Unit testing the RESTFul API of moodle

Unit testing the RESTFul API of moodle

Son Tran -
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Dear All,

I develop some external API functions for Moodle in the <Moodle>/local/COMPONENTFOLDER.

I create a test folder as guided at https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Web_Services_Unit_Test. I try to follow this instruction but I don,t understand how to make use the following code:

$contextid = context_XXXX::instance()->id;

$roleid = $this->assignUserCapability('moodle/CAPABILITYNAME', $contextid);

$params = array(PARAM1, PARAM2, ...);   

$returnvalue = COMPONENT_external::FUNCTION_NAME($params);

as shown in the above instruction.

I wonder how to create the class context_XXXX.

Please share me some comprehensive examples to help me overcome this issue.

Many thanks


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回复Son Tran

Re: Unit testing the RESTFul API of moodle

AL Rachels -
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Hi Son Tran,

You might try looking at this: https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Tutorial

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回复AL Rachels

Re: Unit testing the RESTFul API of moodle

Son Tran -

Thank you AL Rachels for your answer.

I check the link attentively but there is no any code for testing API.  I can see that most of the called functions come from the method getDataGenerator(). Do you have some more information on the retuned object of this function (As I understand it is a Generator). I wonder whether the API functions can be also derived from this object. So please give me more information on the Generator (precisely the test on API)

Many thanks

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Re: Unit testing the RESTFul API of moodle

AL Rachels -
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Sorry, I can't be of more help. Generally, when I am trying to figure out how to do something I go to, "Development" and start doing some keyword searches. I also look through the code for similar type plugins and hope I can figure out what I need based on how the plugin does it.

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