NAME

       Catalyst::Test - Test Catalyst Applications

SYNOPSIS

           # Helper
           script/test.pl

           # Tests
           use Catalyst::Test 'TestApp';
           my $content  = get('index.html');           # Content as string
           my $response = request('index.html');       # HTTP::Response object
           my($res, $c) = ctx_request('index.html');      # HTTP::Response & context object

           use HTTP::Request::Common;
           my $response = request POST '/foo', [
               bar => 'baz',
               something => 'else'
           ];

           # Run tests against a remote server
           CATALYST_SERVER='http://localhost:3000/' prove -r -l lib/ t/

           use Catalyst::Test 'TestApp';
           use Test::More tests => 1;

           ok( get('/foo') =~ /bar/ );

           # mock virtual hosts
           use Catalyst::Test 'MyApp', { default_host => 'myapp.com' };
           like( get('/whichhost'), qr/served by myapp.com/ );
           like( get( '/whichhost', { host => 'yourapp.com' } ), qr/served by yourapp.com/ );
           {
               local $Catalyst::Test::default_host = 'otherapp.com';
               like( get('/whichhost'), qr/served by otherapp.com/ );
           }

DESCRIPTION

       This module allows you to make requests to a Catalyst application either without a server,
       by simulating the environment of an HTTP request using HTTP::Request::AsCGI or remotely if
       you define the CATALYST_SERVER environment variable. This module also adds a few Catalyst-
       specific testing methods as displayed in the method section.

       The get and request functions take either a URI or an HTTP::Request object.

INLINE TESTS WILL NO LONGER WORK

       While it used to be possible to inline a whole test app into a ".t" file for a
       distribution, this will no longer work.

       The convention is to place your Catalyst test apps into "t/lib" in your distribution.
       E.g.: "t/lib/TestApp.pm", "t/lib/TestApp/Controller/Root.pm", etc..  Multiple test apps
       can be used in this way.

       Then write your ".t" files like so:

           use strict;
           use warnings;
           use FindBin '$Bin';
           use lib "$Bin/lib";
           use Test::More tests => 6;
           use Catalyst::Test 'TestApp';

METHODS

   $content = get( ... )
       Returns the content.

           my $content = get('foo/bar?test=1');

       Note that this method doesn't follow redirects, so to test for a correctly redirecting
       page you'll need to use a combination of this method and the request method below:

           my $res = request('/'); # redirects to /y
           warn $res->header('location');
           use URI;
           my $uri = URI->new($res->header('location'));
           is ( $uri->path , '/y');
           my $content = get($uri->path);

       Note also that the content is returned as raw bytes, without any attempt to decode it into
       characters.

   $res = request( ... );
       Returns an HTTP::Response object. Accepts an optional hashref for request header
       configuration; currently only supports setting 'host' value.

           my $res = request('foo/bar?test=1');
           my $virtual_res = request('foo/bar?test=1', {host => 'virtualhost.com'});

   ($res, $c) = ctx_request( ... );
       Works exactly like request, except it also returns the Catalyst context object, $c. Note
       that this only works for local requests.

   action_ok($url [, $test_name ])
       Fetches the given URL and checks that the request was successful. An optional second
       argument can be given to specify the name of the test.

   action_redirect($url [, $test_name ])
       Fetches the given URL and checks that the request was a redirect. An optional second
       argument can be given to specify the name of the test.

   action_notfound($url [, $test_name ])
       Fetches the given URL and checks that the request was not found. An optional second
       argument can be given to specify the name of the test.

   content_like( $url, $regexp [, $test_name ] )
       Fetches the given URL and returns whether the content matches the regexp. An optional
       third argument can be given to specify the name of the test.

   contenttype_is($url, $type [, $test_name ])
       Verify the given URL has a content type of $type and optionally specify a test name.

SEE ALSO

       Catalyst, Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst, Test::WWW::Selenium::Catalyst, Test::More,
       HTTP::Request::Common

AUTHORS

       Catalyst Contributors, see Catalyst.pm

COPYRIGHT

       This library is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
       terms as Perl itself.