NAME

Test::HTTP::Server::Simple - Test::More functions for HTTP::Server::Simple

SYNOPSIS

  use Test::More tests => 42;
  use Test::HTTP::Server::Simple;

  my $s = My::WebServer->new;

  my $url_root = started_ok($s, "start up my web server);

  # connect to "$url_root/cool/site" and test with Test::WWW::Mechanize,
  # Test::HTML::Tidy, etc

DESCRIPTION

This module provides functions to test an HTTP::Server::Simple-based web server. Currently, it provides only one such function: started_ok.

started_ok $server, [$text]

started_ok takes an instance of a subclass of HTTP::Server::Simple and an optional test description. The server needs to have been configured (specifically, its port needs to have been set), but it should not have been run or backgrounded. started_ok calls background on the server, which forks it to run in the background. Test::HTTP::Server::Simple takes care of killing the server when your test script dies, even if you kill your test script with an interrupt. started_ok returns the URL http://localhost:$port which you can use to connect to your server.

DEPENDENCIES

Test::Builder, HTTP::Server::Simple.

INCOMPATIBILITIES

None reported.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

Installs an interrupt signal handler, which may override any that another part of your program has installed.

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-test-http-server-simple@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org.

AUTHOR

David Glasser <glasser@bestpractical.com>

LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2005, Best Practical Solutions, LLC. All rights reserved.

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

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