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1 | =head1 NAME |
2 | |
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3 | Catalyst::Manual::Tutorial::Testing - Catalyst Tutorial - Part 8: Testing |
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4 | |
5 | |
6 | =head1 OVERVIEW |
7 | |
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8 | This is B<Part 8 of 10> for the Catalyst tutorial. |
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9 | |
10 | L<Tutorial Overview|Catalyst::Manual::Tutorial> |
11 | |
12 | =over 4 |
13 | |
14 | =item 1 |
15 | |
16 | L<Introduction|Catalyst::Manual::Tutorial::Intro> |
17 | |
18 | =item 2 |
19 | |
20 | L<Catalyst Basics|Catalyst::Manual::Tutorial::CatalystBasics> |
21 | |
22 | =item 3 |
23 | |
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24 | L<More Catalyst Basics|Catalyst::Manual::Tutorial::MoreCatalystBasics> |
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25 | |
26 | =item 4 |
27 | |
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28 | L<Basic CRUD|Catalyst::Manual::Tutorial::BasicCRUD> |
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29 | |
30 | =item 5 |
31 | |
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32 | L<Authentication|Catalyst::Manual::Tutorial::Authentication> |
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33 | |
34 | =item 6 |
35 | |
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36 | L<Authorization|Catalyst::Manual::Tutorial::Authorization> |
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37 | |
38 | =item 7 |
39 | |
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40 | L<Debugging|Catalyst::Manual::Tutorial::Debugging> |
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41 | |
42 | =item 8 |
43 | |
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44 | B<Testing> |
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45 | |
46 | =item 9 |
47 | |
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48 | L<Advanced CRUD|Catalyst::Manual::Tutorial::AdvancedCRUD> |
49 | |
50 | =item 10 |
51 | |
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52 | L<Appendices|Catalyst::Manual::Tutorial::Appendices> |
53 | |
54 | =back |
55 | |
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56 | |
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57 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
58 | |
59 | You may have noticed that the Catalyst Helper scripts automatically |
60 | create basic C<.t> test scripts under the C<t> directory. This part of |
61 | the tutorial briefly looks at how these tests can be used to not only |
62 | ensure that your application is working correctly at the present time, |
63 | but also provide automated regression testing as you upgrade various |
64 | pieces of your application over time. |
65 | |
66 | You can checkout the source code for this example from the catalyst |
67 | subversion repository as per the instructions in |
68 | L<Catalyst::Manual::Tutorial::Intro> |
69 | |
70 | =head1 RUNNING THE "CANNED" CATALYST TESTS |
71 | |
72 | There are a variety of ways to run Catalyst and Perl tests (for example, |
73 | C<perl Makefile.PL> and C<make test>), but one of the easiest is with the |
74 | C<prove> command. For example, to run all of the tests in the C<t> |
75 | directory, enter: |
76 | |
77 | $ prove --lib lib t |
78 | |
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79 | There will be a lot of output because we have the C<-Debug> flag enabled |
80 | in C<lib/MyApp.pm> (see the C<CATALYST_DEBUG=0> tip below for a quick |
81 | and easy way to reduce the clutter). Look for lines like this for |
82 | errors: |
83 | |
84 | # Failed test 'Request should succeed' |
85 | # in t/controller_Books.t at line 8. |
86 | # Looks like you failed 1 test of 3. |
87 | |
88 | The redirection used by the Authentication plugins will cause several |
89 | failures in the default tests. You can fix this by making the following |
90 | changes: |
91 | |
92 | 1) Change the line in C<t/01app.t> that read: |
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93 | |
94 | ok( request('/')->is_success, 'Request should succeed' ); |
95 | |
96 | to: |
97 | |
98 | ok( request('/login')->is_success, 'Request should succeed' ); |
99 | |
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100 | 2) Change the C<request('/logout')-E<gt>is_success> to |
101 | C<request('/logout')-E<gt>is_redirect> in C<t/controller_Logout.t>. |
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102 | |
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103 | 3) Change the C<request('/books')-E<gt>is_success> to |
