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Slightly reduce the do_POST_todo code.
[plomtask] / tests / utils.py
index eb874e3b4e3e535e1e18ebec170ec4340781df19..df3feea7e5fa818012f11b1aedf4978b58290752 100644 (file)
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """Shared test utilities."""
+# pylint: disable=too-many-lines
 from __future__ import annotations
 from unittest import TestCase
 from typing import Mapping, Any, Callable
@@ -6,10 +7,11 @@ from threading import Thread
 from http.client import HTTPConnection
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from time import sleep
-from json import loads as json_loads
+from json import loads as json_loads, dumps as json_dumps
 from urllib.parse import urlencode
 from uuid import uuid4
 from os import remove as remove_file
+from pprint import pprint
 from plomtask.db import DatabaseFile, DatabaseConnection
 from plomtask.http import TaskHandler, TaskServer
 from plomtask.processes import Process, ProcessStep
@@ -79,7 +81,7 @@ class TestCaseSansDB(TestCaseAugmented):
                            __: str,
                            attr: VersionedAttribute,
                            default: str | float,
-                           to_set: list[str | float]
+                           to_set: list[str] | list[float]
                            ) -> None:
         """Test VersionedAttribute.set() behaves as expected."""
         attr.set(default)
@@ -118,7 +120,7 @@ class TestCaseSansDB(TestCaseAugmented):
                               __: str,
                               attr: VersionedAttribute,
                               default: str | float,
-                              to_set: list[str | float]
+                              to_set: list[str] | list[float]
                               ) -> None:
         """Test VersionedAttribute.newest."""
         # check .newest on empty history returns .default
@@ -137,7 +139,7 @@ class TestCaseSansDB(TestCaseAugmented):
                           __: str,
                           attr: VersionedAttribute,
                           default: str | float,
-                          to_set: list[str | float]
+                          to_set: list[str] | list[float]
                           ) -> None:
         """Test .at() returns values nearest to queried time, or default."""
         # check .at() return default on empty history
@@ -164,7 +166,7 @@ class TestCaseSansDB(TestCaseAugmented):
 
 class TestCaseWithDB(TestCaseAugmented):
     """Module tests not requiring DB setup."""
-    default_ids: tuple[int | str, int | str, int | str] = (1, 2, 3)
+    default_ids: tuple[int, int, int] | tuple[str, str, str] = (1, 2, 3)
 
     def setUp(self) -> None:
         Condition.empty_cache()
@@ -236,7 +238,7 @@ class TestCaseWithDB(TestCaseAugmented):
         tomorrow = datetime.now() + timedelta(days=+1)
         self.assertEqual(start, yesterday.strftime(DATE_FORMAT))
         self.assertEqual(end, tomorrow.strftime(DATE_FORMAT))
-        # make dated items for non-empty results
+        # prepare dated items for non-empty results
         kwargs_with_date = self.default_init_kwargs.copy()
         if set_id_field:
             kwargs_with_date['id_'] = None
@@ -280,7 +282,7 @@ class TestCaseWithDB(TestCaseAugmented):
                                          attr_name: str,
                                          attr: VersionedAttribute,
                                          _: str | float,
-                                         to_set: list[str | float]
+                                         to_set: list[str] | list[float]
                                          ) -> None:
         """Test storage and initialization of versioned attributes."""
 
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ class TestCaseWithDB(TestCaseAugmented):
         obj2.save(self.db_conn)
         self.assertEqual(self.checked_class.get_cache(), {id1: obj2})
         # NB: we'll only compare hashes because obj2 itself disappears on
-        # .from_table_row-trioggered database reload
+        # .from_table_row-triggered database reload
         obj2_hash = hash(obj2)
         found_in_db += self._load_from_db(id1)
         self.assertEqual([hash(o) for o in found_in_db], [obj2_hash])
@@ -419,7 +421,7 @@ class TestCaseWithDB(TestCaseAugmented):
                                         _: str,
                                         attr: VersionedAttribute,
                                         default: str | float,
-                                        to_set: list[str | float]
+                                        to_set: list[str] | list[float]
                                         ) -> None:
         """"Test VersionedAttribute.history_from_row() knows its DB rows."""
         attr.set(to_set[0])
@@ -472,7 +474,7 @@ class TestCaseWithDB(TestCaseAugmented):
                                    attr_name: str,
                                    attr: VersionedAttribute,
                                    _: str | float,
-                                   to_set: list[str | float]
+                                   to_set: list[str] | list[float]
                                    ) -> None:
         """Test singularity of VersionedAttributes on saving."""
         owner.save(self.db_conn)
@@ -499,90 +501,414 @@ class TestCaseWithDB(TestCaseAugmented):
         self.check_identity_with_cache_and_db([])
 
