add a call counter

Author: Fabien Coelho

FlaskTester.py

@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ class Client:
     AuthHook = Callable[[Any, str, str|None], None]  # type: ignore
 
     def __init__(self, auth: Authenticator, default_login: str|None = None):
+        self._calls = 0
         self._auth = auth
         self._cookies: dict[str, dict[str, str]] = {}  # login -> name -> value
         self._default_login = default_login
@@ -357,6 +358,8 @@ def request(self, method: str, path: str, status: int|None = None, content: str|
         :param **kwargs: More request parameters (headers, data, json…).
         """
 
+        self._calls += 1
+
         if "login" in kwargs:
             login = kwargs["login"]
             del kwargs["login"]
@@ -448,6 +451,12 @@ def delete(self, path: str, status: int|None = None, content: str|None = None, *
         """HTTP DELETE request, see `Client.request`."""
         return self.request("DELETE", path, status=status, content=content, **kwargs)
 
+    def __str__(self):
+        return f"client calls: {self._calls}"
+
+    def __del__(self):
+        log.info(f"ending, {self}")
+
 
 class RequestClient(Client):
     """Request-based test provider.

docs/versions.md

@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ please report any [issues](https://github.com/zx80/flask-tester/issues).
 - activate _Pypy 3.11_ and _Python 3.14_ in GitHub CI.
 - mkdocs? docsify?
 
+## ? on ?
+
+- count api calls internally, and show an info at the end
+
 ## 5.1 on 2025-11-22
 
 - use SPDX licensing format.