From 99822278461831c46b8fd9a78dc07f50731bb7f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kryofly <kryofly@space>
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2017 23:04:32 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] test backtesting::start()

---
 freqtrade/tests/optimize/test_backtesting.py | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)

diff --git a/freqtrade/tests/optimize/test_backtesting.py b/freqtrade/tests/optimize/test_backtesting.py
index 29beb469d..42e76a929 100644
--- a/freqtrade/tests/optimize/test_backtesting.py
+++ b/freqtrade/tests/optimize/test_backtesting.py
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 # pragma pylint: disable=missing-docstring,W0212
 
 import math
+#  import json
 import pandas as pd
+# from unittest.mock import MagicMock
 from freqtrade import exchange, optimize
 from freqtrade.exchange import Bittrex
 from freqtrade.optimize.backtesting import backtest, generate_text_table, get_timeframe
+# import freqtrade.optimize.backtesting as backtesting
 
 
 def test_generate_text_table():
@@ -137,3 +140,28 @@ def test_backtest_pricecontours(default_conf, mocker):
     tests = [['raise', 17], ['lower', 0], ['sine', 17]]
     for [contour, numres] in tests:
         simple_backtest(default_conf, contour, numres)
+
+# Please make this work, the load_config needs to be mocked
+# and cleanups.
+# def test_backtest_start(default_conf, mocker):
+#    default_conf['exchange']['pair_whitelist'] = ['BTC_UNITEST']
+#    #mocker.patch.dict('freqtrade.main._CONF', default_conf)
+#    mocker.patch.multiple('freqtrade.misc',
+#                          load_config=MagicMock())
+#
+#    #mocker.patch('freqtrade.misc.load_config', side_effect=lambda s: {})
+#    #mocker.patch('freqtrade.misc.load_config', MagicMock())
+#    #side_effect=lambda s: {})
+#    #mocker.patch('freqtrade.misc.open', mocker.mock_open(
+#    #    read_data=json.dumps(default_conf)
+#    #))
+#
+#
+#    print(default_conf)
+#    args = MagicMock()
+#    args.level = 10
+#    backtesting.start(args)
+#
+#    Check what sideeffect backtstesting has done.
+#    Probably need to capture standard-output and
+#    check for the generated report table.