 
-class TestCaseWithServer(TestCaseWithDB):
-    """Module tests against our HTTP server/handler (and database)."""
-
-    def setUp(self) -> None:
-        super().setUp()
-        self.httpd = TaskServer(self.db_file, ('localhost', 0), TaskHandler)
-        self.server_thread = Thread(target=self.httpd.serve_forever)
-        self.server_thread.daemon = True
-        self.server_thread.start()
-        self.conn = HTTPConnection(str(self.httpd.server_address[0]),
-                                   self.httpd.server_address[1])
-        self.httpd.set_json_mode()
-
-    def tearDown(self) -> None:
-        self.httpd.shutdown()
-        self.httpd.server_close()
-        self.server_thread.join()
-        super().tearDown()
+class Expected:
+    """Builder of (JSON-like) dict to compare against responses of test server.
+
+    Collects all items and relations we expect expressed in the server's JSON
+    responses and puts them into the proper json.dumps-friendly dict structure,
+    accessibla via .as_dict, to compare them in TestsWithServer.check_json_get.
+
+    On its own provides for .as_dict output only {"_library": …}, initialized
+    from .__init__ and to be directly manipulated via the .lib* methods.
+    Further structures of the expected response may be added and kept
+    up-to-date by subclassing .__init__, .recalc, and .d.
+
+    NB: Lots of expectations towards server behavior will be made explicit here
+    (or in the subclasses) rather than in the actual TestCase methods' code.
+    """
+    _default_dict: dict[str, Any]
+    _forced: dict[str, Any]
+    _fields: dict[str, Any]
+    _on_empty_make_temp: tuple[str, str]
+
+    def __init__(self,
+                 todos: list[dict[str, Any]] | None = None,
+                 procs: list[dict[str, Any]] | None = None,
+                 procsteps: list[dict[str, Any]] | None = None,
+                 conds: list[dict[str, Any]] | None = None,
+                 days: list[dict[str, Any]] | None = None
+                 ) -> None:
+        # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
+        for name in ['_default_dict', '_fields', '_forced']:
+            if not hasattr(self, name):
+                setattr(self, name, {})
+        self._lib = {}
+        for title, items in [('Todo', todos),
+                             ('Process', procs),
+                             ('ProcessStep', procsteps),
+                             ('Condition', conds),
+                             ('Day', days)]:
+            if items:
+                self._lib[title] = self._as_refs(items)
+        for k, v in self._default_dict.items():
+            if k not in self._fields:
+                self._fields[k] = v
+
+    def recalc(self) -> None:
+        """Update internal dictionary by subclass-specific rules."""
+        todos = self.lib_all('Todo')
+        for todo in todos:
+            todo['parents'] = []
+        for todo in todos:
+            for child_id in todo['children']:
+                self.lib_get('Todo', child_id)['parents'] += [todo['id']]
+            todo['children'].sort()
+        procsteps = self.lib_all('ProcessStep')
+        procs = self.lib_all('Process')
+        for proc in procs:
+            proc['explicit_steps'] = [s['id'] for s in procsteps
+                                      if s['owner_id'] == proc['id']]
+
+    @property
+    def as_dict(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        """Return dict to compare against test server JSON responses."""
+        make_temp = False
+        if hasattr(self, '_on_empty_make_temp'):
+            category, dicter = getattr(self, '_on_empty_make_temp')
+            id_ = self._fields[category.lower()]
+            make_temp = not bool(self.lib_get(category, id_))
+            if make_temp:
+                f = getattr(self, dicter)
+                self.lib_set(category, [f(id_)])
+        self.recalc()
+        d = {'_library': self._lib}
+        for k, v in self._fields.items():
+            # we expect everything sortable to be sorted
+            if isinstance(v, list) and k not in self._forced:
+                # NB: if we don't test for v being list, sorted() on an empty
+                # dict may return an empty list
+                try:
+                    v = sorted(v)
+                except TypeError:
+                    pass
+            d[k] = v
+        for k, v in self._forced.items():
+            d[k] = v
+        if make_temp:
+            json = json_dumps(d)
+            self.lib_del(category, id_)
+            d = json_loads(json)
+        return d
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def as_id_list(items: list[dict[str, object]]) -> list[int | str]:
-        """Return list of only 'id' fields of items."""
-        id_list = []
-        for item in items:
-            assert isinstance(item['id'], (int, str))
-            id_list += [item['id']]
-        return id_list
+    def lib_get(self, category: str, id_: str | int) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        """From library, return item of category and id_, or empty dict."""
+        str_id = str(id_)
+        if category in self._lib and str_id in self._lib[category]:
+            return self._lib[category][str_id]
+        return {}
+
+    def lib_all(self, category: str) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
+        """From library, return items of category, or [] if none."""
+        if category in self._lib:
+            return list(self._lib[category].values())
+        return []
+
+    def lib_set(self, category: str, items: list[dict[str, object]]) -> None:
+        """Update library for category with items."""
+        if category not in self._lib:
+            self._lib[category] = {}
+        for k, v in self._as_refs(items).items():
+            self._lib[category][k] = v
+
+    def lib_del(self, category: str, id_: str | int) -> None:
+        """Remove category element of id_ from library."""
+        del self._lib[category][str(id_)]
+        if 0 == len(self._lib[category]):
+            del self._lib[category]
+
+    def lib_wipe(self, category: str) -> None:
+        """Remove category from library."""
+        if category in self._lib:
+            del self._lib[category]
+
+    def set(self, field_name: str, value: object) -> None:
+        """Set top-level .as_dict field."""
+        self._fields[field_name] = value
+
+    def force(self, field_name: str, value: object) -> None:
+        """Set ._forced field to ensure value in .as_dict."""
+        self._forced[field_name] = value
+
+    def unforce(self, field_name: str) -> None:
+        """Unset ._forced field."""
+        del self._forced[field_name]
 
