Update the testing documentation

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Adam Byrtek 2015-04-02 01:34:51 +01:00 committed by Markus Unterwaditzer
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@ -360,4 +360,24 @@ Testing JSON APIs
.. versionadded:: 1.0
Flask has comprehensive
Flask has a great support for JSON, and is a popular choice for building REST
APIs. Testing both JSON requests and responses using the test client is very
convenient:
from flask import json, jsonify
@app.route('/api/auth')
def auth():
email = request.json['email']
password = request.json['password']
return jsonify(token=generate_token(email, password))
with app.test_client() as c:
email = 'john@example.com'
password = 'secret'
resp = c.post('/api/auth', json={'email': email, 'password': password})
assert verify_token(email, resp.json['token'])
Note that if the ``json`` argument is provided then the test client will put
the JSON-serialized object in the request body, and also set the
``Content-Type: application/json`` header.