HTTP client/server utilities
This module contains some helpers to deal with the real http
world.
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class webtest.http.StopableWSGIServer(application, *args, **kwargs)[source]
StopableWSGIServer is a WSGIServer which run in a separated thread. This
allow to use tools like casperjs or selenium.
Server instance have an application_url attribute formated with the
server host and port.
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classmethod create(application, **kwargs)[source]
Start a server to serve application. Return a server
instance.
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run()[source]
Run the server
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shutdown()[source]
Shutdown the server
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wait(retries=30)[source]
Wait until the server is started
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wrapper(environ, start_response)[source]
Wrap the wsgi application to override some path:
/__application__: allow to ping the server.
/__file__?__file__={path}: serve the file found at path
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webtest.http.check_server(host, port, path_info='/', timeout=3, retries=30)[source]
Perform a request until the server reply