     @staticmethod
-    def as_refs(items: list[dict[str, object]]
-                ) -> dict[str, dict[str, object]]:
+    def _as_refs(items: list[dict[str, object]]
+                 ) -> dict[str, dict[str, object]]:
         """Return dictionary of items by their 'id' fields."""
         refs = {}
         for item in items:
             refs[str(item['id'])] = item
         return refs
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def as_ids(items: list[dict[str, Any]]) -> list[int] | list[str]:
+        """Return list of only 'id' fields of items."""
+        return [item['id'] for item in items]
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def day_as_dict(date: str, comment: str = '') -> dict[str, object]:
+        """Return JSON of Day to expect."""
+        return {'id': date, 'comment': comment, 'todos': []}
+
+    def set_day_from_post(self, date: str, d: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+        """Set Day of date in library based on POST dict d."""
+        day = self.day_as_dict(date)
+        for k, v in d.items():
+            if 'day_comment' == k:
+                day['comment'] = v
+            elif 'new_todo' == k:
+                next_id = 1
+                for todo in self.lib_all('Todo'):
+                    if next_id <= todo['id']:
+                        next_id = todo['id'] + 1
+                for proc_id in sorted(v):
+                    todo = self.todo_as_dict(next_id, proc_id, date)
+                    self.lib_set('Todo', [todo])
+                    next_id += 1
+            elif 'done' == k:
+                for todo_id in v:
+                    self.lib_get('Todo', todo_id)['is_done'] = True
+            elif 'todo_id' == k:
+                for i, todo_id in enumerate(v):
+                    t = self.lib_get('Todo', todo_id)
+                    if 'comment' in d:
+                        t['comment'] = d['comment'][i]
+                    if 'effort' in d:
+                        effort = d['effort'][i] if d['effort'][i] else None
+                        t['effort'] = effort
+        self.lib_set('Day', [day])
+
     @staticmethod
     def cond_as_dict(id_: int = 1,
                      is_active: bool = False,
-                     titles: None | list[str] = None,
-                     descriptions: None | list[str] = None
+                     title: None | str = None,
+                     description: None | str = None,
                      ) -> dict[str, object]:
         """Return JSON of Condition to expect."""
+        versioned: dict[str, dict[str, object]]
+        versioned = {'title': {}, 'description': {}}
+        if title is not None:
+            versioned['title']['0'] = title
+        if description is not None:
+            versioned['description']['0'] = description
+        return {'id': id_, 'is_active': is_active, '_versioned': versioned}
+
+    def set_cond_from_post(self, id_: int, d: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+        """Set Condition of id_ in library based on POST dict d."""
+        if d == {'delete': ''}:
+            self.lib_del('Condition', id_)
+            return
+        cond = self.lib_get('Condition', id_)
+        if cond:
+            cond['is_active'] = d['is_active']
+            for category in ['title', 'description']:
+                history = cond['_versioned'][category]
+                if len(history) > 0:
+                    last_i = sorted([int(k) for k in history.keys()])[-1]
+                    if d[category] != history[str(last_i)]:
+                        history[str(last_i + 1)] = d[category]
+                else:
+                    history['0'] = d[category]
+        else:
+            cond = self.cond_as_dict(
+                    id_, d['is_active'], d['title'], d['description'])
+        self.lib_set('Condition', [cond])
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def todo_as_dict(id_: int = 1,
+                     process_id: int = 1,
+                     date: str = '2024-01-01',
+                     conditions: None | list[int] = None,
+                     disables: None | list[int] = None,
+                     blockers: None | list[int] = None,
+                     enables: None | list[int] = None,
+                     calendarize: bool = False,
+                     comment: str = '',
+                     is_done: bool = False,
+                     effort: float | None = None,
+                     children: list[int] | None = None,
+                     parents: list[int] | None = None,
+                     ) -> dict[str, object]:
+        """Return JSON of Todo to expect."""
+        # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
         d = {'id': id_,
-             'is_active': is_active,
-             '_versioned': {
-                 'title': {},
-                 'description': {}}}
-        titles = titles if titles else []
-        descriptions = descriptions if descriptions else []
-        assert isinstance(d['_versioned'], dict)
-        for i, title in enumerate(titles):
-            d['_versioned']['title'][i] = title
-        for i, description in enumerate(descriptions):
-            d['_versioned']['description'][i] = description
+             'date': date,
+             'process_id': process_id,
+             'is_done': is_done,
+             'calendarize': calendarize,
+             'comment': comment,
+             'children': children if children else [],
+             'parents': parents if parents else [],
+             'effort': effort,
+             'conditions': conditions if conditions else [],
+             'disables': disables if disables else [],
+             'blockers': blockers if blockers else [],
+             'enables': enables if enables else []}
         return d
 
