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+This document describes the working of the GNU Wget Test Suite.
+
+Install Instructions:
+================================================================================
+
+This Test Suite exploits the Parallel Test Harness available in GNU Autotools.
+Since it uses features from a relatively recent version of Autotools, the minimum
+required version as been bumped up to 1.11.
+Run the './configure' command to generate the Makefile and then run 'make check'
+to execute the Test Suite. Use the '-j n' option with 'make check' to execute
+n tests simultaneously.
+
+Structure:
+================================================================================
+
+ * server: This package contains custom programmatically configurable servers
+ (both HTTP and FTP) for testing Wget. The HTTP server runs an instance of
+ Python's http.server module. The FTP server is to be implemented.
+
+ * test: This package contains the test case classes for HTTP and FTP. The
+ test case classes includes methods for initializing and cleaning up of the
+ test environment.
+
+ * Test-Proto.py: This is a prototype Test Case file. The file defines all
+ the acceptable elements and their uses. Typically, one must copy this file
+ and edit it for writing Test Cases.
+
+ * exc: This package contains custom exception classes used in this test
+ suite.
+
+ * conf: This package contains the configuration classes for servers to be
+ configured with.
+
+ * misc: This package contains several helper modules used in this test
+ suite.
+ - colour_terminal.py: A custom module for printing coloured output to
+ the terminal. Currently it only supports 4 colours in a *nix
+ environment.
+ - wget_file.py: Module which contains WgetFile, which is a file data
+ container object.
+
+Working:
+================================================================================
+
+The Test Files are valid Python scripts and the default mask for them is 755.
+A singular Test must be invoked in the following manner, with the current
+directory being the testenv directory:
+$ ./python3 <Name of Test File> OR
+$ ./<Name of Test File>
+The script will then initialize the various elements and pass them to an object
+of the respective Test Class. A directory with the name <Test name>-test will be
+created and the PWD will be changed to this directory. The server is then
+spawned with the required configuration elements. A blocking call to Wget is
+made with the command line arguments specified in the Test Case along with the
+list of URLs that it must download. The server is killed once Wget returns and
+the following checks are used to determine the pass/fail status of the test:
+ * Return Code: The Exit code of Wget is matched against the expected Exit
+ Code as mentioned in the Test Case File.
+ * Downloaded Files: Check whether the expected downloaded files exist on
+ disk.
+ * File Content: Test whether the file contents were correctly downloaded by
+ Wget and not corrupted mid-way.
+ * Excess Files: Check to see whether any unexpected files were downloaded
+ by Wget.
+
+Exit Codes:
+===============================================================================
+
+Following is a list of Exit Status Codes for the tests:
+* 0 Test Successful
+* 66 Errors/Warnings Reported by Thread Sanitizer (If built with -fsanitize)
+* 77 Test Skipped
+* 99 Hard Error
+* 100 Test Failed
+
+Tests are skipped when they are either not supported by the platform, or Wget
+is not compiled with support for that feature. This feature has not yet been
+implemented.
+
+Hard Errors occur when there are problems with the Environment code. Hard
+Error reporting is currently not enabled and all errors are reported as
+failures.
+
+All exceptions should ideally be handled gracefully. If you see any unhandled
+exceptions, please file a bug report at <bug-wget@gnu.org>
+
+Environment Variables:
+================================================================================
+
+* SERVER_WAIT: Set this environment variable with a value for the number of
+ seconds the test should sleep between invoking the server and calling the Wget
+ executable. This is used when one would like to test a different version of
+ the executable or for running the test through external utilities like gdb and
+ valgrind.
+* NO_CLEANUP: Do not remove the temporary files created by the test.
+ This will prevent the ${testname}-test directory from being deleted
+* VALGRIND_TESTS: If this variable is set and contains the valgrind command line,
+ the test suite will execute all the tests via this command.
+ If it is set to "1", valgrind memcheck is enabled with hard coded options.
+ This variable is set by ./configure --enable-valgrind-tests.
+* SSL_TESTS: This must be set to run any https tests.
