Nette tester: Out of the box testing server for end-to-end tests

I currently work on implemntation of testign server which allows you to do end-to-end tests of application. Of course you can use Selenium for this, but it is quite slow and unnecessary for basic tests. My implementation use PHP built in CLI server.

Example usage:

<?php

$server = new TestingServer(__DIR__ . "/www/index.php");
$server->run();
$server->getBaseUrl(); // -> http://localhost:8801
$server->getPort(); // -> 8801

//tests

$server->stop();
?>

Running server handle all requests send to given base url. Port is automatically selected from available ports.

For tests I currently use Guzzle. Example:

<?php

$server = new TestingServer(__DIR__ . "/www/index.php");
$server->run();

$client = new GuzzleHttp\Client();

$res = $client->get($server->getBaseUrl() . "/some/url");

Assert::equal(200, $res->getStatusCode());
Assert::contains("something", $res->getBody());

$server->stop();

?>

I also created custom ClientTestCase which combine this to simplify this to:

<?php

class ExampleTest extends ClientTestCase {

  public function getScript() {
    return __DIR__."/../www/index.php";
  }

  public function testShow() {
    $response = $this->get("test/show");
    Assert::equal(200, $response->getStatusCode());
    Assert::contains("something", (string)$response->getBody());
  }

}

?>

Any interest to make this part of Nette tester or stand alone extension? I found it post useful for REST API testing.

Last edited by mystik (2015-01-23 15:29)