+    def set_todo_from_post(self, id_: int, d: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+        """Set Todo of id_ in library based on POST dict d."""
+        corrected_kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {}
+        for k, v in d.items():
+            if k in {'adopt', 'step_filler'}:
+                if 'children' not in corrected_kwargs:
+                    corrected_kwargs['children'] = []
+                new_children = v if isinstance(v, list) else [v]
+                corrected_kwargs['children'] += new_children
+                continue
+            if 'done' == k:
+                k = 'is_done'
+            if k in {'is_done', 'calendarize'}:
+                v = True
+            corrected_kwargs[k] = v
+        todo = self.todo_as_dict(id_, **corrected_kwargs)
+        self.lib_set('Todo', [todo])
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def procstep_as_dict(id_: int,
+                         owner_id: int,
+                         step_process_id: int,
+                         parent_step_id: int | None = None
+                         ) -> dict[str, object]:
+        """Return JSON of ProcessStep to expect."""
+        return {'id': id_,
+                'owner_id': owner_id,
+                'step_process_id': step_process_id,
+                'parent_step_id': parent_step_id}
+
     @staticmethod
     def proc_as_dict(id_: int = 1,
-                     title: str = 'A',
-                     description: str = '',
-                     effort: float = 1.0,
+                     title: None | str = None,
+                     description: None | str = None,
+                     effort: None | float = None,
                      conditions: None | list[int] = None,
                      disables: None | list[int] = None,
                      blockers: None | list[int] = None,
-                     enables: None | list[int] = None
+                     enables: None | list[int] = None,
+                     explicit_steps: None | list[int] = None
                      ) -> dict[str, object]:
         """Return JSON of Process to expect."""
         # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
+        versioned: dict[str, dict[str, object]]
+        versioned = {'title': {}, 'description': {}, 'effort': {}}
+        if title is not None:
+            versioned['title']['0'] = title
+        if description is not None:
+            versioned['description']['0'] = description
+        if effort is not None:
+            versioned['effort']['0'] = effort
         d = {'id': id_,
              'calendarize': False,
              'suppressed_steps': [],
-             'explicit_steps': [],
-             '_versioned': {
-                 'title': {0: title},
-                 'description': {0: description},
-                 'effort': {0: effort}},
+             'explicit_steps': explicit_steps if explicit_steps else [],
+             '_versioned': versioned,
              'conditions': conditions if conditions else [],
              'disables': disables if disables else [],
              'enables': enables if enables else [],
              'blockers': blockers if blockers else []}
         return d
 
