How to test protected areas in Web sites¶
Overview
This guide will show you how to test protected areas and authentication,
separately, using PasteDeploy,
WebTest and
repoze.who.plugins.testutil
.
I assume that you already have repoze.who working the way you want,
configured via an Ini file or Python code. If not, please set it up first
using the repoze.who
manual and then come back to this guide.
Likewise, I also assume that you already have a PasteDeploy configuration file for your application. It’s not strictly necessary, but we’re going to use it in this HOWTO.
Three steps are required to test protected areas and authentication separately: