• Code: github.com/brynary/rack-test

• Build: runcoderun.com/brynary/rack-test

Rack::Test is a small, simple testing API for Rack apps. It can be used on its own or as a reusable starting point for Web frameworks and testing libraries to build on. Most of its initial functionality is an extraction of Merb 1.0’s request helpers feature.

• Maintains a cookie jar across requests

• Easily follow redirects when desired

• Set request headers to be used by all subsequent requests

• Small footprint. Approximately 200 LOC

require "rack/test"

class HomepageTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
  include Rack::Test::Methods

  def app
    MyApp.new
  end

  def test_redirect_logged_in_users_to_dashboard
    authorize "bryan", "secret"
    get "/"
    follow_redirect!

    assert_equal "http://example.org/redirected", last_request.url
    assert last_response.ok?
  end

end

To install the latest release as a gem:

sudo gem install rack-test

• Maintained by Bryan Helmkamp

• Contributions from Simon Rozet and Pat Nakajima

• Much of the original code was extracted from Merb 1.0’s request helper

Copyright © 2008-2009 Bryan Helmkamp, Engine Yard Inc. See MIT-LICENSE.txt in this directory.