Just to clarify, I didn’t get the tests going against live servers, but I did manage to get my proxy server inserted into the “normal” Mail man REST testing process.
It’s a first step for me in getting authentication stuff going. Do ASCII diagrams work in email? Your email reader will need to use a fixed width fonr to see this: ***normal test configuration*** +-------------------+ | Mailman test code | +--+ Sends tests (HTTP requests) +--------+----------+ | | | Creates HTTP server | | then tears it down | | | | +---------+-----------+ | | | | | Mailman HTTP server | <-+ | | +---------------------+ ***my test configuration*** +-------------------+ | Mailman test code | +--+ Sends tests (HTTP requests) +--------+----------+ | | +-+-----------------------+ Creates HTTP server | | | then tears it down | | My proxy server | | | | +---------+-----------+ +-+-----------------------+ | | | | Mailman HTTP server | <-+ | | +---------------------+ On 17 Dec 2014, at 12:08 am, Stephen J. Turnbull <step...@xemacs.org> wrote: Andrew Stuart writes: > Thanks for the guidance - I’ll have to admit I don’t know much > about how to do such things right so the more guidance you are > willing to give the better. Most of my code so far has been for me > and no-one else so my next task is to learn how to write tests > properly. Well, since you got the existing tests to run against live servers, I'm pretty impressed. It certainly proves the concept" It might be worthwhile to provide a guide on using them as the last step of setting up a server, though I'm not sure how easy that would be (the easiest thing is to say "edit the code", but that's not a great way to impress new users). Did they leave any "residue" in the databases that you can detect? (That's the most important convenience of a one-shot "test server" -- you just tear it down and throw it away.) On a live server that could be bad. Eg, if a test creates a database user with a scripted password and leaves it behind, anybody that knows the script can access (some part of) the database! Steve _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-developers%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-developers/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9
