):
    url = 'http://example.com'
```

--------------------------------

### Automatic Cassette Naming with Empty Path

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_sources/advanced.rst.txt

An alternative syntax for automatic cassette naming using an empty path argument in use_cassette.

```python
@my_vcr.use_cassette()
def my_test_function():
    ...
```

--------------------------------

### Building a Cassette Subclass

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_modules/vcr/patch.html

Dynamically creates a new class that inherits from a given `base_class` and assigns the current cassette object to a `cassette` attribute on the new class. This is used to support nested cassette contexts.

```python
bases = (base_class,)
if not issubclass(base_class, object):  # Check for old style class
    bases += (object,)
return type(f"{base_class.__name__}{self._cassette._path}", bases, {"cassette": self._cassette})
```

--------------------------------

### Building a Single Patcher

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_modules/vcr/patch.html

This method creates a `mock.patch.object` instance for a given object, attribute, and replacement class. It returns `None` if the attribute does not exist on the object.

```python
if not hasattr(obj, patched_attribute):
    return

return mock.patch.object(
    obj,
    patched_attribute,
    self._recursively_apply_get_cassette_subclass(replacement_class),
)
```

--------------------------------

### Build Used Interactions Dictionary

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_modules/vcr/cassette.html

Constructs a dictionary containing all interactions that have been played or are new. This is used when saving the cassette, especially when dropping unused requests.

```python
interactions = self._played_interactions + self._new_interactions()
        cassete_dict = {
            "requests": [request for request, _ in interactions],
            "responses": [response for _, response in interactions],
        }
        return cassete_dict
```

--------------------------------

### Per-Cassette Configuration Overrides

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_sources/configuration.rst.txt

Override VCR configuration options on a per-cassette basis. These settings take precedence over global configurations.

```python
with vcr.use_cassette('test.yml', serializer='json', record_mode='once'):
    # your http code here
```

--------------------------------

### Unittest Integration with VCRTestCase

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_sources/usage.rst.txt

Inherit from VCRTestCase to automatically integrate VCR.py with Python's unittest framework. Cassettes are managed automatically based on test class and method names.

```python
from vcr.unittest import VCRTestCase
import requests

class MyTestCase(VCRTestCase):
   def test_something(self):
       response = requests.get('http://example.com')
```

--------------------------------

### Registering a Custom Request Matcher

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/advanced.html

Define a function that takes two requests and returns a boolean or raises an AssertionError to customize how requests are matched during playback.

```python
import vcr

def jurassic_matcher(r1, r2):
    assert r1.uri == r2.uri and 'JURASSIC PARK' in r1.body, \
        'required string (JURASSIC PARK) not found in request body'

my_vcr = vcr.VCR()
my_vcr.register_matcher('jurassic', jurassic_matcher)

with my_vcr.use_cassette('test.yml', match_on=['jurassic']):
    # your http here

# After you register, you can set the default match_on to use your new matcher

my_vcr.match_on = ['jurassic']

with my_vcr.use_cassette('test.yml'):
    # your http here

```

--------------------------------

### Register a Persister

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_modules/vcr/config.html

Registers a custom persister with VCR.py. Persisters handle saving and loading cassette data.

```python
def register_persister(self, persister):
    # Singleton, no name required
    self.persister = persister
```

--------------------------------

### Advanced Header Filtering with Callables

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_sources/advanced.rst.txt

Demonstrates advanced filtering for HTTP headers using a list of tuples. Values can be static replacements, `None` to remove, or a callable for dynamic filtering.

```python
vcr = VCR(filter_headers=[('authorization', 'XXXXXX')])
```

```python
def replace_auth(key, value, request):
    auth_type = value.split(' ', 1)[0]
    return '{} {}'.format(auth_type, 'XXXXXX')

vcr = VCR(filter_headers=[('authorization', replace_auth)])
```

--------------------------------

### vcr.patch.ConnectionRemover Methods

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/genindex.html

Methods for managing and removing network connections.

```APIDOC
## ConnectionRemover Methods

### `add_connection_to_pool_entry()`

*   **Description**: Adds a connection to the connection pool entry.
*   **Usage**: Manages connection pooling.

```

--------------------------------

### Import and Save Original HTTPConnection Types

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_modules/vcr/patch.html

Imports necessary modules and saves original HTTPConnection and HTTPSConnection types from http.client for later restoration.

```python
import contextlib
import functools
import http.client as httplib
import itertools
import logging
from unittest import mock

from .stubs import VCRHTTPConnection, VCRHTTPSConnection

log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
# Save some of the original types for the purposes of unpatching
_HTTPConnection = httplib.HTTPConnection
_HTTPSConnection = httplib.HTTPSConnection
```

--------------------------------

### Allowing Playback Repeats

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/advanced.html

Enable repeated playback of responses from a cassette without needing to rewind it by setting `allow_playback_repeats=True`.

```python
with vcr.use_cassette('fixtures/vcr_cassettes/synopsis.yaml', allow_playback_repeats=True) as cass:
    for x in range(10):
        response = urllib2.urlopen('http://www.zombo.com/').read()
    assert cass.all_played

```

--------------------------------

### Set SSL Backend Environment Variables

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_sources/contributing.rst.txt

Set these environment variables to specify the SSL backend for PycURL. This is often necessary when PycURL cannot automatically detect the SSL library.

```bash
export PYCURL_SSL_LIBRARY=openssl
export LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib
export CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/opt/openssl/include
```

--------------------------------

### Accessing Cassette Information

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/advanced.html

Use the `vcr.use_cassette` context manager to access cassette properties like the number of requests and their URIs after making HTTP calls.

```python
import vcr
import urllib2

with vcr.use_cassette('fixtures/vcr_cassettes/synopsis.yaml') as cass:
    response = urllib2.urlopen('http://www.zombo.com/').read()
    # cass should have 1 request inside it
    assert len(cass) == 1
    # the request uri should have been http://www.zombo.com/
    assert cass.requests[0].uri == 'http://www.zombo.com/'

```

--------------------------------

### Decorator for Building Patchers from Mock Triples

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_modules/vcr/patch.html

This decorator, `_build_patchers_from_mock_triples_decorator`, wraps a function that returns mock triples. It then processes these triples to build patchers, ensuring that the original function's output is correctly handled.

```python
@functools.wraps(function)
def wrapped(self, *args, **kwargs):
    return self._build_patchers_from_mock_triples(function(self, *args, **kwargs))

return wrapped
```

--------------------------------

### Register Custom Serializer

Source: https://vcrpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_sources/advanced.rst.txt

Create a custom serializer by implementing `deserialize` and `serialize` methods, then register it with VCR. This allows VCR.py to handle cassette data in formats other than JSON or YAML.

```python
import vcr

class BogoSerializer:
    """
    Must implement serialize() and deserialize() methods
    """
    pass

my_vcr = vcr.VCR()
my_vcr.register_serializer('bogo', BogoSerializer())

with my_vcr.use_cassette('test.bogo', serializer='bogo'):
    # your http here

# After you register, you can set the default serializer to your new serializer

my_vcr.serializer = 'bogo'

with my_vcr.use_cassette('test.bogo'):
    # your http here
```