| Subject: | [Patch] Catalyst::Test cannot test HTTP methods other than GET - limiting the test of a RESTful site |
Catalyst::Test seems to be set up to test GET requests to the exclusion
of other HTTP methods. This is normally fine: however, during the
development of a RESTful website this restriction makes testing harder.
I have developed a mechanism that works here, but accept that this may
not be the direction in which the development of Catalyst::Test was
intending to head. I have attached a patch as it is probably better to
suggest a solution than request someone else to have to develop one.
This solution works by using the extra_env hash that gets passed to the
_customize_request method. Here the keys within extra_env are assumed
to be the same as the methods available in the Request instance, and
values to be the parameter to pass to the method.
As I mentioned, this may not the correct solution, and if not please
feed back. This is a feature that is having increasing importance for
us, and I may be able to develop something more in-line with how this
should actually be implemented.
Thanks for your time!
| Subject: | Catalyst-Test-5.90013.pm.patch |
--- Catalyst-Test-5.90013.pm 2012-06-26 09:09:21.402414864 +0100
+++ Catalyst-Test-5.90013.pm.patched 2012-06-26 09:20:13.758245752 +0100
@@ -250,11 +250,20 @@
=head2 $res = request( ... );
Returns an L<HTTP::Response> object. Accepts an optional hashref for request
-header configuration; currently only supports setting 'host' value.
+header configuration. The parameter host works as it has previously.
my $res = request('foo/bar?test=1');
my $virtual_res = request('foo/bar?test=1', {host => 'virtualhost.com'});
+You may also provide settings to the Request object via the extra_env
+hash parameter. The extra_env value is a hashref where the key is the
+method name that you wish to call to configure the Request instance, and
+the value is the value that you wish to pass to the method. For example,
+you may wish to set the HTTP method, to test the different functionality
+between a GET and a POST request.
+
+ my $virtual_res = request('foo/bar?test=1', { extra_env => { method => 'POST' } } );
+
=head2 ($res, $c) = ctx_request( ... );
Works exactly like L<request|/"$res = request( ... );">, except it also returns the Catalyst context object,
@@ -410,6 +419,12 @@
if (my $extra = $opts->{extra_env}) {
@{ $extra_env }{keys %{ $extra }} = values %{ $extra };
}
+
+ foreach my $method_name ( keys %$extra_env ) {
+ if ( $request->can( $method_name ) ) {
+ $request->$method_name( $extra_env->{$method_name} );
+ }
+ }
}
=head2 action_ok($url [, $test_name ])