I didn't see any examples or documentation on how to write tests for Botkit blocks. Please add!
ghostsquad
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@ghostsquad We don't have any system for testing yet -- would you be interested in submitting a PR with one?
RafaelCosman
on 29 Dec 2015
How did you test Botkit? manual testing?
ghostsquad
on 29 Dec 2015
You can mock the Slacks API responses and make Botkit think that it is connecting with Slack @ghostsquad
anonrig
on 30 Dec 2015
@ghostsquad we don't yet have a solid testing system for Botkit and would love help implementing one. We do have a couple of tests. For example, we test storage modules using storage/storage_test.js.
RafaelCosman
on 2 Jan 2016
It should be noted that storage options are now in separate repos/modules and have tests using stubs etc against them.
karlbright
on 14 Jan 2016
I think the best way is to use a web-token and code some command issuing layer over some like slack-cli slack client for command line. We can catch answers from bot, we can speak in different ambients, and also it's not need to fake each crucial function nor objects. I just was reading a test for an hour, that is using near to 4 libraries, and I had to do a lot of effort to understand just a % of the whole testing scripts. What do you think?
ghost
on 29 Mar 2016
Hey guys, I too am curious as to what people are doing to automatically test their bot/conversation logic, other than connecting it to Slack and manually interacting with it.
Does anyone have example code with a mocked up Slack API or a mocked up conversation object used in automated tests?
nikbora
on 9 Apr 2016
I've got it! I am using nightmare, it works like a charm. But need coding.
ghost
on 9 Apr 2016
My team has created a mock for mocking botkit conversations. We have been using that internally for automated testing with mocha. We're running some checks to see how fit it would be for botkit as a whole..will cycle back and push a fork if it's applicable.
amplicity
on 13 Apr 2016
@amplicity that sounds cool, looking forward to it. Feel free to share your process even if you don't think it belongs inside of botkit, perhaps via another repo or a blog post.
nikbora
on 13 Apr 2016
@nikbora As referenced above, our team has been internally using a mock solution to test botkit conversations and api responses.
I've uploaded our mock and some test examples to the repo below. hope this is helpful!
amplicity
on 9 Jun 2016
moving discussion over here https://github.com/howdyai/botkit/issues/850
peterswimm
on 5 Jul 2017
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My team has created a mock for mocking botkit conversations. We have been using that internally for automated testing with mocha. We're running some checks to see how fit it would be for botkit as a whole..will cycle back and push a fork if it's applicable.