Put API calls and parsing into a function

tests/resttime_tests.py

 from nose.tools import *
-import flask
 from datetime import datetime,date
 from resttime import *
 
 app.config['TESTING'] = True
 web = app.test_client()
 
+def read_api_time(endpoint='/time'):
+    with web.get(endpoint) as resp:
+        # read from API
+        rline = resp.data.splitlines()[0].decode('utf-8')
+        # convert to datetime object
+        rtime = datetime.strptime(rline, '%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y')
+        return rtime
+
 def test_index():
     # check that we get a 404 on the / URL
     resp = web.get('/')
     assert_equal(resp.status_code, 404)
 
     # test that /time URL works (200 status and not empty)
-    resp = web.get('/time')
     expected = 200
+    resp = web.get('/time')
     assert_equal(resp.status_code, expected), "Expected status %r is not %r" % (
         expected, resp.status_code)
     assert resp.data, "Response data is empty."
 
 def test_date():
-    # check that the date is correct
-    with web.get('/time') as resp:
-        restline = resp.data.splitlines()[0].decode('utf-8')
-        resttime = datetime.strptime(restline, '%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y')
-        assert resttime.date() == date.today(), "Date does not match"
+    # check for correct date
+    resttime = read_api_time()
+    assert resttime.date() == date.today(), "Date does not match"