Sure, I can run the actual browser and then run tests off of that by simulating a web client. One disadvantage of that, though, is that I don't think I can do fancy analysis like code coverage reports. But it's good to keep the options open. Thanks.
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 5:28 AM, Branko Vukelic <[email protected]> wrote: > IIRC, web.py has a built-in browser that you can use for testing. A > long time ago, I used it successfully to test an app in conjunction > with nose. I don't remember the specifics, though, but the source code > was very readable, last time I've looked at it. > > On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 2:51 AM, Pete Emerson <[email protected]> wrote: >> What are you using to unit test your web.py application? >> >> Following what I found on the web.py website, I started in with paste and >> nose: >> >> http://webpy.org/cookbook/testing_with_paste_and_nose >> >> but as a Python newbie I'm struggling due to lack of great examples. >> >> For instance, my app returns a '400 Bad Request' under certain >> circumstances, and so far I haven't been able to get the 400 code back >> and also validate the response. By running my app and curling it, I >> know that I'm producing a 400 Bad Request with some JSON text, but I >> can't test it with paste / nose. >> >> This code: >> >> r = testApp.post('/auth', headers={'Content-Type':'text/plain'}, params=text) >> assert_equal(r.status, 400) >> >> throws an exception (AppError: Bad response: 400 Bad Request (not 200 >> OK or 3xx redirect for /auth)), and it looks like I should be >> leveraging assert_raises from nose.tools, but I haven't been able to >> find the golden code yet to solve this one. >> >> I'd be happy to show more code to try to fix this particular problem, >> but it seems to me there might be other testing frameworks out there >> that are full of good examples that might be a better fit for me. I'm >> curious to hear what others are using to do their testing; the answer >> may be that paste / nose is really the right tool, and I simply need >> to be less of a Python newbie. If that's the case, so be it! >> >> Thanks, >> Pete >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "web.py" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/webpy?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "web.py" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/webpy?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web.py" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/webpy?hl=en.
