Thank you for the directions. I'll try something like that and keep you informed of my progress...
-Mathieu On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 22:56, Thadeus Burgess <[email protected]>wrote: > I attempted to solve this by inserting data into the request > environment, including the form name, however I did not have any > luck.. > > I would use WebTest for file upload testing instead, however you will > need to use a mixture of webtest and new_env(), this is because you > need to get the unique _formkey variable so that web2py can validate > properly. > > http://pythonpaste.org/webtest/#making-requests > > I am thinking of some sample pseudocode below. > > env = new_env(app='test_upload', controller='default') > > res = env['upload_a_file']() > > req = {} > for hidden in form.custom.end.elements(): > try: > if hidden.has_key('_name') and hidden.has_key('_value'): > req[hidden['_name']] = hidden['_value'] > except AttributeError: > pass > > req['name'] = 'ABOUT.txt' > > Then continue and use the uploaded_files list in webtest and perform > an app.post(....) on the function. > > Now you can verify using another new_env that the record was inserted, > and you can manually check the existence of the file and its contents. > > -- > Thadeus > > > > > > On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 12:58 PM, Mathieu Clabaut > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > I'd like to test an upload function in my default controller (I use > > Thadeus testrunner from web2py_utils). > > I wonder what object I shall put in my request.post_vars.file where > 'file' > > is the upload field ? > > Apparently it should have a 'filename' attribute and a read method ? > > Any tip on how to populate the request for such an upload form ? > > -Mathieu >
