fake api credentials to write unit tests

[Hédi Chaibi]

Hi,

I am writing a php wrapper for the zotero api.

I want 100% unit tests for the package.

is there a fake/default api credential associated with a library that i can use to write my tests?

[Dan Stillman]

On 7/27/16 8:48 AM, Hédi Chaibi wrote:
> I am writing a php wrapper for the zotero api.

Are you aware of libZotero? https://github.com/fcheslack/libZotero

> I want 100% unit tests for the package.
>
> is there a fake/default api credential associated with a library that
> i can use to write my tests?

No, sorry — you'd have to create your own.

But strictly speaking, for unit tests you generally wouldn't touch the
API — you'd mock the HTTP requests. Zotero 5.0, for example, has an
extensive suite of sync-related tests and doesn't make any external HTTP
requests. Otherwise you'd be hitting the API all the time (e.g., on
every commit), which isn't necessary and might get your API key blocked.
You'd also need to deal with existing data in the library, reset it each
time, etc.

[Hédi Chaibi]

Yes i have seen fcheslack/libZotero, but there are several things that i do not like in it:

- no documentation (there is indeed html pages in the repo, but it is not a documentation)

- no composer package

- no autoloading (have to require config, build/*, etc…)

- not so convenient ways of calling api methods

Yes, for mocking the api calls in tests, i realized that too. thanks !

[Avram Lyon]

One important detail of the existing package is that it is in use on zotero.org and is fully supported- not that you shouldn't try making a new alternative, but improvements to libzotero might get you to what you are looking for with less effort

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[fcheslack]

Assuming it's as solid as it already looks I'd actually recommend this
new one at this point.

https://github.com/hedii/zotero-api

The PHP version of libZotero is outdated (living through several API
versions) and is not heavily used on zotero.org anymore (too much
needs to be asynchronous, so it's mostly JS now).

A fresh implementation based on the current API and following more
current PHP standards is great (especially if it also has good test
coverage). Since we've been moving away from PHP it hasn't been a
priority for me though, so thanks for doing this Hédi.

[Hédi Chaibi]

https://github.com/hedii/zotero-api 

>>> Lol, this is the package i published few hours ago :)

I am hedii on github

[fcheslack]

I know (or at least I assumed). I meant yours looks good and I'd recommend it.

[Hédi Chaibi]

ok, i did not understand...

My package is just missing searches parameters and formats methods, but i'll update it as soon as i can.

[Avram Lyon]

Well, that shows me for posting with outdated information. :) Glad to see a stronger package coming online!