Add an obvious test for the 'statusBar' command

and remove some junk introduced in 9a194f0.

src/api.py

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ import time
 from binascii import hexlify, unhexlify
 from struct import pack
 
-from six.moves import configparser, http_client, queue, xmlrpc_server
+from six.moves import configparser, http_client, xmlrpc_server
 
 import defaults
 import helper_inbox
@@ -1455,25 +1455,11 @@ class BMRPCDispatcher(object):
         """Test two numeric params"""
         return a + b
 
-    @testmode('clearUISignalQueue')
-    def HandleclearUISignalQueue(self):
-        """clear UISignalQueue"""
-        queues.UISignalQueue.queue.clear()
-        return "success"
-
     @command('statusBar')
     def HandleStatusBar(self, message):
         """Update GUI statusbar message"""
         queues.UISignalQueue.put(('updateStatusBar', message))
-
+        return "success"
-    @testmode('getStatusBar')
-    def HandleGetStatusBar(self):
-        """Get GUI statusbar message"""
-        try:
-            _, data = queues.UISignalQueue.get(block=False)
-        except queue.Empty:
-            return None
-        return data
 
     @testmode('undeleteMessage')
     def HandleUndeleteMessage(self, msgid):

src/tests/test_api.py

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from six.moves import xmlrpc_client  # nosec
 import psutil
 
 from .samples import (
-    sample_seed, sample_deterministic_addr3, sample_deterministic_addr4, sample_statusbar_msg,
+    sample_seed, sample_deterministic_addr3, sample_deterministic_addr4,
     sample_inbox_msg_ids, sample_test_subscription_address, sample_subscription_name)
 
 from .test_process import TestProcessProto
@@ -86,18 +86,6 @@ class TestAPI(TestAPIProto):
             'API Error 0020: Invalid method: test'
         )
 
-    def test_statusbar_method(self):
-        """Test statusbar method"""
-        self.api.clearUISignalQueue()
-        self.assertEqual(
-            self.api.statusBar(sample_statusbar_msg),
-            'null'
-        )
-        self.assertEqual(
-            self.api.getStatusBar(),
-            sample_statusbar_msg
-        )
-
     def test_message_inbox(self):
         """Test message inbox methods"""
         self.assertEqual(

src/tests/test_api_thread.py

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import time
 import unittest
 
-from six.moves import xmlrpc_client
+from six.moves import queue, xmlrpc_client
 
 from pybitmessage import pathmagic
 
+from .samples import sample_statusbar_msg  # any
+
 
 class TestAPIThread(unittest.TestCase):
     """Test case running the API thread"""
@@ -15,16 +17,22 @@ class TestAPIThread(unittest.TestCase):
 
         import helper_sql
         import helper_startup
+        import queues
         import state
         from bmconfigparser import BMConfigParser
 
+        #  pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
         class SqlReadyMock(object):
+            """Mock helper_sql.sql_ready event with dummy class"""
             @staticmethod
             def wait():
+                """Don't wait, return immediately"""
                 return
 
         helper_sql.sql_ready = SqlReadyMock
         cls.state = state
+        cls.queues = queues
+
         helper_startup.loadConfig()
         # helper_startup.fixSocket()
         config = BMConfigParser()
@@ -48,6 +56,19 @@ class TestAPIThread(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(
             self.api.helloWorld('hello', 'world'), 'hello-world')
 
+    def test_statusbar(self):
+        """Check UISignalQueue after issuing the 'statusBar' command"""
+        self.queues.UISignalQueue.queue.clear()
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.api.statusBar(sample_statusbar_msg), 'success')
+        try:
+            cmd, data = self.queues.UISignalQueue.get(block=False)
+        except queue.Empty:
+            self.fail('UISignalQueue is empty!')
+
+        self.assertEqual(cmd, 'updateStatusBar')
+        self.assertEqual(data, sample_statusbar_msg)
+
     @classmethod
     def tearDownClass(cls):
         cls.state.shutdown = 1