Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGIApp(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGIApp(3pm)
NAME
Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGIApp - Test::WWW::Mechanize for CGI::Application
SYNOPSIS
# We're in a t/*.t test script...
use Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGIApp;
my $mech = Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGIApp->new;
# test a class that uses CGI::Application calling semantics.
# (in this case we'll new up an instance of the app and call
# its ->run() method)
#
$mech->app("My::WebApp");
$mech->get_ok("?rm=my_run_mode&arg1=1&arg2=42");
# test a class that uses CGI::Application::Dispatch
# to locate the run_mode
# (in this case we'll just call the ->dispatch() class method).
#
my $dispatched_mech = Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGIApp->new;
$dispatched_mech->app("My::DispatchApp");
$mech->get_ok("/WebApp/my_run_mode?arg1=1&arg2=42");
# create an anonymous sub that this class will use to
# handle the request.
#
# this could be useful if you need to do something novel
# after creating an instance of your class (e.g. the
# fiddle_with_stuff() below) or maybe you have a unique
# way to get the app to run.
#
my $custom_mech = Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGIApp->new;
$custom_mech->app(
sub {
require "My::WebApp";
my $app = My::WebApp->new();
$app->fiddle_with_stuff();
$app->run();
});
$mech->get_ok("?rm=my_run_mode&arg1=1&arg2=42");
# at this point you can play with all kinds of cool
# Test::WWW::Mechanize testing methods.
is($mech->ct, "text/html");
$mech->title_is("Root", "On the root page");
$mech->content_contains("This is the root page", "Correct content");
$mech->follow_link_ok({text => 'Hello'}, "Click on Hello");
# ... and all other Test::WWW::Mechanize methods
DESCRIPTION
This package makes testing CGIApp based modules fast and easy. It takes advantage of Test::WWW::Mechanize to provide functions for common
web testing scenarios. For example:
$mech->get_ok( $page );
$mech->title_is( "Invoice Status",
"Make sure we're on the invoice page" );
$mech->content_contains( "Andy Lester", "My name somewhere" );
$mech->content_like( qr/(cpan|perl).org/,
"Link to perl.org or CPAN" );
For applications that inherit from CGI::Application it will handle requests by creating a new instance of the class and calling its "run"
method. For applications that use CGI::Application::Dispatch it will call the "dispatch" class method. If neither of these options are
the right thing, you can set a reference to a sub that will be used to handle the request.
This module supports cookies automatically.
Check out Test::WWW::Mechanize for more information about all of the cool things you can test!
CONSTRUCTOR
new
Behaves like, and calls, Test::WWW::Mechanize's "new" method. It optionally uses an "app" parameter (see below), any other parameters get
passed to Test::WWW::Mechanize's constructor. Note that you can either pass the name of the CGI::Application into the constructor using the
"app" parameter or set it later using the "app" method.
use Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGIApp;
my $mech = Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGIApp->new;
# or
my $mech = Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGIApp->new(app => 'TestApp');
METHODS
$mech->app($app_handler)
This method provides a mechanism for informing Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGIApp how it should go about executing your run_mode. If you set it
to the name of a class, then it will load the class and either create an instance and ->run() it (if it's CGI::Application based), invoke
the ->dispatch() method if it's CGI::Application::Dispatch based, or call the supplied anonymous subroutine and let it do all of the heavy
lifting.
SEE ALSO
Related modules which may be of interest: Test::WWW::Mechanize, WWW::Mechanize.
Various implementation tricks came from Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst.
AUTHOR
George Hartzell, "<hartzell@alerce.com>"
based on Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst by Leon Brocard, "<acme@astray.com>".
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2007, George Hartzell
This module is free software; you can redistribute it or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
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