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https://github.com/sloria/webtest-plus

An extension of WebTest with useful extras, including requests-style authentication
https://github.com/sloria/webtest-plus

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An extension of WebTest with useful extras, including requests-style authentication

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webtest-plus
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An extension of `WebTest `_ with useful extras, including `requests `_-style authentication.

Install
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.. code-block:: bash

$ pip install -U webtest-plus

Usage
-----

.. code-block:: python

import unittest
from myapp import app
from webtest_plus import TestApp

class TestMyApp(unittest.TestCase):

def setUp(self):
self.app = TestApp(app)

def test_protected_endpoint(self):
response = self.app.get("/secret/", expect_errors=True)
assert response.status_code == 401
# Requests-style authentication
response = self.app.get("/secret/", auth=("admin", "passw0rd"))
assert response.status_code == 200

def test_more_secrets(self):
# Another way to authenticate
self.app.authenticate(username="admin", password="passw0rd")
assert self.app.get("/secret/").status_code == 200
self.app.deauthenticate()
assert self.app.get("/secret/", expect_errors=True).status_code == 401

def test_posting_json(self):
# Testing json requests and responses
response = self.app.post_json("/postsecret/", {"secret": "myprecious"},
auth=("admin", "passw0rd"))
assert response.request.content_type == "application/json"

def test_clicking(self):
response = self.app.get("/")
response = response.click("Protected link", auth=("admin", "passw0rd"))
assert response.status_code == 200

def test_token_auth(self):
response = self.app.get('/secret-requires-token/', expect_errors=True)
assert response.status_code == 401

# Authenticate with JWT
response = self.app.get('/secret-requires-token',
auth='yourlongtokenhere', auth_type='jwt')
assert response.status_code == 200

Features
--------

* Basic HTTP authentication
* `JSON Web Token `_ authentication
* Auto-follow redirects
* Framework-agnostic

Requirements
------------

- Python >= 2.6 or >= 3.3

License
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MIT licensed. See the bundled `LICENSE `_ file for more details.