Behatch contexts

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

Define dependencies in your composer.json:

{
    "require-dev": {
        ...

        "behatch/contexts": "*"
    }
}

Install/update your vendors:

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

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

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

Project boostraping

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