[tor-bugs] #9874 [BridgeDB]: Research/design a way to automate testing of BridgeDB's HTTPS and email distributors

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#9874: Research/design a way to automate testing of BridgeDB's HTTPS and email
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     Reporter:  isis     |      Owner:  isis
         Type:           |     Status:  needs_information
  enhancement            |  Milestone:
     Priority:  normal   |    Version:
    Component:           |   Keywords:  bridgedb-unittests, automation, ci,
  BridgeDB               |  bridgedb-gsoc-application
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Comment (by trygve):

 Proof of concept test for the BridgeDB web interface attached, written in
 Python. The test opens the BridgeDB web page on the local host, follows
 the 'bridges' link to '/options', modifies one of the 'advanced options',
 submits the form and inputs the correct value in the captcha. It then goes
 on to verify that at least one bridge line of the correct form is
 returned.

 The ticket suggested the use of Windmill, twill or zope.testbrowser for
 testing the web interface.
 For the proof of concept, I've used the mechanize and BeautifulSoup
 libraries because I've worked with them before. Note that both twill and
 zope.testbrowser are actually wrappers around mechanize
 (http://wwwsearch.sourceforge.net/mechanize/)

 Note: the proof of concept does not use Twisted's trial. If the test is
 reviewed and found to be helpful, I can update it be consistent with the
 rest of the test, and add a number of additional tests to exercise more of
 the BridgeDB code.

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