On 21 May 2008, at 21:37, Erik Terpstra wrote:
I am new to RSpec and BDD.
I was wondering if RSpec specifications are a good solution for
testing REST webservices (not implemented in Rails).
If so, what would be a good way to test something like the API
described below?
Hi Erik
RSpec would be fine to test that, it's just a web app returning XML
instead of HTML. You don't say what you are building the web service
in. If you want acceptance/integration-style specs that are
implementation-independent, you could use the story runner with steps
to make HTTP requests. And look at Kyle's rspec_hpricot_matchers for
a way of specifying XML output. You will also want unit specs for
your models, controllers etc which will be more framework-dependent.
That's all I can offer based on your description.
Ashley
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