Hi, As you can see ( https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=558697 ) there missing test suite at all for some webclient plugins and status of the rest plugins is not also in good shape. So I write here simple howto how you can start with simple test. 1) use yast_model. (helps you to move functionality from controller to model, so it is easier to test): steps: a) create simple model: (e.g. interface is 'org.opensuse.yast.modules.yapi.administrator') class Basesystem < ActiveResource::Base extend YastModel::Base model_interface :'org.opensuse.yast.modules.yapi.administrator' end b)change lines which loads dynamic proxy to model: load_proxy 'org.opensuse.yast.modules.yapi.administrator' # proxy_load to Model.find :one # or :all depends if you have multiresource or single resource as backend 2) create fixtures: a) create xml which you want test as response from rest-service b) save it in test/fixtures/*.xml 3) create simple unit test for model require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../test_helper' require 'yast_mock' #1) class ModelTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase def setup response_bs = load_xml_response "basesystem.xml" #2 request_bs = load_xml_response "basesystem-response.xml" #3 ActiveResource::HttpMock.set_authentication ActiveResource::HttpMock.respond_to do |mock| header = ActiveResource::HttpMock.authentication_header mock.resources :"org.opensuse.yast.modules.basesystem" => "/basesystem" mock.permissions "org.opensuse.yast.modules.basesystem", {} mock.get "/basesystem.xml", header, response_bs, 200 mock.post "/basesystem.xml", header, request_bs, 200 end end def test_find test = Model.find :one assert test.ready #4 assert_equal "test", test.response end def test_save test = Model.find :one test.value = "new" test.save #5 end def test_corner_case #6 response_bs = load_xml_response "basesystem_corner.xml" ActiveResource::HttpMock.respond_to do |mock| header = ActiveResource::HttpMock.authentication_header mock.resources :"org.opensuse.yast.modules.basesystem" => "/basesystem" mock.permissions "org.opensuse.yast.modules.basesystem", {} mock.get "/basesystem.xml", header, response_bs, 200 end test = Model.find :one assert_equal "strange chars #\\@$$%^&**", test.response end end notes 1) needed for extension to HttpMock 2) it is xml which you get from rest service when you call show 3) it is xml which you get as response from update 4) just test attributes from ActiveResource. model is complete full featured ActiveResource so it is possible to use all from that model 5) just call save is not enough, try find why ;) 6) test for corner case where you need to load different response from rest-service. try find why this mock doesn't have post method mocked Good and now you have your first initial version of test, which should grow quite lot If you have any difficulty or question, contact me ASAP. I can help you or describe what you need. Josef -- Josef Reidinger YaST team maintainer of perl-Bootloader, YaST2-Repair, webyast (language,time,basesystem,ntp) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: yast-devel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: yast-devel+help@opensuse.org