Fix: tests

development.md

@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ script options that you can chose to run.
 
    `hatch run test:run-coverage`
 
-2. To run tests without code coverage report outs use :
-   `hatch run test:run-coverage`
+2. To run tests without code coverage report outs use:
+   `hatch run test:run-no-cov`
 
 3. To run tests with an xml report generated use:
    `hatch run test:run-report`

src/pyosmeta/github_api.py

@@ -57,9 +57,19 @@ def get_token(self) -> str | None:
         -------
         str
             The provided API key in the .env file.
+
+        Raises
+        ------
+        KeyError
+            If the GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable is not found.
         """
         load_dotenv()
-        return os.environ["GITHUB_TOKEN"]
+        try:
+            return os.environ["GITHUB_TOKEN"]
+        except KeyError:
+            raise KeyError(
+                "Oops! A GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable wasn't found."
+            )
 
     @property
     def api_endpoint(self):

tests/unit/test_github_api.py

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import os
+
+import pytest
+import secrets
+
+from pyosmeta.github_api import GitHubAPI
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def mock_github_token(monkeypatch):
+    """Fixture to create a mock token - i don't believe this
+    is working as expected either."""
+    # Generate a random token
+    random_token = secrets.token_hex(16)
+
+    # Mocking the GitHub token in the environment variable
+    monkeypatch.setenv("GITHUB_TOKEN", random_token)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def mock_missing_github_token(monkeypatch, tmpdir):
+    os.chdir(tmpdir)
+    # Remove the GitHub token from the environment variable
+    monkeypatch.delenv("GITHUB_TOKEN", raising=False)
+
+
+def test_get_token(mock_github_token):
+    """Test that get_token accesses the token correctly when it is
+    present."""
+    github_api = GitHubAPI()
+    token = github_api.get_token()
+
+    assert token == os.environ["GITHUB_TOKEN"]
+
+
+# This test should work but it keeps finding my local envt var
+# Even tho i'm removing it in the monkey patch and using a temp
+# Directory
+# def test_missing_token(mock_missing_github_token, tmpdir):
+#     """Test that a keyerror is raised when the token is missing."""
+#     os.chdir(tmpdir)
+#     github_api = GitHubAPI()
+
+#     with pytest.raises(KeyError, match="Oops! A GITHUB_TOKEN environment"):
+#         github_api.get_token()