104 | C<request('/books')-E<gt>is_redirect> in C<t/controller_Books.t>. |
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105 | |
106 | As you can see in the C<prove> command line above, the C<--lib> option |
107 | is used to set the location of the Catalyst C<lib> directory. With this |
108 | command, you will get all of the usual development server debug output, |
109 | something most people prefer to disable while running tests cases. |
110 | Although you can edit the C<lib/MyApp.pm> to comment out the C<-Debug> |
111 | plugin, it's generally easier to simply set the C<CATALYST_DEBUG=0> |
112 | environment variable. For example: |
113 | |
114 | $ CATALYST_DEBUG=0 prove --lib lib t |
115 | |
116 | During the C<t/02pod> and C<t/03podcoverage> tests, you might notice the |
117 | C<all skipped: set TEST_POD to enable this test> warning message. To |
118 | execute the Pod-related tests, add C<TEST_POD=1> to the C<prove> |
119 | command: |
120 | |
121 | $ CATALYST_DEBUG=0 TEST_POD=1 prove --lib lib t |
122 | |
123 | If you omitted the Pod comments from any of the methods that were |
124 | inserted, you might have to go back and fix them to get these tests to |
125 | pass. :-) |
126 | |
127 | Another useful option is the C<verbose> (C<-v>) option to C<prove>. It |
128 | prints the name of each test case as it is being run: |
129 | |
130 | $ CATALYST_DEBUG=0 TEST_POD=1 prove --lib lib -v t |
131 | |
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133 | =head1 RUNNING A SINGLE TEST |
134 | |
135 | You can also run a single script by appending its name to the C<prove> |
136 | command. For example: |
137 | |
138 | $ CATALYST_DEBUG=0 prove --lib lib t/01app.t |
139 | |
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140 | Also note that you can also run tests directly from Perl without C<prove>. |
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141 | For example: |
142 | |
143 | $ CATALYST_DEBUG=0 perl -Ilib t/01app.t |
144 | |
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145 | |
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146 | =head1 ADDING YOUR OWN TEST SCRIPT |
147 | |
148 | Although the Catalyst helper scripts provide a basic level of checks |
149 | "for free," testing can become significantly more helpful when you write |
150 | your own script to exercise the various parts of your application. The |
151 | L<Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst|Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst> module |
152 | is very popular for writing these sorts of test cases. This module |
153 | extends L<Test::WWW::Mechanize|Test::WWW::Mechanize> (and therefore |
154 | L<WWW::Mechanize|WWW::Mechanize>) to allow you to automate the action of |
155 | a user "clicking around" inside your application. It gives you all the |
156 | benefits of testing on a live system without the messiness of having to |
157 | use an actual web server, and a real person to do the clicking. |
158 | |
159 | To create a sample test case, open the C<t/live_app01.t> file in your |
160 | editor and enter the following: |
161 | |
162 | #!/usr/bin/perl |
163 | |
164 | use strict; |
165 | use warnings; |
166 | |
167 | # Load testing framework and use 'no_plan' to dynamically pick up |
168 | # all tests. Better to replace "'no_plan'" with "tests => 30" so it |
169 | # knows exactly how many tests need to be run (and will tell you if |
170 | # not), but 'no_plan' is nice for quick & dirty tests |
171 | |
172 | use Test::More 'no_plan'; |
173 | |
174 | # Need to specify the name of your app as arg on next line |
175 | # Can also do: |
176 | # use Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst "MyApp"; |
177 | |
178 | use ok "Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst" => "MyApp"; |
179 | |
180 | # Create two 'user agents' to simulate two different users ('test01' & 'test02') |
181 | my $ua1 = Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst->new; |
182 | my $ua2 = Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst->new; |
183 | |
184 | # Use a simplified for loop to do tests that are common to both users |
185 | # Use get_ok() to make sure we can hit the base URL |
186 | # Second arg = optional description of test (will be displayed for failed tests) |
187 | # Note that in test scripts you send everything to 'http://localhost' |
188 | $_->get_ok("http://localhost/", "Check redirect of base URL") for $ua1, $ua2; |
189 | # Use title_is() to check the contents of the <title>...</title> tags |
190 | $_->title_is("Login", "Check for login title") for $ua1, $ua2; |
