Testing response with unittest mock

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I'm creating a test using pytest and unittest.mock:

def api_mock_response() -> dict:
    with open("tests/resources/response-mock.json") as f:
        return json.load(f)


def test_recent_releases():
    """Tests an API call to get the latest release."""
    mock_strategy = Mock(spec=BaseRequestStrategy, return_value=api_mock_response(), status_code=HTTPStatus.OK)
    auth = HeaderAuthentication(parameter="X-API-Token", token=Env.api_token, scheme=None)
    api = AppCenter(
        owner_name=Env.owner_name,
        app_name=Env.app_name,
        authentication_method=auth,
        response_handler=JsonResponseHandler,
        request_strategy=mock_strategy,
    )
    response = api.get_latest_release()
    assert response == appcenter_mock_response()

I am expecting the Mock strategy would respond with a fixed response coming from the api_mock_response() function (which spits out a JSON object but I'm just getting <Mock name='mock.get()' id='12345'> instead of the desired response. My objective is to test if I'm getting the correct response from the mocked endpoint.

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!