+* WGET_PATH: Set this environment variable to a path to wget binary on which you
+ want to run tests. This is useful for OS distributions, which want to reuse
+ upstream tests for testing wget build that they distribute. If the variable is
+ not set, the "../src/wget" binary is used by tests.
+
+
+File Structure:
+================================================================================
+
+The test case files are Python scripts. It is believed that Python is a simple
+yet elegant language and should be easy for everyone to comprehend. This test
+suite is written with the objective of making it easy to write new tests. The
+structure has been kept as intuitive as possible and should not require much
+effort to get accustomed to.
+
+All Test Files MUST begin with the following Three Lines:
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+from sys import exit
+from WgetTest import {HTTPTest|FTPTest}
+from misc.wget_file import WgetFile
+
+It is recommended that a small description of the Test Case is provided next.
+This would be very helpful to future contributors.
+
+Each File in the Test must be represented as a WgetFile object. The WgetFile
+Class has the following prototype:
+WgetFile (str name, str contents, str timestamp, dict rules)
+None except name is a mandatory parameter, one may pass only those parameters
+that are required by the File object.
+
+The timestamp string should be in a format: "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS" in UTC zone.
+The rules object is a dictionary element, with the key as the Rule Name and
+value as the Rule Data. In most cases, the Rule Data is another dictionary.
+
+Various variables used consistently across all tests are:
+ * WGET_OPTIONS: The command line string passed to Wget upon invocation. This
+ string may contain URLs, like in the case where in-URL authentication is
+ used. Variable names passed like {{var_name}} will be replaced by the
+ contents of the variable self.var_name before being passed to Wget
+ * WGET_URLS: This is a list of filenames which will be appended as the URLs
+ to Wget during invocation. This is a list of lists, where WGET_URLS[0]
+ represents the list of Filenames called from Server[0], WGET_URLS[1] is a
+ list of files downloaded from Server[2], etc. They must be relative URLs,
+ i.e., not start with "/".
+ * Files: This variable defines the files that exist in the Server's
+ filesystem. The Files variable is a list of lists of WgetFile objects.
+ This means that File[0] is a list of WgetFile objects that lie on Server[0],
+ File[1] a list of files on Server[1] and so on.
+ * Existing_Files: This is a list of files that already exist in the
+ directory from which Wget is invoked.
+ * ExpectedReturnCode: The Exit Code expected to be returned by Wget after
+ the test.
+ * ExpectedDownloadedFiles: A list of files that are expected in the local
+ directory after Wget has finished executing. This does not include the files
+ already existing before Wget was launched and must be mentioned again.
+ * Request_List: An unordered list of Requests that each server must receive.
+ This too is a list of lists and follows the same convention as others above.
+
+Both, the HTTPTest and FTPTest modules have the same prototype:
+{
+ pre_hook,
+ test_options,
+ post_hook,
+ protocols
+}
+the three hooks should be Python dict objects and protocols should be a list of
+protocols, like [HTTP, HTTPS].
+
+Valid File Rules:
+================================================================================
+
+This section lists the currently supported File Rules and their structure.
+
+ * Authentication: Used when a File must require Authorization for access.
+ The value for this key is the following dictionary:
+ |-->Type : Basic|Digest|Both|Both_inline
+ |-->User : <Username>
+ --->Pass : <Password>
+
+ * ExpectHeader : The following Headers MUST exist in every Request for the
+ File. The value for this key is a dictionary object where each header is
+ represented as:
+ |-->Header Name : <Header Data>
+
+ * RejectHeader : This list of Headers must NEVER occur in a request. It
+ uses the same value format as ExpectHeader.
+
+ * SendHeader : This list of Headers will be sent in EVERY response to a
+ request for the respective file. It follows the same value format as
+ ExpectHeader. Additionally you can specify a list of strings as <Header Data>
+ if you want the header repeated with multiple values.
+
+ * Response : The HTTP Response Code to send to a request for this File.
+ The value is an Integer that represents a valid HTTP Response Code.
