Trying to refine WebService::GoogleAPI::Client which uses CHI to cache resources pulled from Google API Discovery. In the package tests I'd like to maximise the coverage but don't wish to impose a whole bunch of HTTP requests every time tests are run. I was thinking that by bundling in a CHI::Driver::File directory for use by the tests I could default to using this and perhaps provide a switch to allow live requests for local dev testing where needed.

I am concerned that the cache files won't be portable across platforms but I can probably catch that out.

  1. is this approach missing any obvious bad practice
  2. are any CPAN modules that do this that I could review?
  3. any advice on testing against network resources or cached data appreciated.

Another option that occurred to me after posting this question is to create my own CHI::Driver subclass and use that for testing with some hard coded values.

Many thanks for any advice.

In reply to OK to Include CHI File Data in module Tests ? by localshop

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