1Catalyst::Test(3)     User Contributed Perl Documentation    Catalyst::Test(3)
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NAME

6       Catalyst::Test - Test Catalyst Applications
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SYNOPSIS

9           # Helper
10           script/test.pl
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12           # Tests
13           use Catalyst::Test 'TestApp';
14           my $content  = get('index.html');           # Content as string
15           my $response = request('index.html');       # HTTP::Response object
16           my($res, $c) = ctx_request('index.html');      # HTTP::Response & context object
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18           use HTTP::Request::Common;
19           my $response = request POST '/foo', [
20               bar => 'baz',
21               something => 'else'
22           ];
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24           # Run tests against a remote server
25           CATALYST_SERVER='http://localhost:3000/' prove -r -l lib/ t/
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27           use Catalyst::Test 'TestApp';
28           use Test::More tests => 1;
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30           ok( get('/foo') =~ /bar/ );
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32           # mock virtual hosts
33           use Catalyst::Test 'MyApp', { default_host => 'myapp.com' };
34           like( get('/whichhost'), qr/served by myapp.com/ );
35           like( get( '/whichhost', { host => 'yourapp.com' } ), qr/served by yourapp.com/ );
36           {
37               local $Catalyst::Test::default_host = 'otherapp.com';
38               like( get('/whichhost'), qr/served by otherapp.com/ );
39           }
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DESCRIPTION

42       This module allows you to make requests to a Catalyst application
43       either without a server, by simulating the environment of an HTTP
44       request using HTTP::Request::AsCGI or remotely if you define the
45       CATALYST_SERVER environment variable. This module also adds a few
46       Catalyst-specific testing methods as displayed in the method section.
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48       The get and request functions take either a URI or an HTTP::Request
49       object.
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INLINE TESTS WILL NO LONGER WORK

52       While it used to be possible to inline a whole test app into a ".t"
53       file for a distribution, this will no longer work.
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55       The convention is to place your Catalyst test apps into "t/lib" in your
56       distribution. E.g.: "t/lib/TestApp.pm",
57       "t/lib/TestApp/Controller/Root.pm", etc..  Multiple test apps can be
58       used in this way.
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60       Then write your ".t" files like so:
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62           use strict;
63           use warnings;
64           use FindBin '$Bin';
65           use lib "$Bin/lib";
66           use Test::More tests => 6;
67           use Catalyst::Test 'TestApp';
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METHODS

70   $content = get( ... )
71       Returns the content.
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73           my $content = get('foo/bar?test=1');
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75       Note that this method doesn't follow redirects, so to test for a
76       correctly redirecting page you'll need to use a combination of this
77       method and the request method below:
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79           my $res = request('/'); # redirects to /y
80           warn $res->header('location');
81           use URI;
82           my $uri = URI->new($res->header('location'));
83           is ( $uri->path , '/y');
84           my $content = get($uri->path);
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86       Note also that the content is returned as raw bytes, without any
87       attempt to decode it into characters.
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89   $res = request( ... );
90       Returns an HTTP::Response object. Accepts an optional hashref for
91       request header configuration; currently only supports setting 'host'
92       value.
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94           my $res = request('foo/bar?test=1');
95           my $virtual_res = request('foo/bar?test=1', {host => 'virtualhost.com'});
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97       Alternately, you can pass in an HTTP::Request::Common object to set
98       arbitrary request headers.
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100           my $res = request(GET '/foo/bar',
101               X-Foo => 'Bar',
102               Authorization => 'Bearer JWT_HERE',
103               ...
104           );
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106   ($res, $c) = ctx_request( ... );
107       Works exactly like request, except it also returns the Catalyst context
108       object, $c. Note that this only works for local requests.
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110   action_ok($url [, $test_name ])
111       Fetches the given URL and checks that the request was successful. An
112       optional second argument can be given to specify the name of the test.
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114   action_redirect($url [, $test_name ])
115       Fetches the given URL and checks that the request was a redirect. An
116       optional second argument can be given to specify the name of the test.
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118   action_notfound($url [, $test_name ])
119       Fetches the given URL and checks that the request was not found. An
120       optional second argument can be given to specify the name of the test.
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122   content_like( $url, $regexp [, $test_name ] )
123       Fetches the given URL and returns whether the content matches the
124       regexp. An optional third argument can be given to specify the name of
125       the test.
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127   contenttype_is($url, $type [, $test_name ])
128       Verify the given URL has a content type of $type and optionally specify
129       a test name.
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SEE ALSO

132       Catalyst, Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst,
133       Test::WWW::Selenium::Catalyst, Test::More, HTTP::Request::Common
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AUTHORS

136       Catalyst Contributors, see Catalyst.pm
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139       This library is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify it
140       under the same terms as Perl itself.
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