See #261: Added a rate-limiting (throttling system) to limit the number of requests handled per user/IP

api/tests/conftest.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import PIL
 import random
 import shutil
 import tempfile
+import time
 
 import factory
 import pytest
@@ -308,6 +309,13 @@ def now(mocker):
     return now
 
 
+@pytest.fixture()
+def now_time(mocker):
+    now = time.time()
+    mocker.patch("time.time", return_value=now)
+    return now
+
+
 @pytest.fixture()
 def avatar():
     i = PIL.Image.new("RGBA", (400, 400), random.choice(["red", "blue", "yellow"]))