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
    0          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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