Solved issue pertaining to downloads and added additional testing functionality for devnull

httpie/context.py

@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ class Environment:
     stdout_encoding: str = None
     stderr: IO = sys.stderr
     stderr_isatty: bool = stderr.isatty()
-    devnull: IO = None
-    devnull_isatty: bool = False
+    _devnull = None
     colors = 256
     program_name: str = 'http'
     if not is_windows:
@@ -113,6 +112,18 @@ class Environment:
                     self.log_error(e, level='warning')
         return config
 
+    
+    @property 
+    def devnull(self) -> IO:
+        if self._devnull is None:
+            self._devnull = open(os.devnull, 'w+')
+        return self._devnull
+
+    #For ease of testing
+    @devnull.setter
+    def devnull(self, value):
+        self._devnull = value
+        
     def log_error(self, msg, level='error'):
         assert level in ['error', 'warning']
         self.stderr.write(f'\n{self.program_name}: {level}: {msg}\n\n')

tests/utils.py

@@ -94,10 +94,12 @@ class BaseCLIResponse:
 
         - stdout output: print(self)
         - stderr output: print(self.stderr)
+        - devnull output: print(self.devnull) 
         - exit_status output: print(self.exit_status)
 
     """
     stderr: str = None
+    devnull: str = None 
     json: dict = None
     exit_status: ExitStatus = None
 
@@ -161,6 +163,8 @@ def http(
     # noinspection PyUnresolvedReferences
     """
     Run HTTPie and capture stderr/out and exit status.
+    Content writtent to devnull will be captured if 
+    env.devnull in env does not correspond to os.devnull file. 
 
     Invoke `httpie.core.main()` with `args` and `kwargs`,
     and return a `CLIResponse` subclass instance.
@@ -172,6 +176,7 @@ def http(
 
         `stdout` is represented by the instance itself (print r)
         `stderr`: text written to stderr
+        `devnull` text written to devnull. String if possible bytes otherwise
         `exit_status`: the exit status
         `json`: decoded JSON (if possible) or `None`
 
@@ -204,6 +209,7 @@ def http(
 
     stdout = env.stdout
     stderr = env.stderr
+    devnull = env.devnull
 
     args = list(args)
     args_with_config_defaults = args + env.config.default_options
@@ -249,13 +255,18 @@ def http(
 
         stdout.seek(0)
         stderr.seek(0)
+        devnull.seek(0)
         output = stdout.read()
+        devnull_output = devnull.read()
         try:
             output = output.decode('utf8')
         except UnicodeDecodeError:
             r = BytesCLIResponse(output)
         else:
             r = StrCLIResponse(output)
+            
+
+        r.devnull = devnull_output
         r.stderr = stderr.read()
         r.exit_status = exit_status
 
@@ -265,6 +276,7 @@ def http(
         return r
 
     finally:
+        devnull.close()
         stdout.close()
         stderr.close()
         env.cleanup()