191 | # Use content_contains() to match on text in the html body |
192 | $_->content_contains("You need to log in to use this application", |
193 | "Check we are NOT logged in") for $ua1, $ua2; |
194 | |
195 | # Log in as each user |
196 | # Specify username and password on the URL |
197 | $ua1->get_ok("http://localhost/login?username=test01&password=mypass", "Login 'test01'"); |
198 | # Use the form for user 'test02'; note there is no description here |
199 | $ua2->submit_form( |
200 | fields => { |
201 | username => 'test02', |
202 | password => 'mypass', |
203 | }); |
204 | |
205 | # Go back to the login page and it should show that we are already logged in |
206 | $_->get_ok("http://localhost/login", "Return to '/login'") for $ua1, $ua2; |
207 | $_->title_is("Login", "Check for login page") for $ua1, $ua2; |
208 | $_->content_contains("Please Note: You are already logged in as ", |
209 | "Check we ARE logged in" ) for $ua1, $ua2; |
210 | |
211 | # 'Click' the 'Logout' link (see also 'text_regex' and 'url_regex' options) |
212 | $_->follow_link_ok({n => 1}, "Logout via first link on page") for $ua1, $ua2; |
213 | $_->title_is("Login", "Check for login title") for $ua1, $ua2; |
214 | $_->content_contains("You need to log in to use this application", |
215 | "Check we are NOT logged in") for $ua1, $ua2; |
216 | |
217 | # Log back in |
218 | $ua1->get_ok("http://localhost/login?username=test01&password=mypass", "Login 'test01'"); |
219 | $ua2->get_ok("http://localhost/login?username=test02&password=mypass", "Login 'test02'"); |
220 | # Should be at the Book List page... do some checks to confirm |
221 | $_->title_is("Book List", "Check for book list title") for $ua1, $ua2; |
222 | |
223 | $ua1->get_ok("http://localhost/books/list", "'test01' book list"); |
224 | $ua1->get_ok("http://localhost/login", "Login Page"); |
225 | $ua1->get_ok("http://localhost/books/list", "'test01' book list"); |
226 | |
227 | $_->content_contains("Book List", "Check for book list title") for $ua1, $ua2; |
228 | # Make sure the appropriate logout buttons are displayed |
229 | $_->content_contains("/logout\">Logout</a>", |
230 | "Both users should have a 'User Logout'") for $ua1, $ua2; |
231 | $ua1->content_contains("/books/form_create\">Create</a>", |
232 | "Only 'test01' should have a create link"); |
233 | |
234 | $ua1->get_ok("http://localhost/books/list", "View book list as 'test01'"); |
235 | |
236 | # User 'test01' should be able to create a book with the "formless create" URL |
237 | $ua1->get_ok("http://localhost/books/url_create/TestTitle/2/4", |
238 | "'test01' formless create"); |
239 | $ua1->title_is("Book Created", "Book created title"); |
240 | $ua1->content_contains("Added book 'TestTitle'", "Check title added OK"); |
241 | $ua1->content_contains("by 'Stevens'", "Check author added OK"); |
242 | $ua1->content_contains("with a rating of 2.", "Check rating added"); |
243 | # Try a regular expression to combine the previous 3 checks & account for whitespace |
244 | $ua1->content_like(qr/Added book 'TestTitle'\s+by 'Stevens'\s+with a rating of 2./, "Regex check"); |
245 | |
246 | # Make sure the new book shows in the list |
247 | $ua1->get_ok("http://localhost/books/list", "'test01' book list"); |
248 | $ua1->title_is("Book List", "Check logged in and at book list"); |
249 | $ua1->content_contains("Book List", "Book List page test"); |
250 | $ua1->content_contains("TestTitle", "Look for 'TestTitle'"); |
251 | |
252 | # Make sure the new book can be deleted |
253 | # Get all the Delete links on the list page |
254 | my @delLinks = $ua1->find_all_links(text => 'Delete'); |
255 | # Use the final link to delete the last book |
256 | $ua1->get_ok($delLinks[$#delLinks]->url, 'Delete last book'); |
257 | # Check that delete worked |
258 | $ua1->content_contains("Book List", "Book List page test"); |
259 | $ua1->content_contains("Book deleted", "Book was deleted"); |
260 | |
261 | # User 'test02' should not be able to add a book |
262 | $ua2->get_ok("http://localhost/books/url_create/TestTitle2/2/5", "'test02' add"); |
263 | $ua2->content_contains("Unauthorized!", "Check 'test02' cannot add"); |
264 | |
265 | The C<live_app.t> test cases uses copious comments to explain each step |
266 | of the process. In addition to the techniques shown here, there are a |
267 | variety of other methods available in |
268 | L<Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst|Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst> (for |
269 | example, regex-based matching). Consult the documentation for more |
