improve scaffolding for API unit tests

Use the static table definition to create the test database.
Add helper function to simplify filling the tables.

test/python/api/conftest.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # This file is part of Nominatim. (https://nominatim.org)
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2022 by the Nominatim developer community.
+# Copyright (C) 2023 by the Nominatim developer community.
 # For a full list of authors see the git log.
 """
 Helper fixtures for API call tests.
@@ -11,12 +11,44 @@ from pathlib import Path
 import pytest
 import time
 
-from nominatim.api import NominatimAPI
+import nominatim.api as napi
+
+class APITester:
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.api = napi.NominatimAPI(Path('/invalid'), {})
+        self.async_to_sync(self.api._async_api.setup_database())
+
+
+    def async_to_sync(self, func):
+        """ Run an asynchronous function until completion using the
+            internal loop of the API.
+        """
+        return self.api._loop.run_until_complete(func)
+
+
+    def add_data(self, table, data):
+        """ Insert data into the given table.
+        """
+        sql = getattr(self.api._async_api._tables, table).insert()
+        self.async_to_sync(self.exec_async(sql, data))
+
+
+    async def exec_async(self, sql, *args, **kwargs):
+        async with self.api._async_api.begin() as conn:
+            return await conn.execute(sql, *args, **kwargs)
+
+
+    async def create_tables(self):
+        async with self.api._async_api._engine.begin() as conn:
+            await conn.run_sync(self.api._async_api._tables.meta.create_all)
+
 
 @pytest.fixture
-def apiobj(temp_db):
+def apiobj(temp_db_with_extensions):
     """ Create an asynchronous SQLAlchemy engine for the test DB.
     """
-    api = NominatimAPI(Path('/invalid'), {})
-    yield api
-    api.close()
+    testapi = APITester()
+    testapi.async_to_sync(testapi.create_tables())
+    yield testapi
+    testapi.api.close()

test/python/api/test_api_status.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # This file is part of Nominatim. (https://nominatim.org)
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2022 by the Nominatim developer community.
+# Copyright (C) 2023 by the Nominatim developer community.
 # For a full list of authors see the git log.
 """
 Tests for the status API call.
@@ -12,15 +12,10 @@ import datetime as dt
 import pytest
 
 from nominatim.version import NOMINATIM_VERSION, NominatimVersion
-from nominatim.api import NominatimAPI
+import nominatim.api as napi
 
-def test_status_no_extra_info(apiobj, table_factory):
-    table_factory('import_status',
-                  definition="lastimportdate timestamp with time zone NOT NULL")
-    table_factory('nominatim_properties',
-                  definition='property TEXT, value TEXT')
-
-    result = apiobj.status()
+def test_status_no_extra_info(apiobj):
+    result = apiobj.api.status()
 
     assert result.status == 0
     assert result.message == 'OK'
@@ -29,27 +24,26 @@ def test_status_no_extra_info(apiobj, table_factory):
     assert result.data_updated is None
 
 
-def test_status_full(apiobj, table_factory):
-    table_factory('import_status',
-                  definition="lastimportdate timestamp with time zone NOT NULL",
-                  content=(('2022-12-07 15:14:46+01',),))
-    table_factory('nominatim_properties',
-                  definition='property TEXT, value TEXT',
-                  content=(('database_version', '99.5.4-2'), ))
+def test_status_full(apiobj):
+    import_date = dt.datetime(2022, 12, 7, 14, 14, 46, 0, tzinfo=dt.timezone.utc)
+    apiobj.add_data('import_status',
+                    [{'lastimportdate': import_date}])
+    apiobj.add_data('properties',
+                    [{'property': 'database_version', 'value': '99.5.4-2'}])
 
-    result = apiobj.status()
+    result = apiobj.api.status()
 
     assert result.status == 0
     assert result.message == 'OK'
     assert result.software_version == NOMINATIM_VERSION
     assert result.database_version == NominatimVersion(99, 5, 4, 2)
-    assert result.data_updated == dt.datetime(2022, 12, 7, 14, 14, 46, 0, tzinfo=dt.timezone.utc)
+    assert result.data_updated == import_date
 
 
 def test_status_database_not_found(monkeypatch):
     monkeypatch.setenv('NOMINATIM_DATABASE_DSN', 'dbname=rgjdfkgjedkrgdfkngdfkg')
 
-    api = NominatimAPI(Path('/invalid'), {})
+    api = napi.NominatimAPI(Path('/invalid'), {})
 
     result = api.status()