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Testing
Every application should be well tested. Actix-web provides tools to perform unit and integration tests.
Unit Tests
For unit testing, actix-web provides a request builder type.
TestRequest implements a builder-like pattern. You can generate a
HttpRequest instance with to_http_request() and call your handler with it.
{{< include-example example="testing" file="main.rs" section="unit-tests" >}}
Integration tests
There are a few methods for testing your application. Actix-web can be used to run the application with specific handlers in a real HTTP server.
TestRequest::get(), TestRequest::post() and other
methods can be used to send requests to the test server.
To create a Service for testing, use the test::init_service method which accepts a
regular App builder.
Check the API documentation for more information.
{{< include-example example="testing" file="integration_one.rs" section="integration-one" >}}
If you need more complex application configuration, testing should be very similar to creating
the normal application. For example, you may need to initialize application state. Create an
App with a data method and attach state just like you would from a normal application.
{{< include-example example="testing" file="integration_two.rs" section="integration-two" >}}
Stream response tests
If you need to test stream generation, it would be enough to call take_body() and convert a
resulting ResponseBody into a future and execute it, for example when testing
Server Sent Events.
{{< include-example example="testing" file="stream_response.rs" section="stream-response" >}}