270 | detail. |
271 | |
272 | B<TIP>: For I<unit tests> vs. the "full application tests" approach used |
273 | by L<Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst|Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst>, see |
274 | L<Catalyst::Test|Catalyst::Test>. |
275 | |
276 | B<Note:> The test script does not test the C<form_create> and |
277 | C<form_create_do> actions. That is left as an exercise for the reader |
278 | (you should be able to complete that logic using the existing code as a |
279 | template). |
280 | |
281 | To run the new test script, use a command such as: |
282 | |
283 | $ CATALYST_DEBUG=0 prove --lib lib -v t/live_app01.t |
284 | |
285 | or |
286 | |
287 | $ DBIC_TRACE=0 CATALYST_DEBUG=0 prove --lib lib -v t/live_app01.t |
288 | |
289 | Experiment with the C<DBIC_TRACE>, C<CATALYST_DEBUG> |
290 | and C<-v> settings. If you find that there are errors, use the |
291 | techniques discussed in the "Catalyst Debugging" section (Part 6) to |
292 | isolate and fix any problems. |
293 | |
294 | If you want to run the test case under the Perl interactive debugger, |
295 | try a command such as: |
296 | |
297 | $ DBIC_TRACE=0 CATALYST_DEBUG=0 perl -d -Ilib t/live_app01.t |
298 | |
299 | Note that although this tutorial uses a single custom test case for |
300 | simplicity, you may wish to break your tests into different files for |
301 | better organization. |
302 | |
303 | B<TIP:> If you have a test case that fails, you will receive an error |
304 | similar to the following: |
305 | |
306 | # Failed test 'Check we are NOT logged in' |
307 | # in t/live_app01.t at line 31. |
308 | # searched: "\x{0a}<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Tran"... |
309 | # can't find: "You need to log in to use this application." |
310 | |
311 | Unfortunately, this only shows us the first 50 characters of the HTML |
312 | returned by the request -- not enough to determine where the problem |
313 | lies. A simple technique that can be used in such situations is to |
314 | temporarily insert a line similar to the following right after the |
315 | failed test: |
316 | |
317 | warn $ua1->content; |
318 | |
319 | This will cause the full HTML returned by the request to be displayed. |
320 | |
321 | |
322 | =head1 SUPPORTING BOTH PRODUCTION AND TEST DATABASES |
323 | |
324 | You may wish to leverage the techniques discussed in this tutorial to |
325 | maintain both a "production database" for your live application and a |
326 | "testing database" for your test cases. One advantage to |
327 | L<Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst|Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst> is that |
328 | it runs your full application; however, this can complicate things when |
329 | you want to support multiple databases. One solution is to allow the |
330 | database specification to be overridden with an environment variable. |
331 | For example, open C<lib/MyApp/Model/MyAppDB.pm> in your editor and |
332 | change the C<__PACKAGE__-E<gt>config(...> declaration to resemble: |
333 | |
334 | my $dsn = $ENV{MYAPP_DSN} ||= 'dbi:SQLite:myapp.db'; |
335 | __PACKAGE__->config( |
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336 | schema_class => 'MyApp::Schema::MyAppDB', |
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337 | connect_info => [ |
338 | $dsn, |
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339 | ], |
340 | ); |
341 | |
342 | Then, when you run your test case, you can use commands such as: |
343 | |
344 | $ cp myapp.db myappTEST.db |
345 | $ CATALYST_DEBUG=0 MYAPP_DSN="dbi:SQLite:myappTEST.db" prove --lib lib -v t/live_app01.t |
346 | |
347 | This will modify the DSN only while the test case is running. If you |
348 | launch your normal application without the C<MYAPP_DSN> environment |
349 | variable defined, it will default to the same C<dbi:SQLite:myapp.db> as |
350 | before. |
351 | |
352 | |
353 | =head1 AUTHOR |
354 | |
355 | Kennedy Clark, C<hkclark@gmail.com> |
356 | |
357 | Please report any errors, issues or suggestions to the author. The |
358 | most recent version of the Catalyst Tutorial can be found at |
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359 | L<http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/repos/Catalyst/trunk/Catalyst-Manual/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Tutorial/>. |
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360 | |
361 | Copyright 2006, Kennedy Clark, under Creative Commons License |
362 | (L<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/>). |
363 | |