VCR.py doesn't work well with subclasses of HTTPSConnection

Project I’m working on uses chargebee python client. I decided to give VCR.py a try and instantly got this exception:

  File "/project/path/code.py", line 23, in validate_chargebee_id
    chargebee.Customer.retrieve(value)
  File "/venv/path/lib/python3.4/site-packages/chargebee/models/customer.py", line 29, in retrieve
    return request.send('get', request.uri_path("customers",id), None, env, headers)
  File "/venv/path/lib/python3.4/site-packages/chargebee/request.py", line 14, in send
    response = http.request(method, url, env, ser_params, headers)
  File "/venv/path/lib/python3.4/site-packages/chargebee/http.py", line 34, in request
    connection = compat.VerifiedHTTPSConnection(meta.netloc)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/lib/python3.4/http/client.py", line 1203, in __init__
    super(HTTPSConnection, self).__init__(host, port, timeout,
TypeError: super(type, obj): obj must be an instance or subtype of type

By searching issues I’ve found the same exception in https://github.com/kevin1024/vcrpy/issues/183, but not sure if it’s because of the same reason, hope someone more familiar with VCR.py code can tell how to fix that.

VerifiedHTTPSConnection is defined here

MRO of classes at the moment of failure:

ipdb> HTTPSConnection.__mro__
(<class 'vcr.patch.VCRHTTPSConnectioncassettes/test_webhook_events/test_add_charge'>, <class 'vcr.stubs.VCRHTTPSConnection'>, <class 'vcr.stubs.VCRConnection'>, <class 'object'>)

ipdb> self.__class__.__mro__
(<class 'chargebee.compat.VerifiedHTTPSConnection'>, <class 'http.client.HTTPSConnection'>, <class 'http.client.HTTPConnection'>, <class 'object'>)

Python 3.4.3 vcrpy==1.7.4 chargebee==1.5.4

[felipead]

I’m having exactly the same issue while trying to use VCR.py along with PyGithub.

[fialovy]

I’m having a similar issue when using VCRpy to test some ofxclient calls.

Dropping a breakpoint in __init__ of HTTPSConnection, I see:

  /home/njulian/tests/test_banking.py(166)test__getSvbCheckingAccounts()
-> self.svbClient.authenticateWithSvb()
  /home/njulian/tests/banking.py(89)authenticateWithSvb()
-> self.svb.authenticate(svbMd.username, svbMd.pin)
  /home/njulian/tests/ve/lib/python3.7/site-packages/ofxclient/institution.py(118)authenticate()
-> res = client.post(query)
  /home/njulian/tests/ve/lib/python3.7/site-packages/ofxclient/client.py(104)post()
-> h = HTTPSConnection(host, timeout=60)
> /usr/lib/python3.7/http/client.py(1367)__init__()
-> def __init__(self, host, port=None, key_file=None, cert_file=None,
(Pdb) self
<http.client.HTTPSConnection object at 0x7fde15fb7320>
(Pdb) HTTPSConnection
<class 'vcr.patch.VCRHTTPSConnectionbankingTestData.BANKING_CASSETTE_DIR/test_SvbClient_getSvbCheckingAccounts.yaml'>
(Pdb) super(HTTPSConnection, self)
*** TypeError: super(type, obj): obj must be an instance or subtype of type
(Pdb)

I am using:

• vcrpy==4.0.2
• ofxclient==2.0.3
• python 3.7

So I think the issue persists, if the same thing is going on here. I don’t seem to have rights to re-open, but I can add a new if needed.