Perl Web Test

The Perl module HTTP::WebTest helps you to test your WebApplication. You can tell it to fetch a WebPage from an URL, and then test if the result contains the text you expect.

You define your test in a configuration file that looks like this:


        text_forbid = ( Software error)

        test_name = FrontPage

        url = "http://c2.com/cgi/wiki"

        text_require = ( Front Page )

        end_test

then you run the test with the program wt:


        wt testingwiki.wt

you get a detailed report:


        Total web tests failed: 0  succeeded: 3

        Failed  Succeeded  Test Name

3 FrontPage


        Test Name: FrontPage

        URL: http://c2.com/cgi/wiki


        STATUS CODE CHECK

        Expected '200' and got: 200 OK                               SUCCEED

        FORBIDDEN TEXT

        Software error                                               SUCCEED

        REQUIRED TEXT

        Front Page                                                   SUCCEED

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