my $get = sub { $request->(@_)->content };
- my $crequest = sub {
+ my $ctx_request = sub {
my $me = ref $self || $self;
- ### throw an exception if crequest is being used against a remote
+ ### throw an exception if ctx_request is being used against a remote
### server
Catalyst::Exception->throw("$me only works with local requests, not remote")
if $ENV{CATALYST_SERVER};
+ ### check explicitly for the class here, or the Cat->meta call will blow
+ ### up in our face
+ Catalyst::Exception->throw("Must specify a test app: use Catalyst::Test 'TestApp'") unless $class;
+
### place holder for $c after the request finishes; reset every time
### requests are done.
my $c;
### hook into 'dispatch' -- the function gets called after all plugins
### have done their work, and it's an easy place to capture $c.
- no warnings 'redefine';
- my $dispatch = Catalyst->can('dispatch');
- local *Catalyst::dispatch = sub {
- $c = shift;
- $dispatch->( $c, @_ );
- };
+ my $meta = Catalyst->meta;
+ $meta->make_mutable;
+ $meta->add_after_method_modifier( "dispatch", sub {
+ $c = shift;
+ });
+ $meta->make_immutable;
+
### do the request; C::T::request will know about the class name, and
### we've already stopped it from doing remote requests above.
my $res = $request->( @_ );
};
return {
- request => $request,
- get => $get,
- crequest => $crequest,
+ request => $request,
+ get => $get,
+ ctx_request => $ctx_request,
content_like => sub {
my $action = shift;
return Test::More->builder->like($get->($action),@_);
use Catalyst::Test 'TestApp';
my $content = get('index.html'); # Content as string
my $response = request('index.html'); # HTTP::Response object
- my($res, $c) = crequest('index.html'); # HTTP::Response & context object
+ my($res, $c) = ctx_request('index.html'); # HTTP::Response & context object
use HTTP::Request::Common;
my $response = request POST '/foo', [
environment variable. This module also adds a few catalyst
specific testing methods as displayed in the method section.
-The </get> and </request> functions take either a URI or an L<HTTP::Request>
+The L<get> and L<request> functions take either a URI or an L<HTTP::Request>
object.
-=head2 METHODS
+=head1 METHODS
=head2 $content = get( ... )
=head2 $res = request( ... );
-Returns a C<HTTP::Response> object. Accepts an optional hashref for request
+Returns a L<HTTP::Response> object. Accepts an optional hashref for request
header configuration; currently only supports setting 'host' value.
my $res = request('foo/bar?test=1');
=head1 FUNCTIONS
-=head2 ($res, $c) = crequest( ... );
+=head2 ($res, $c) = ctx_request( ... );
-Works exactly like C<Catalyst::Test::request>, except it also returns the
-catalyst context object, C<$c>. Note that this only works for local requests.
+Works exactly like L<request>, except it also returns the Catalyst context object,
+C<$c>. Note that this only works for local requests.
=head2 $res = Catalyst::Test::local_request( $AppClass, $url );
=head2 action_ok
-Fetches the given url and check that the request was successful
+Fetches the given URL and check that the request was successful
=head2 action_redirect
-Fetches the given url and check that the request was a redirect
+Fetches the given URL and check that the request was a redirect
=head2 action_notfound
-Fetches the given url and check that the request was not found
+Fetches the given URL and check that the request was not found
=head2 content_like
-Fetches the given url and matches the content against it.
+Fetches the given URL and matches the content against it.
=head2 contenttype_is
-Check for given mime type
+Check for given MIME type
=head1 SEE ALSO