perl test suite for API
api, cpan, perl, test-suite, unit-testing
Solution
Why not wrap the API calls into small functions (e.g. the function does NOTHING but the API call), and then mock those functions in your tests as needed using `Test::MockObject` or similar?
This would be even better, as you would be able to have tests that test different results from API (failure, auth failure, etc...)
Problem
I'm writing a perl module that interfaces with an API and I would like to write a test suite for it before putting it up on CPAN. However, because this module is basically just an interface for an API, all tests would require a valid API key and user. Obviously I can't release this module with my API key and username in the test suite, so what is the best way to handle something like this? Should I just test locally and then put it up on CPAN with no tests? Has anyone run into this before and come up with a good solution? I know that writing tests is best practice, so I'd like to do it if I can. Thanks!