is it possible to update the routing on the `Appli...
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Kris Wong
10/21/2020, 3:07 PMis it possible to update the routing on the
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jorge.rego
10/21/2020, 3:18 PM@John O'Reilly was asking about dynamically enable/disable routes in this channel before. Is this something that could meet your requirements?
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John O'Reilly
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Kris Wong
10/21/2020, 3:19 PMno. I would prefer to design my API to add routes after the
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10/21/2020, 3:20 PMI see that the APIs exist to add routes, but not sure what the expectation is
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jorge.rego
10/21/2020, 3:23 PMIf we assume the server will send the request through a pipeline to see if it matches or not the defined routes, defining the routes anyway and flag them enabled/disabled (returning 404 manually if not enabled), this could work in the same way. Am I missing something?
jorge.rego
10/21/2020, 3:24 PMAre you trying to support multiple API versions?
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Kris Wong
10/21/2020, 3:24 PMthis is a very different use case. the routes are not known when the server is started
Kris Wong
10/21/2020, 3:25 PMi can change that, but it impacts the APIs that I am writing
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jorge.rego
10/21/2020, 3:27 PMWooow, ok. Then I guess you need to step out of the regular way a route matching pipeline. How and when would you know which routes will be available?
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Kris Wong
10/21/2020, 3:28 PMI have an API to add them
Kris Wong
10/21/2020, 3:29 PMI am using embedded CIO server to support unit testing/mocking HTTP calls
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jorge.rego
10/21/2020, 3:30 PMWhy are you referring to testing now? is this relevant?
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Kris Wong
10/21/2020, 3:30 PMi am just informing you of my use case
Kris Wong
10/21/2020, 3:30 PMin case that helps
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jorge.rego
10/21/2020, 3:32 PMMmmm testing should not impact your code, only you need to make it clean injecting dependencies, to assure it is testable. You want to modify your API because of the use case you are providing, or because you want to test something?
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Kris Wong
10/21/2020, 3:32 PMmy use case is testing. this is only used to enable testing.
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jorge.rego
10/21/2020, 3:34 PMThen you don’t need to go into that direction, I believe. I’ve written an article about route testing with Ktor that could help you. Have a look:
https://medium.com/@math21/testing-a-ktor-server-part-i-route-testing-84f8e82454d7
This is based in an architecture proposal I’ve done, but it may fit what you are doing.
jorge.rego
10/21/2020, 3:35 PMLet me know if that helps
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Kris Wong
10/21/2020, 3:35 PMunfortunately no, i don't want to test a Ktor server
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jorge.rego
10/21/2020, 3:36 PMmmm then I don’t follow you. Your use case is testing? what does that mean?
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Kris Wong
10/21/2020, 3:38 PMthe server I am starting is used to mock HTTP responses for unit testing my application
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jorge.rego
10/21/2020, 3:40 PMoh, now I understand. Why don’t you go with something like this in your Android app?
https://github.com/square/okhttp/tree/master/mockwebserver
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Kris Wong
10/21/2020, 3:40 PM6 of one, half dozen of the other. I started with Ktor since I was already using it for other things.
Kris Wong
10/21/2020, 3:40 PMthere's also Wiremock
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jorge.rego
10/21/2020, 3:43 PMIn testing, you want to avoid as much toxicity as possible, so I would avoid all the communications with any server to test your app. If you also want to check your API, there are other tools (like RestAssured in case of REST API) that could deal with API testing.
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Kris Wong
10/21/2020, 3:44 PMthat's what I am doing, avoiding network requests by embedding a server
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jorge.rego
10/21/2020, 3:46 PMMockWebserver does exactly what you describe. We are using it professionally in our projects and it works fine.
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Kris Wong
10/21/2020, 3:46 PMI don't doubt that
Kris Wong
10/21/2020, 4:24 PMto close the loop on this, adding routes after the server is started does function as expected
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