Add global toggle to use_cassette.

vcr/__init__.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import logging
 from .config import VCR
+from . import cassette
 
 # Set default logging handler to avoid "No handler found" warnings.
 try:  # Python 2.7+
@@ -9,6 +10,9 @@ except ImportError:
         def emit(self, record):
             pass
 
+def global_toggle(enabled=True):
+    cassette.use_cassette._enabled = enabled
+
 
 logging.getLogger(__name__).addHandler(NullHandler())
 

vcr/cassette.py

@@ -14,15 +14,33 @@ from .matchers import requests_match, uri, method
 from .errors import UnhandledHTTPRequestError
 
 
+class NullContextDecorator(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        pass
+
+    def __enter__(self, *args):
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, *args):
+        pass
+
+    def __call__(self, function):
+        return function
+
+
 class use_cassette(object):
 
+    _enabled = True
+
     def __init__(self, cls, *args, **kwargs):
         self.args = args
         self.kwargs = kwargs
         self.cls = cls
 
     def __enter__(self):
-        self._cassette = self.cls.load(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
+        self._cassette = self.cls.load(*self.args, **self.kwargs) if self._enabled \
+                         else NullContextDecorator()
         return self._cassette.__enter__()
 
     def __exit__(self, *args):