A new and easier way to test your apps

[Massimo Di Pierro]

I think you are going to like this:

https://github.com/web2py/web2py/blob/master/gluon/contrib/webclient.py

start web2py on port 8000. Then in a normal python shell:

    from gluon.contrib.webclient import WebClient
    session = WebClient('http://127.0.0.1:8000/welcome/default/')
    session.get('user/register')
    session_id_welcome = session.cookies['session_id_welcome']
    print session.forms # tells you which forms are in page (*)
    data = dict(first_name = 'Homer',
                last_name = 'Simpson',
                email = 'ho...@web2py.com',
                password = 'test',
                password_two = 'test',
                _formname = 'register')  # (*)
    session.post('user/register',data = data)

    session.get('user/login')
    data = dict(email='ho...@web2py.com',
                password='test',
                _formname = 'login')
    session.post('user/login',data = data)
    
    session.get('index')

    # check registration and login were successful
    assert 'Welcome Homer' in session.text

    # check we are always in the same session
    assert session_id_welcome == session.cookies['session_id_welcome']


It understand sessions (not just web2py session)
It understands basic auth (not used in the example)
It understands web2py forms (*) and fills in the _formkeys.

Suggestions for improvement?

Massimo

[Massimo Di Pierro]

Some simplifications:

I think you are going to like this:

https://github.com/web2py/web2py/blob/master/gluon/contrib/webclient.py

start web2py on port 8000. Then in a normal python shell:

    from gluon.contrib.webclient import WebClient
    session = WebClient('http://127.0.0.1:8000/welcome/default/')

    session.get('index')
    session_id_welcome = session.cookies['session_id_welcome']

   session.get('user/register')

   print session.forms # tells you which forms are in page (*)

    data = dict(first_name = 'Homer',
                last_name = 'Simpson',
                email = 'ho...@web2py.com',
                password = 'test',
                password_two = 'test',
                _formname = 'register')  # (*)
    session.post('user/register',data = data)

[Massimo Di Pierro]

added:

session.time (the time of last request)

session.history (a log of all previous requests)

[Dave]

Very cool!

[Michael Toomim]

Sometimes you write things that are just .... really exciting.

[Massimo Di Pierro]

In 2.0.2 it is even simpler:

    from gluon.contrib.webclient import WebClient

    client = WebClient('http://127.0.0.1:8000/welcome/default/')

    client.get('user/register')

    data = dict(first_name = 'Homer',
                last_name = 'Simpson',

                email = 'ho...@web2py.com',

                password = 'test',
                password_two = 'test',
                _formname = 'register')  # (*)

    client.post('user/register',data = data)

    data = dict(email='ho...@web2py.com',

                password='test',
                _formname = 'login')

    client.post('user/login',data = data)
    
    client.get('index')

    # check registration and login were successful

    assert 'Welcome Homer' in client.text

Checks automatically for persistant sessions and raises exception if sessions break or if a web ticket is issued.
You can also do

    client.get('index')
    print client.headers
    print client.cookies # parsed as a dict
    print client.forms # dict of formname:formvalue
    print client.sessions # dict of appname:session_cookie_key
    print client.status
    print client.text

[David Ripplinger]

How come when I try `from gluon.contrib.webclient import WebClient` I get `No module named gluon.contrib.webclient`?

[Anthony]

Is there a webclient.py file in your gluon/contrib folder?

[David Ripplinger]

It exists in ~/web2py/gluon/contrib/. Should this be copied to a system directory? Should I have done another step to put the web2py folder on the python PATH?

[Anthony]

If you're running a script from somewhere outside the web2py directory, then of course you must ensure web2py is in the Python path.

Anthony

[Marlysson Silva]

Cool, but I was no longer in gluon?

Or it's a change?

[Anthony]

On Monday, June 27, 2016 at 6:59:01 AM UTC-4, Marlysson Silva wrote:

Cool, but I was no longer in gluon?

Or it's a change?

Are you asking whether the webclient.py file is still in gluon? Yes, inside /contrib, exactly at the link shown below.

Anthony
 

[Marlysson Silva]

More or less, Is that I saw the webclient.py at web2py documentation, and long times ago, but anyway great funcionality.

[David Ripplinger]

Thanks. I realized that I was assuming that when testing it out in the python shell the working directory would be translated, which apparently it was not. When instead I ran it as a script from within the web2py directory, it worked fine.

[Pierre]

Hi,

i am testing my app with Massimo's webclient. I did some requests and everything went fine but I can't login users either with their username or email
I use the same code as below :
I get a client.status=200 but the assert Welcome fails ?
I printed client.text and searched manually for the 'Welcome ....'. Indeed no Welcome

In 2.0.2 it is even simpler:

    from gluon.contrib.webclient import WebClient

    client = WebClient('http://127.0.0.1:8000/welcome/default/')

    client.get('user/register')

    data = dict(first_name = 'Homer',
                last_name = 'Simpson',

                email = 'ho...@web2py.com',

                password = 'test',
                password_two = 'test',
                _formname = 'register')  # (*)

    client.post('user/register',data = data)

    data = dict(email='ho...@web2py.com',

                password='test',
                _formname = 'login')

    client.post('user/login',data = data)
    

    client.get('index')

    # check registration and login were successful

[黄祥]

perhaps its about the email value : ho...@web2py.com change it into another correct email format

best regards,

stifan

[Pierre]

I managed to register Homer Simpson but he can't login......it is sad.......:(

did you or someone else manage to login anybody with webclient  and a correct email address ?


Homer's "resurrection" seems tricky so I leave it for now

[Daniela Festi]

did you or someone else manage to login anybody with webclient  and a correct email address ?

I managed today.

For my testcases, I separated the user registration and the user login and ran into the same problem. The solution was to call client.get() one time before calling the client.post() for login; maybe it has something to do with the _formkey - magic.

HTH

Daniela