Added mocked connection

code/backend/beacon/connectors/adapters/__init__.py

 from .abstract import AbstractConnector
 from .elasticSearch import ElasticSearchConnector
+from .mock import MockConnector
 from .variantDB import VariantDBConnector
 
 __all__ = [
     'AbstractConnector',
     'ElasticSearchConnector',
+    'MockConnector',
     'VariantDBConnector'
 ]
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code/backend/beacon/connectors/adapters/abstract.py

+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 
 

code/backend/beacon/connectors/adapters/elasticSearch.py

-#!/usr/bin/env python3
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 import json

code/backend/beacon/connectors/adapters/mock.py

+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+from .abstract import AbstractConnector
+
+
+class MockConnector(AbstractConnector):
+    """
+    Mock connector.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, params: dict):
+        self._params = params
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_id() -> str:
+        """
+        Identifier of this connector
+        :return:
+        """
+        return "mock"
+
+    def connect(self):
+        """No need to connect"""
+        pass
+
+    def disconnect(self):
+        """No need to disconnect"""
+        pass
+
+    def build_query(self, _: dict) -> dict:
+        """No need to do anything"""
+        return {}
+
+    def query(self, query_parameters: dict) -> dict:
+        """No need to query, just return an empty dict"""
+        query_dict = self.build_query(query_parameters)
+        return query_dict
+
+    def translate_response(self, response: str) -> bool:
+        """Will always return True"""
+        return True

code/backend/beacon/connectors/adapters/variantDB.py

-#!/usr/bin/env python3
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 import json
@@ -132,3 +131,6 @@ class VariantDBConnector(AbstractConnector):
             raise Exception("VariantDB returns invalid response")
         responses = response_dict.get("values", [0])
         return int(responses[0]) > 0
+
+    def test_connection(self):
+        self._params.get('endpoint')

code/backend/tests/test_connector_manager.py

@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@ class ConnectorsManagerSuite(TestCase):
 
     def test_discover_and_load_adapters(self):
         adapters = self.manager.discover_and_load_adapters()
-        self.assertEqual(len(adapters), 2, "it should load VariantDB and ES adapters")
+        self.assertEqual(len(adapters), 3, "it should load VariantDB, ES and mock adapters")
         assert 'variant_db' in adapters

code/backend/tests/test_e2e.py

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ class End2endSuite(TestCase):
         super(End2endSuite, cls).setUpClass()
         configuration_file = get_path_to_configuration()
         cls.app = create_app(configuration_file,
-                             '../../configuration/beacon_information.yaml',
-                             '../../configuration/connections.yaml')
+                             '../../configuration/templates/beacon_information.yaml',
+                             '../../configuration/connections_ci.yaml')
         cls.client = cls.app.test_client()
 
     def test_index(self):

configuration/connections_ci.yaml

+---
+connectors:
+- variant_db
+- elastic_search
+- mock
+data_sources:
+- type: mock
+  id: mock__1
+  params: []
+datasets:
+- id: '1'
+  data_source: mock__1
+  active: True
+- id: '2'
+  data_source: mock__1
+  active: True
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