[sigg3]

I think you could use pytest plugins `pytest-mock-server` or the `responses` plugin to achieve at least a partial coverage of your fake server idea.

[hliyan]

I believe we explored this, but instead settled on a simple express-based Node.js server because that was the tech stack familiar to the team, and also due to the programmable nature of responses, a non-statically-typed language like JavaScript was preferred.