# Rack::Test
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Code: https://github.com/rack/rack-test
## Description
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.
## Features
* Allows for submitting requests and testing responses
* Maintains a cookie jar across requests
* Supports request headers used for subsequent requests
* Follow redirects when requested
## Examples
These examples use `test/unit` but it's equally possible to use `rack-test` with
other testing frameworks such as `minitest` or `rspec`.
```ruby
require "test/unit"
require "rack/test"
require "json"
class HomepageTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
include Rack::Test::Methods
def app
lambda { |env| [200, {'content-type' => 'text/plain'}, ['All responses are OK']] }
end
def test_response_is_ok
# Optionally set headers used for all requests in this spec:
#header 'accept-charset', 'utf-8'
# First argument is treated as the path
get '/'
assert last_response.ok?
assert_equal last_response.body, 'All responses are OK'
end
def delete_with_url_params_and_body
# First argument can have a query string
#
# Second argument is used as the parameters for the request, which will be
# included in the request body for non-GET requests.
delete '/?foo=bar', JSON.generate('baz' => 'zot')
end
def post_with_json
# Third argument is the rack environment to use for the request. The following
# entries in the submitted rack environment are treated specially (in addition
# to options supported by `Rack::MockRequest#env_for`:
#
# :cookie : Set a cookie for the current session before submitting the request.
#
# :query_params : Set parameters for the query string (as opposed to the body).
# Value should be a hash of parameters.
#
# :xhr : Set HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH env key to XMLHttpRequest.
post(uri, JSON.generate('baz' => 'zot'), 'CONTENT_TYPE' => 'application/json')
end
end
```
`rack-test` will test the app returned by the `app` method. If you are loading middleware
in a `config.ru` file, and want to test that, you should load the Rack app created from
the `config.ru` file:
```ruby
OUTER_APP = Rack::Builder.parse_file("config.ru").first
class TestApp < Test::Unit::TestCase
include Rack::Test::Methods
def app
OUTER_APP
end
def test_root
get "/"
assert last_response.ok?
end
end
```
## Install
To install the latest release as a gem:
```
gem install rack-test
```
Or add to your `Gemfile`:
```
gem 'rack-test'
```
## Contribution
Contributions are welcome. Please make sure to:
* Use a regular forking workflow
* Write tests for the new or changed behaviour
* Provide an explanation/motivation in your commit message / PR message
* Ensure `History.md` is updated
## Authors
- Contributions from Bryan Helmkamp, Jeremy Evans, Simon Rozet, and others
- Much of the original code was extracted from Merb 1.0's request helper
## License
`rack-test` is released under the [MIT License](MIT-LICENSE.txt).
## Supported platforms
* Ruby 2.0+
* JRuby 9.1+
## Releasing
* Bump VERSION in lib/rack/test/version.rb
* Ensure `History.md` is up-to-date, including correct version and date
* `git commit . -m 'Release $VERSION'`
* `git push`
* `git tag -a -m 'Tag the $VERSION release' $VERSION`
* `git push --tags`
* `gem build rack-test.gemspec`
* `gem push rack-test-$VERSION.gem`
* Add a discussion post for the release