TDD with Django/Splinter/plupload queue

[Daniel França]

Hi all,

I'm trying to set up tests for a upload using the plupload queue widget: http://www.plupload.com/
I'm using Splinter for in-browser test, but I couldn't find a way to make it happen. Splinter has some methods to attach files, but only if it's a simple file field.

Another way would be click the button to browse the files, and choose the file... but I don't think it's possible using Splinter (or selenium), is it?

Or with drag-n-drop of the files.

Anyone has any suggestion of the best way to automatize theses tests?

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[Bill Freeman]

You can always write a stand alone python tool that pretends that it is a browser, does the GET, confirms that the form looks right, gathers the cookies or other CSRF token souces, and does the POST, including attaching the uploaded data parts.  But since this requires dipping into HTTP and HTML further than most people go, it has the potential to be more complicated than what you are testing.  Perhaps someone has already done this and will comment.

Of course this doesn't test any browser JavaScript that you are using.

Another approach, probably even more complex, is to add to your favorite browser(s) the ability to script the filling of upload fields.

There are engines that allow you to script clicking and typing on a desktop, but I have no experience with them, and that sounds fragile to me, since, for example, FireFox auto updates and where things are changes.

Bill

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[Elliot Bradbury]

PhantomJS is a headless webkit browser that can be programmed to perform automated webpage tasks (like maybe select a file for upload). The standard API is Javscript but I believe there is a Python port. Maybe that could help?

http://phantomjs.org/

[Daniel França]

Hi guys,

Thanks for the answers.

I'm gonna have a look in this phantomjs, I think it does what I need.

Best,

Daniel França

Daniel França,

about.me/danielfranca