NAME
    Plack::Test::Simple - Object-Oriented PSGI Application Testing

VERSION
    version 0.000005

SYNOPSIS
        Test::More;
        use Plack::Test::Simple;

        # prepare test container
        my $t = Plack::Test::Simple->new('/path/to/app.psgi');

        # global request configuration
        my $req = $t->request;
        $req->headers->authorization_basic('h@cker', 's3cret');
        $req->headers->content_type('application/json');

        # standard GET request test
        my $tx = $t->transaction('get', '/', 'test description');

        # shorthand GET request test
        my $tx = $t->get_returns_200('/', 'test description');
        $tx->content_like(qr/hello world/i, 'test description');

        # shorthand POST request
        my $tx = $t->post_returns_200('/search', {}, 'test description');
        $tx->data_has('/results/4/title', 'test description');

        done_testing;

DESCRIPTION
    Plack::Test::Simple is a collection of testing helpers for anyone
    developing Plack applications. This module is a wrapper around
    Plack::Test providing a unified interface to test PSGI applications
    using HTTP::Request and HTTP::Response objects. Typically a Plack web
    application's deployment stack includes various middlewares and
    utilities which are now even easier to test along-side the actual web
    application code.

ATTRIBUTES
  request
    The request attribute contains the HTTP::Request object which will be
    used to process the HTTP requests. This attribute is never reset.

  psgi
    The psgi attribute contains a coderef containing the PSGI compliant
    application code or a string containing the path to the psgi file.

METHODS
  transaction
    The transaction method returns a Plack::Test::Simple::Transaction object
    containing the HTTP request and response object that will be used to
    facilitate the HTTP transaction. The actually HTTP request is deferred
    until the response object is needed, this allows you to further modify
    the transactions HTTP request object before it is processed. This method
    optionally accepts an HTTP request method, a request path (or URI
    object), and content (any string) you wish to place in the body of the
    request.

    These parameters are used to further modify the transaction's request
    object. Please see the Plack::Test::Simple::Transaction for more
    information on how to use the transaction object to further automate
    tests.

        my $tx = $self->transaction('post', '/?query=Perl', $content);

  connect_returns_CODE
    The connect_returns_CODE method is a shorthand method for returning a
    transaction object much like the transaction method except the the
    actual HTTP request is made and the server's HTTP response code is
    tested to ensure it returns a CODE. The CODE in this method description
    is a variable which represents any valid HTTP response code, e.g. 200.

        my $tx = $self->connect_returns_200('/path/to/resource', 'test description');

        # shorthand for
        my $tx = $self->transaction('connect', '/path/to/resource');
        $tx->status_is(200, 'test description');

  delete_returns_CODE
    The delete_returns_CODE method is a shorthand method for returning a
    transaction object much like the transaction method except the the
    actual HTTP request is made and the server's HTTP response code is
    tested to ensure it returns a CODE. The CODE in this method description
    is a variable which represents any valid HTTP response code, e.g. 200.

        my $tx = $self->delete_returns_200('/path/to/resource', 'test description');

        # shorthand for
        my $tx = $self->transaction('delete', '/path/to/resource');
        $tx->status_is(200, 'test description');

  get_returns_CODE
    The get_returns_CODE method is a shorthand method for returning a
    transaction object much like the transaction method except the the
    actual HTTP request is made and the server's HTTP response code is
    tested to ensure it returns a CODE. The CODE in this method description
    is a variable which represents any valid HTTP response code, e.g. 200.

        my $tx = $self->get_returns_200('/path/to/resource', 'test description');

        # shorthand for
        my $tx = $self->transaction('get', '/path/to/resource');
        $tx->status_is(200, 'test description');

  head_returns_CODE
    The head_returns_CODE method is a shorthand method for returning a
    transaction object much like the transaction method except the the
    actual HTTP request is made and the server's HTTP response code is
    tested to ensure it returns a CODE. The CODE in this method description
    is a variable which represents any valid HTTP response code, e.g. 200.

        my $tx = $self->head_returns_200('/path/to/resource', 'test description');

        # shorthand for
        my $tx = $self->transaction('head', '/path/to/resource');
        $tx->status_is(200, 'test description');

  options_returns_CODE
    The options_returns_CODE method is a shorthand method for returning a
    transaction object much like the transaction method except the the
    actual HTTP request is made and the server's HTTP response code is
    tested to ensure it returns a CODE. The CODE in this method description
    is a variable which represents any valid HTTP response code, e.g. 200.

        my $tx = $self->options_returns_200('/path/to/resource', 'test description');

        # shorthand for
        my $tx = $self->transaction('options', '/path/to/resource');
        $tx->status_is(200, 'test description');

  patch_returns_CODE
    The patch_returns_CODE method is a shorthand method for returning a
    transaction object much like the transaction method except the the
    actual HTTP request is made and the server's HTTP response code is
    tested to ensure it returns a CODE. The CODE in this method description
    is a variable which represents any valid HTTP response code, e.g. 200.

        my $tx = $self->patch_returns_200('/path/to/resource', 'test description');

        # shorthand for
        my $tx = $self->transaction('patch', '/path/to/resource');
        $tx->status_is(200, 'test description');

  post_returns_CODE
    The post_returns_CODE method is a shorthand method for returning a
    transaction object much like the transaction method except the the
    actual HTTP request is made and the server's HTTP response code is
    tested to ensure it returns a CODE. The CODE in this method description
    is a variable which represents any valid HTTP response code, e.g. 200.

        my $tx = $self->post_returns_200('/path/to/resource', 'test description');

        # shorthand for
        my $tx = $self->transaction('post', '/path/to/resource');
        $tx->status_is(200, 'test description');

  put_returns_CODE
    The put_returns_CODE method is a shorthand method for returning a
    transaction object much like the transaction method except the the
    actual HTTP request is made and the server's HTTP response code is
    tested to ensure it returns a CODE. The CODE in this method description
    is a variable which represents any valid HTTP response code, e.g. 200.

        my $tx = $self->put_returns_200('/path/to/resource', 'test description');

        # shorthand for
        my $tx = $self->transaction('put', '/path/to/resource');
        $tx->status_is(200, 'test description');

  trace_returns_CODE
    The trace_returns_CODE method is a shorthand method for returning a
    transaction object much like the transaction method except the the
    actual HTTP request is made and the server's HTTP response code is
    tested to ensure it returns a CODE. The CODE in this method description
    is a variable which represents any valid HTTP response code, e.g. 200.

        my $tx = $self->trace_returns_200('/path/to/resource', 'test description');

        # shorthand for
        my $tx = $self->transaction('trace', '/path/to/resource');
        $tx->status_is(200, 'test description');

AUTHOR
    Al Newkirk <anewkirk@ana.io>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
    This software is copyright (c) 2013 by Al Newkirk.

    This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
    the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.