How to use goweb_test_helpers?

[Kevin Fourie]

Hi,

New to golang and goweb but seriously loving both so far.

I am trying to test a little goweb API using the goweb_test_helpers but am just not getting anywhere. The API works fine with curl...

$ curl -i http://localhost:8080/v1/users/508181cc2341ab4f5d3e704a

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

Content-Type: application/json

Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 17:31:56 GMT

Transfer-Encoding: chunked

{"C":"","S":200,"D":[{"firstName":"Kevin","middleName":"G","lastName":"Fourie"}],"E":null}

My test func is as follows...

func TestUserById(t *testing.T) {

log.SetFlags(0)

log.Println("TEST UserById")

MakeTestContext("GET", testDomain+"/v1/users/508181cc2341ab4f5d3e704a")

assertResponse(t, "something")

assertResponseStatus(t, 200)

}

The output of 'go test' is...

$ go test

TEST UserById

currentRequest: &{GET http://localhost:8080/v1/users/508181cc2341ab4f5d3e704a HTTP/1.1 1 1 map[] <nil> 0 [] false localhost:8080 map[] <nil> map[]   <nil>}

currentResponse: &{0  map[]}

--- FAIL: TestUserById (0.00 seconds)

test_helpers.go:82: Response incorrect.

Expected: "something"

Actual:   ""

test_helpers.go:53: HTTP status code expected to be 200, not 0

FAIL

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks

Kevin

[matryer]

After making your Context, you need to call the func you are testing.  Either use the return of MakeTestContext or use the currentContext variable directly.

E.g.

func MyFunc(c *goweb.Context) {

  // do something

}

// then in your test code

c := MakeTestContext(...)

MyFunc(c)

assert.Contains(t, currentResponse.Output, "[something to check for]")

NOTE: The 'assert' functionality comes from our https://github.com/stretchrcom/testify package.

Hope that helps

Mat

[Kevin Fourie]

Thanks Mat! That was just the push my tired brain needed. It's working perfectly now.

Kevin