+    def set_proc_from_post(self, id_: int, d: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+        """Set Process of id_ in library based on POST dict d."""
+        proc = self.lib_get('Process', id_)
+        if proc:
+            for category in ['title', 'description', 'effort']:
+                history = proc['_versioned'][category]
+                if len(history) > 0:
+                    last_i = sorted([int(k) for k in history.keys()])[-1]
+                    if d[category] != history[str(last_i)]:
+                        history[str(last_i + 1)] = d[category]
+                else:
+                    history['0'] = d[category]
+        else:
+            proc = self.proc_as_dict(id_,
+                                     d['title'], d['description'], d['effort'])
+        ignore = {'title', 'description', 'effort', 'new_top_step', 'step_of',
+                  'kept_steps'}
+        for k, v in d.items():
+            if k in ignore\
+                    or k.startswith('step_') or k.startswith('new_step_to'):
+                continue
+            if k in {'calendarize'}:
+                v = True
+            elif k in {'suppressed_steps', 'explicit_steps', 'conditions',
+                       'disables', 'enables', 'blockers'}:
+                if not isinstance(v, list):
+                    v = [v]
+            proc[k] = v
+        self.lib_set('Process', [proc])
+
+
+class TestCaseWithServer(TestCaseWithDB):
+    """Module tests against our HTTP server/handler (and database)."""
+
+    def setUp(self) -> None:
+        super().setUp()
+        self.httpd = TaskServer(self.db_file, ('localhost', 0), TaskHandler)
+        self.server_thread = Thread(target=self.httpd.serve_forever)
+        self.server_thread.daemon = True
+        self.server_thread.start()
+        self.conn = HTTPConnection(str(self.httpd.server_address[0]),
+                                   self.httpd.server_address[1])
+        self.httpd.render_mode = 'json'
+
+    def tearDown(self) -> None:
+        self.httpd.shutdown()
+        self.httpd.server_close()
+        self.server_thread.join()
+        super().tearDown()
+
+    def post_exp_cond(self,
+                      exps: list[Expected],
+                      id_: int,
+                      payload: dict[str, object],
+                      path_suffix: str = '',
+                      redir_suffix: str = ''
+                      ) -> None:
+        """POST /condition(s), appropriately update Expecteds."""
+        # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
+        path = f'/condition{path_suffix}'
+        redir = f'/condition{redir_suffix}'
+        self.check_post(payload, path, redir=redir)
+        for exp in exps:
+            exp.set_cond_from_post(id_, payload)
+
+    def post_exp_day(self,
+                     exps: list[Expected],
+                     payload: dict[str, Any],
+                     date: str = '2024-01-01'
+                     ) -> None:
+        """POST /day, appropriately update Expecteds."""
+        if 'make_type' not in payload:
+            payload['make_type'] = 'empty'
+        if 'day_comment' not in payload:
+            payload['day_comment'] = ''
+        target = f'/day?date={date}'
+        redir_to = f'{target}&make_type={payload["make_type"]}'
+        self.check_post(payload, target, 302, redir_to)
+        for exp in exps:
+            exp.set_day_from_post(date, payload)
+
+    def post_exp_process(self,
+                         exps: list[Expected],
+                         payload: dict[str, Any],
+                         id_: int,
+                         ) -> dict[str, object]:
+        """POST /process, appropriately update Expecteds."""
+        if 'title' not in payload:
+            payload['title'] = 'foo'
+        if 'description' not in payload:
+            payload['description'] = 'foo'
+        if 'effort' not in payload:
+            payload['effort'] = 1.1
+        self.check_post(payload, f'/process?id={id_}',
+                        redir=f'/process?id={id_}')
+        for exp in exps:
+            exp.set_proc_from_post(id_, payload)
+        return payload
+
     def check_redirect(self, target: str) -> None:
         """Check that self.conn answers with a 302 redirect to target."""
         response = self.conn.getresponse()
@@ -616,42 +942,72 @@ class TestCaseWithServer(TestCaseWithDB):
         self.check_get(f'/{path}?id=0', 500)
         self.check_get(f'{path}?id=1', 200)
 
