1Test::Email(3)        User Contributed Perl Documentation       Test::Email(3)
2
3
4

NAME

6       Test::Email - Test Email Contents
7

SYNOPSIS

9         use Test::Email;
10
11         # is-a MIME::Entity
12         my $email = Test::Email->new(\@lines);
13
14         # all-in-one test
15         $email->ok({
16           # optional search parameters
17           from       => ($is or qr/$regex/),
18           subject    => ($is or qr/$regex/),
19           body       => ($is or qr/$regex/),
20           headername => ($is or qr/$regex/),
21         }, "passed tests");
22
23         # single-test header methods
24         $email->header_is($header_name, $value, "$header_name matches");
25         $email->header_ok($header_name, $value, "$header_name matches");
26         $email->header_like($header_name, qr/regex/, "$header_name matches");
27
28         # single-test body methods
29         $email->body_is($header_name, $value, "$header_name matches");
30         $email->body_ok($header_name, $value, "$header_name matches");
31         $email->body_like($header_name, qr/regex/, "$header_name matches");
32
33         # how many MIME parts does the messages contain?
34         $email->parts_ok($parts_count, "there were $parts_count parts found");
35
36         # what is the MIME type of the firs part
37         my @parts = $email->parts(); # see MIME::Entity
38         $parts[0]->mime_type_ok('test/html', 'the first part is type text/html');
39

DESCRIPTION

41       Please note that this is ALPHA CODE. As such, the interface is likely
42       to change.
43
44       Test::Email is a subclass of MIME::Entity, with the above methods.  If
45       you want the messages fetched from a POP3 account, use Test::POP3.
46
47       Tests for equality remove trailing newlines from strings before
48       testing.  This is because some mail messages have newlines appended to
49       them during the mailing process, which could cause unnecessary
50       confusion.
51
52       This module should be 100% self-explanatory. If not, then please look
53       at Test::Simple and Test::More for clarification.
54

METHODS

56       "my $email = Test::Email->new($lines_aref);"
57           This is identical to "MIME::Entity->new()". See there for details.
58
59       "$email->ok($test_href, $description);"
60           Using this method, you can test multiple qualities of an email
61           message with one test. This will execute the tests as expected and
62           will produce output just like "Test::Simple::ok" and
63           "Test::More::ok". Keys for $test_href are either "body", or they
64           are considered to be the name of a header, case-insensitive.
65
66       single-test methods
67           The single-test methods in the synopsis above are very similar to
68           their counterparts in Test::Simple and Test::More. Please consult
69           those modules for documentation.
70
71           Please note that tests for equality remove newlines from their
72           operands before testing. This is because some email messages have
73           newlines appended to them during mailing.
74
75       "my $ok = $email-"parts_ok($parts_count, $description);>
76           Check to see how many MIME parts this email contains. Each part is
77           also a Test::Email object.
78
79       "my $ok = $email-"mime_type_ok($expected_mime_type, $description);>
80           Check the MIME type of an email or an email part.
81

EXPORT

83       None.
84

SEE ALSO

86       Test::Builder, Test::Simple, Test::More, Test::POP3
87

TODO

89       I am open to suggestions.
90

AUTHOR

92       James Tolley, <james@cpan.org>
93

95       Copyright (C) 2007-2008 by James Tolley
96
97       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
98       under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.8 or, at
99       your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.
100
101
102
103perl v5.36.0                      2023-01-20                    Test::Email(3)
Impressum