poppy/tests/api

API Tests

The API tests + test an actual API against a running environment. + are black box tests + can be used to test any running instance of poppy server (dev, test, prod, local instance, containerized instance)

To run the tests

1. Install the dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

2. Set the following environment variables:

   export CAFE_CONFIG_FILE_PATH=~/.poppy/tests.conf
   export CAFE_ROOT_LOG_PATH=~/.poppy/logs
   export CAFE_TEST_LOG_PATH=~/.poppy/logs

3. Copy the api.conf file to the path set by CAFE_CONFIG_FILE_PATH:

   cp tests/etc/api.conf ~/.poppy/tests.conf

4. Once you are ready to run the tests:

   cd tests/api
   nosetests

Tox Support

The API tests require cassandra running in your local machine, in order to run via tox. It is assumed you already have the Cassandra instance up & running locally. You can make the API tests part of tox, by overriding the default positional argument in tox.ini:: example : tox -- --exclude=None

Alternatively, you can run tox with docker containers running Cassandra:

This will require docker (or boot2docker for MacOSX) to already be installed on the system.
Dont forget to update your ~/.poppy/tests.conf to point to your docker ip.

example : tox -e apidocker