icingaweb2/doc/test/frontend_tests.md

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# Frontend component tests
Frontend tests test your code from the users perspective: By opening a specific url, executing a few clicks, strokes, etc.
and expecting something to happen. We use [CasperJS](http://casperjs.org/) for frontend testing, which is basically a
headless Webkit browser.
**NOTE**: The 1.1.0DEV version does *NOT* work at this time as the api changed. Use the stable 1.0.3 branch instead.
In order to be able to run the frontend tests, you need a running instance of icingaweb. You should make sure that you
don't need this instance after running the tests, as they could change preferences or configuration
## Writing tests
### Test bootstrap - icingawebtest.js module
The icingawebtest.js module is required for proper testing, as this module eases casperjs usage. After importing the
module with:
var icingawebtest = require('./icingawebtest');
You only need two methods for testing:
* *getTestEnv()*: This method returns a modified casperjs test environment. The difference to then normal casperjs object
is that all methods which take a URL are overloaded so you can add a relative URL if you want to (and
normally you don't want to hardcode your test URLs)
Example:
var casper = icingawebtest.getTestEnv();
* performLogin(): This calls the login page of your icingaweb instance and tries to login with the supplied credentials
icinga.performLogin();
Login is performed with the credentials from the CASPERJS_USER/CASPERJS_PASS environment (this can be set with the
./runtest --user %user% --pass %pass% arguments). The host, server and port are also represented as
CASPERJS_HOST, CASPERJS_PORT and CASPERJS_PATH environment settings. The default in runtest resembles the version that
works best in the vagrant development environment:
* The default user is 'jdoe'
* The default password is 'password'
* The host and port are localhost:80
* The default path is icinga2-web
### Writing the test code
Most tests will require you to login with the supplied credentials, this can be performed with a simple call
icinga.performLogin();
You can then start the test by calling casper.thenOpen with the page you want to work
casper.thenOpen("/mysite", function() {
// perform tests
});
### Testing
Afterwards, everything is like a normal CasperJS test, so you can wrap your assertions in a casper.then method:
// assert a specific title
casper.then(function() {
this.test.assertTitle("Just an empty page");
});
Note that asynchronous calls reuqire you to wait or provide a callback until the resource is loaded:
// waitForSelector calls callbackFn as soon as the selector returns a non-empty set
casper.waitForSelector("div#icinga-main a", callbackFn);
At the end of your test, you have to provide
casper.run(function() {
this.test.done();
});
Otherwise the tests won't be executed.