--- /dev/null
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Test::More qw(no_plan);
+use YAML::Syck;
+use FindBin;
+use Data::Dump qw(dump);
+
+use lib ( "$FindBin::Bin/lib", "$FindBin::Bin/../lib" );
+use Test::Rest;
+
+BEGIN {
+ use_ok 'Catalyst::Test', 'Test::Serialize';
+}
+
+my $has_serializer = eval "require YAML::Syck";
+SKIP: {
+ skip "YAML::Syck not available", 3, unless $has_serializer;
+
+ my $t = Test::Rest->new( 'content_type' => 'text/html' );
+
+ my $monkey_template =
+"<html><title>Test::Serialize</title><body><pre>--- \nmonkey: likes chicken!\n</pre></body></html>";
+ my $mres = request( $t->get( url => '/monkey_get' ) );
+ ok( $mres->is_success, 'GET the monkey succeeded' );
+ is( $mres->content, $monkey_template, "GET returned the right data" );
+
+ my $post_data = { 'sushi' => 'is good for monkey', };
+ my $mres_post =
+ request( $t->post( url => '/monkey_put', data => Dump($post_data) ) );
+ ok( $mres_post->is_error, "POST to the monkey failed; no deserializer." );
+
+}
+1;