[twill] Twill and HTTP headers

[Mike Orr]

I can do that in Python, but how do I do that in a Twill command script?

On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 7:42 AM, Kevin Boers <KBoers at leapfrogonline.com> wrote:
> Then my second recommendation fits the bill, yes?
>>>> content_type = b._browser._response.info().getheaders("content-type")[0]
>>>> assert content_type == 'application/json; charset=utf-8', ('Content-type
>>>> is not json!')
> Kevin
> On Jun 7, 2010, at 6:49 PM, Mike Orr wrote:
>
> Yes, I can print them, but what I want is for my Twill script to check
> the header like it does with 'find'.  Abort if it doesn't match, and
> not print anything if it does match.
>
> On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 3:12 PM, Kevin Boers <KBoers at leapfrogonline.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hi, Mike,
>
> It's pretty easy to print the response headers using the info() method:
>
> import twill.commands as twill
>
> twill.go('http://path/to/json_file.json')
>
> twill.info()
>
> Page information:
>
> URL: http://path/to/json_file.json
>
> HTTP code: 200
>
> Content type: application/json; charset=utf-8
>
> It's not super straightforward, but you can also grab the response headers
>
> from the browser object as well (for example, if you want to assert against
>
> them):
>
> b = twill.get_browser()
>
> b._browser._response.info().getheaders("content-type")
>
> ['application/json; charset=utf-8']
>
> Does that help?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Kevin
>
> On Jun 7, 2010, at 4:46 PM, Mike Orr wrote:
>
> Hi there, I've been using Twill for a few months and find it a great
>
> way to write a few basic tests to verify a site isn't broken. But I've
>
> come across what seems to be a missing feature. How can I test an HTTP
>
> header; e.g., to verify that a JSON response is actually
>
> "Content-type: application/json"?
>
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