-    def post_process(self, id_: int = 1,
-                     form_data: dict[str, Any] | None = None
-                     ) -> dict[str, Any]:
-        """POST basic Process."""
-        if not form_data:
-            form_data = {'title': 'foo', 'description': 'foo', 'effort': 1.1}
-        self.check_post(form_data, f'/process?id={id_}',
-                        redir=f'/process?id={id_}')
-        return form_data
-
-    def check_json_get(self, path: str, expected: dict[str, object]) -> None:
+    def check_json_get(self, path: str, expected: Expected) -> None:
         """Compare JSON on GET path with expected.
 
         To simplify comparison of VersionedAttribute histories, transforms
-        timestamp keys of VersionedAttribute history keys into integers
-        counting chronologically forward from 0.
+        timestamp keys of VersionedAttribute history keys into (strings of)
+        integers counting chronologically forward from 0.
         """
 
         def rewrite_history_keys_in(item: Any) -> Any:
             if isinstance(item, dict):
                 if '_versioned' in item.keys():
-                    for k in item['_versioned']:
-                        vals = item['_versioned'][k].values()
+                    for category in item['_versioned']:
+                        vals = item['_versioned'][category].values()
                         history = {}
                         for i, val in enumerate(vals):
-                            history[i] = val
-                        item['_versioned'][k] = history
-                for k in list(item.keys()):
-                    rewrite_history_keys_in(item[k])
+                            history[str(i)] = val
+                        item['_versioned'][category] = history
+                for category in list(item.keys()):
+                    rewrite_history_keys_in(item[category])
             elif isinstance(item, list):
                 item[:] = [rewrite_history_keys_in(i) for i in item]
             return item
 
+        def walk_diffs(path: str, cmp1: object, cmp2: object) -> None:
+            # pylint: disable=too-many-branches
+            def warn(intro: str, val: object) -> None:
+                if isinstance(val, (str, int, float)):
+                    print(intro, val)
+                else:
+                    print(intro)
+                    pprint(val)
+            if cmp1 != cmp2:
+                if isinstance(cmp1, dict) and isinstance(cmp2, dict):
+                    for k, v in cmp1.items():
+                        if k not in cmp2:
+                            warn(f'DIFF {path}: retrieved lacks {k}', v)
+                        elif v != cmp2[k]:
+                            walk_diffs(f'{path}:{k}', v, cmp2[k])
+                    for k in [k for k in cmp2.keys() if k not in cmp1]:
+                        warn(f'DIFF {path}: expected lacks retrieved\'s {k}',
+                             cmp2[k])
+                elif isinstance(cmp1, list) and isinstance(cmp2, list):
+                    for i, v1 in enumerate(cmp1):
+                        if i >= len(cmp2):
+                            warn(f'DIFF {path}[{i}] retrieved misses:', v1)
+                        elif v1 != cmp2[i]:
+                            walk_diffs(f'{path}[{i}]', v1, cmp2[i])
+                    if len(cmp2) > len(cmp1):
+                        for i, v2 in enumerate(cmp2[len(cmp1):]):
+                            warn(f'DIFF {path}[{len(cmp1)+i}] misses:', v2)
+                else:
+                    warn(f'DIFF {path} – for expected:', cmp1)
+                    warn('… and for retrieved:', cmp2)
+
         self.conn.request('GET', path)
         response = self.conn.getresponse()
         self.assertEqual(response.status, 200)
         retrieved = json_loads(response.read().decode())
         rewrite_history_keys_in(retrieved)
-        self.assertEqual(expected, retrieved)
+        cmp = expected.as_dict
+        try:
+            self.assertEqual(cmp, retrieved)
+        except AssertionError as e:
+            print('EXPECTED:')
+            pprint(cmp)
+            print('RETRIEVED:')
+            pprint(retrieved)
+            walk_diffs('', cmp, retrieved)
+            raise e