On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 3:36 AM, David Chelimsky <dchelim...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Jan 14, 2012, at 10:32 AM, David Chelimsky wrote: > > On Jan 14, 2012, at 8:40 AM, apneadiving wrote: > > As I am writing a brand new API, I'd like to test it's response. > > <snip/> > > Basically, it would be great in my case to test if ActiveResource gets > the expected data but it means I have to launch a test server in > background for the whole suite. > > <snip/> > > Is there a convenient to handle this? Currently, I launch the test > server in console but it would be much better to have this handled > programmatically. > > > I'd recommend you check out https://github.com/brynary/rack-test. > It provides access to attributes of the request and the response object, and > obviates the need for running a server. Take a look at its > specs: https://github.com/brynary/rack-test/blob/master/spec/rack/test_spec.rb. > > > Of course, you get rack-test for free if you use request specs (which wrap > Rails integration tests, which use rack-test).
This could be considered to be off topic, but rack-test was advised.... Some think this issue is a trap for young players, others that it is just a different test philosophy. Nonetheless: After a while you will eventually face the fact that you _have_ to test responses from your whole 'stack', specifically all the interactions of the different components, and rack-test does _not_ do this. Better to bite this bullet early. FWIW I have unit tests that are just that, and integration tests that are, well, integration tests - which precludes (by definition) using rack-test :) To get interagtion tests running (quickly) you'll likely need to use Vagrant+Chef+VCR, or some such toolbox, to launch your test stack (locally, AWS, Rackspace etc.) Again, this is inevitable, so better to bite integration testing early while things are simple - build the complexity incrementally over time. From someone who years ago wasted too many days trying to isolate issues that rack-test happily passed. Now at least you can't say your weren't forewarned ;) HTH > > http://rubydoc.info/gems/rspec-rails/file/README.md#Request_Specs > http://guides.rubyonrails.org/testing.html#integration-testing > > > > > _______________________________________________ > rspec-users mailing list > rspec-users@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users -- πόλλ' οἶδ ἀλώπηξ, ἀλλ' ἐχῖνος ἓν μέγα [The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.] Archilochus, Greek poet (c. 680 BC – c. 645 BC) http://hedgehogshiatus.com _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