+
+Pre Test Hooks:
+================================================================================
+
+The Pre-Test Hooks are executed just after starting the server and just before
+spawning an instance of the server. These are usually used for setting up the
+Test Environment and Server Rules. The currently supported Pre-Test Hooks are:
+
+ * ServerFiles : A list of WgetFile objects that must exist on the Server
+ * LocalFiles : A list of WgetFile objects that exist locally on disk
+ before Wget is executed.
+
+Since pre_test is a dictionary, one may not assume that the hooks will be
+executed in the same order as they are defined.
+
+Test Options:
+================================================================================
+
+The test_options dictionary defines the commands to be used when the Test is
+executed. The currently supported options are:
+
+ * Urls : A list of the filenames that Wget must attempt to
+ download. The complete URL will be created and passed to Wget
+ automatically. (alias URLs)
+ * WgetCommands : A string consisting of the various commandline switches
+ sent to Wget upon invocation. Any data placed between {{ }} in this string
+ will be replaced with the contents of self.<data> before being passed to
+ Wget. This is particularly useful for getting the hostname and port for a
+ file. While all Download URL's are passed to Urls, a notable exception is
+ when in-url authentication is used. In such a case, the URL is specified in
+ the WgetCommands string.
+ * EnvironmentVariables: A dictionary with key-value items, which will be
+ defined as environment variables during the execution of wget command in
+ test.
+
+Post-Test Hooks:
+================================================================================
+
+These hooks are executed as soon as the call to Wget returns. The post-test
+hooks are usually used to run checks on the data, files downloaded, return code,
+etc. The following hooks are currently supported:
+
+ * ExpectedRetcode : This is an integer value of the ReturnCode with which
+ Wget is expected to exit. (alias ExpectedRetCode)
+ * ExpectedFiles : This is a list of WgetFile objects of the files that
+ must exist locally on disk in the Test directory.
+ * FilesCrawled : This requires a list of the Requests that the server is
+ expected to receive. The order is un-important since it will vary on the
+ parallel-wget branch. This hook is used in tests for Recursive mode to
+ ensure that the website is traversed correctly.
+
+Writing New Tests:
+================================================================================
+
+See Test-Proto.py for an example of how to write Test Case files. The
+recommended method for writing new Test Case files is to copy Test-Proto.py and
+modify it to ones needs.
+
+In case you require any functionality that is not currently defined in List of
+Rules defined above, you should implement a new class in the conf package. The
+file name doesn't matter (though it's better to give it an appropriate name).
+The new rule or hook class should be like this:
+============================================
+from conf import rule
+
+
+@rule()
+class MyNewRule:
+ def __init__(self, rule_arg):
+ self.rule_arg = rule_arg
+ # your rule initialization code goes here
+============================================
+from conf import hook
+
+
+@hook()
+class MyNewHook:
+ def __init__(self, hook_arg):
+ self.hook_arg = hook_arg
+ # your hook initialization code goes here
+
+ def __call__(self, test_obj):
+ # your hook code goes here
+============================================
+
+Once a new Test File is created, it must be added to the TESTS variable in
+Makefile.am. This way the Test will be executed on running a 'make check'.
+If a Test is expected to fail on the current master branch, then the Test should
+also be added to the XFAIL_TESTS variable. This will allow expected failures to
+pass through. If a test mentioned in the XFAIL_TESTS variable passes, it gets
+red-flagged as a XPASS. Currently, tests expected to fail under valgrind are not
+explicitly marked as XFAIL. Tests failing under valgrind must always be
+considered a blocking error.
+
+Work Remaining:
+================================================================================
+
+Some amount of work still remains to be done.
+ * Errors in server-side checks need to be handled more explicitly
+ * Support parallel-wget branch
+ * Support to spawn multiple servers is already in place. Need to handle
+ multiple requests to a server simultaneously. Use THreading MixIn.
+ * SSL Tests. Use xyne's HTTPS server implementation
+ * Complete support for FTP Tests
+ * IRI Support. This shouldn't require much effort
+
+Requirements:
+================================================================================
+
+1. Python >= 3.0
+2. Automake >= 1.11