pytest: first batch with test_feeds

And multiple related fixes

tests/conftest.py

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+import os
+import os.path
+import threading
+
+import pytest
+
+try:
+    # python2
+    from BaseHTTPServer import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer
+    from SimpleHTTPServer import SimpleHTTPRequestHandler
+except:
+    # python3
+    from http.server import (BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer,
+                             SimpleHTTPRequestHandler)
+
+class HTTPReplayHandler(SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
+    " Serves pages saved alongside with headers. See `curl --http1.1 -is http://...` "
+
+    directory = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), './samples/')
+
+    __init__ = BaseHTTPRequestHandler.__init__
+
+    def do_GET(self):
+        path = self.translate_path(self.path)
+
+        if os.path.isdir(path):
+            f = self.list_directory(path)
+
+        else:
+            f = open(path, 'rb')
+
+        try:
+            self.copyfile(f, self.wfile)
+
+        finally:
+            f.close()
+
+class MuteHTTPServer(HTTPServer):
+    def handle_error(self, request, client_address):
+        # mute errors
+        pass
+
+def make_server(port=8888):
+    print('Serving http://localhost:%s/' % port)
+    return MuteHTTPServer(('', port), RequestHandlerClass=HTTPReplayHandler)
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def replay_server():
+    httpd = make_server()
+    thread = threading.Thread(target=httpd.serve_forever)
+    thread.start()
+
+    yield
+
+    httpd.shutdown()
+    thread.join()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    httpd = make_server()
+    httpd.serve_forever()