How to unit test code that connects to the external resources?

Testing RSpec
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By external resources, I mean, the code start a http connection and GET
xmls
from the url specified. I will definitely not rely my unit test on an
external url or anything like that. But how do I unit test the method? I
mean, I can basically mock the Net::HTTP, but then the test will pretty
much
be like the method itself, except all the calls will be replaced by
stub! or
should_receive.

I made this method as simple as possible. There is no if statements or
loop in the method, should I just NOT test this one?

Thanks for any ideas

Yi

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On Sep 8, 2008, at 12:12 PM, Yi Wen wrote:

Thanks for any ideas
Show us the code so we can help.

cr

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def run
url = URI.parse(run_path)
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = use_ssl_for_run
http.start {
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new run_path
req.basic_auth self.class.user, self.class.password
@response = http.request(req)
}
end

run_path and use_ssl_for_run are both instance methods. run

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On 9/8/08, Yi Wen [email protected] wrote:

By external resources, I mean, the code start a http connection and GET xmls
from the url specified.

Take a look at the video from Ruby Hoedown in which Joe O’brien and
Jim W. dicuss this topic:
http://rubyhoedown2008.confreaks.com/02-joe-obrien-and-jim-weirich-mock-dialogue.html

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