[cgiapp] Re: [dfv] Testing DFV (opportunity for a Test::DFV module?)

[Mark Stosberg <suppressed>]

On 2005-10-09, Cees Hek <suppressed> wrote:
>
> For a quick example of how easy this really is, have a look at the
> test suite for Data::FormValidator::Filters::Image.  There I don't
> even bother with LWP::UserAgent, and just use HTTP::Request::Common
> directly to create a valid POST request with a file upload, and then
> write that to a forked process which cleanly simulates a CGI request.
>
> http://search.cpan.org/src/CEESHEK/Data-FormValidator-Filters-Image-0.2/t/01_basic.t

Thanks sharing this. 

> I like this method, because it doesn't require a webserver to be
> running, which can sometimes be a pain to deal with.  It effectively
> takes the place of a webserver by (mostly) following the CGI spec by
> setting some ENV vars, forking a process to execute the CGI script,
> and printing the HTTP request to the forked child (maybe there is
> already a module that does all this - besides HTTP::Server::Simple
> which is still an HTTP server that listens on a port).

In your test script you into an issue which I understand is difficult to
solve: the test framework doesn't play well with forking. 

It's not clear to me how Test::CGI::Application would work around that.
Will just printing the test messages directly be sufficient? 

I've added some notes on this potential project to the wiki:
http://cgiapp.erlbaum.net/cgi-bin/cgi-app/index.cgi?PluginsWanted

    Mark

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