README

Behatch contexts provide most common Behat tests.

Installation

This extension requires:

• Behat 3+
• Mink
• Mink extension

Through PHAR

Download the .phar archives:

• behat.phar - Behat itself
• mink.phar - Mink framework
• mink_extension.phar - Mink integration extension
• behatch_contexts.phar - Behatch contexts

And activate it in your in your behat.yml:

# behat.yml
default:
    # ...
    extensions:
        behatch_contexts.phar: ~

Through Composer

The easiest way to keep your suite updated is to use Composer.

You can add Behatch contexts as dependencies for your project or rapidly bootstrap a Behatch projects.

Project dependency

1. Define dependencies in your composer.json:

{
    "require-dev": {
        ...

        "behatch/contexts": "*"
    }
}

1. Install/update your vendors:

$ curl http://getcomposer.org/installer | php
$ php composer.phar install

1. Activate extension by specifying its class in your behat.yml:

# behat.yml
default:
    # ...
    extensions:
        Sanpi\Behatch\Extension: ~

Project boostraping

1. Download the Behatch skeleton with composer:

$ curl http://getcomposer.org/installer | php
$ php composer.phar create-project behatch/skeleton

Note

Browser, json, table and rest step need a mink configuration, see Mink extension for more information.

Usage

In behat.yml, enable desired contexts:

default:
    suites:
        default:
            contexts:
                - behatch:browser
                - behatch:debug
                - behatch:system
                - behatch:json
                - behatch:table
                - behatch:rest
                - behatch:xml

Configuration

• browser - more browser related steps (like mink)

  • timeout - default timeout

• debug - helper steps for debugging

  • screenshotDir - the directory where store screenshots

• system - shell related steps

  • root - the root directory of the filesystem

• json - JSON related steps

  • evaluationMode - javascript "foo.bar" or php "foo->bar"

• table - play with HTML the tables
• rest - send GET, POST, … requests and test the HTTP headers
• xml - XML related steps

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