NAME

Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGIApp - Test::WWW::Mechanize for CGI::Application

SYNOPSIS

            

              
              
# We're in a t/*.t test script...
use Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGIApp;
my $mech = Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGIApp->new;
# test a class that uses CGI::Application calling semantics.
# (in this case we'll new up an instance of the app and call
# its ->run() method)
#
$mech->app("My::WebApp");
$mech->get_ok("?rm=my_run_mode&arg1=1&arg2=42");
# test a class that uses CGI::Application::Dispatch
# to locate the run_mode
# (in this case we'll just call the ->dispatch() class method).
#
my $dispatched_mech = Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGIApp->new;
$dispatched_mech->app("My::DispatchApp");
$mech->get_ok("/WebApp/my_run_mode?arg1=1&arg2=42");
# create an anonymous sub that this class will use to
# handle the request.
#
# this could be useful if you need to do something novel
# after creating an instance of your class (e.g. the
# fiddle_with_stuff() below) or maybe you have a unique
# way to get the app to run.
#
my $custom_mech = Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGIApp->new;
$custom_mech->app(
   sub {
     require "My::WebApp";
     my $app = My::WebApp->new();
     $app->fiddle_with_stuff();
     $app->run();
   });
$mech->get_ok("?rm=my_run_mode&arg1=1&arg2=42");
# at this point you can play with all kinds of cool
# Test::WWW::Mechanize testing methods.
is($mech->ct, "text/html");
$mech->title_is("Root", "On the root page");
$mech->content_contains("This is the root page", "Correct content");
$mech->follow_link_ok({text => 'Hello'}, "Click on Hello");
# ... and all other Test::WWW::Mechanize methods
            
          

DESCRIPTION

This package makes testing CGIApp based modules fast and easy. It takes advantage of Test::WWW::Mechanize to provide functions for common web testing scenarios. For example:

            

              
              
$mech->get_ok( $page );
$mech->title_is( "Invoice Status",
                 "Make sure we're on the invoice page" );
$mech->content_contains( "Andy Lester", "My name somewhere" );
$mech->content_like( qr/(cpan|perl)\.org/,
                    "Link to perl.org or CPAN" );
            
          

For applications that inherit from CGI::Application it will handle requests by creating a new instance of the class and calling its run method. For applications that use CGI::Application::Dispatch it will call the dispatch class method. If neither of these options are the right thing, you can set a reference to a sub that will be used to handle the request.

This module supports cookies automatically.

Check out Test::WWW::Mechanize for more information about all of the cool things you can test!

CONSTRUCTOR

new

Behaves like, and calls, Test::WWW::Mechanize's new method. It optionally uses an "app" parameter (see below), any other parameters get passed to Test::WWW::Mechanize's constructor. Note that you can either pass the name of the CGI::Application into the constructor using the "app" parameter or set it later using the app method.

            

              
              
use Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGIApp;
my $mech = Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGIApp->new;
# or
my $mech = Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGIApp->new(app => 'TestApp');
            
          

METHODS

$mech->app($app_handler)

This method provides a mechanism for informing Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGIApp how it should go about executing your run_mode. If you set it to the name of a class, then it will load the class and either create an instance and ->run() it (if it's CGI::Application based), invoke the ->dispatch() method if it's CGI::Application::Dispatch based, or call the supplied anonymous subroutine and let it do all of the heavy lifting.

SEE ALSO

Related modules which may be of interest: Test::WWW::Mechanize, WWW::Mechanize.

Various implementation tricks came from Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst.

AUTHOR

George Hartzell, <hartzell@alerce.com>

based on Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst by Leon Brocard, <acme@astray.com>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2007, George Hartzell

This module is free software; you can redistribute it or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.