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NAME
HTTP::WebTest - Test remote URLs or local web files
DESCRIPTION
This module runs tests on remote URLs or local web files containing
Perl/JSP/HTML/JavaScript/etc. and generates a detailed test report.
The test specifications can be read from a parameter file or input as
method arguments. If you are testing a local file, Apache is started on
a private/dynamic port with a configuration file in a temporary
directory. The module displays the test results on the terminal by
default or directs them to a file. The module optionally e-mails the
test results.
Each URL/web file is tested by fetching it from the web server using a
local instance of an HTTP user agent. The basic test is simply whether
or not the fetch was successful. You may also test using literal strings
or regular expressions that are either required to exist or forbidden to
exist in the fetched page. You may also specify tests for the minimum
and maximum number of bytes in the returned page. You may also specify
tests for the minimum and maximum web server response time.
If you are testing a local file, the module checks the error log in the
temporary directory before and after the file is fetched from Apache. If
messages are written to the error log during the fetch, the module flags
this as an error and writes the messages to the output test report.
Changes since 1.05:
* Some files required for local web files testing mode were missing
in last HTTP-WebTest distributions.
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