is ti possible to test on top of `ContractRoute` with `Path.string()` parameters? Basically, I can ...

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[Vojtěch Knyttl]

is ti possible to test on top of ContractRoute with Path.string() parameters? Basically, I can do:

val response = myContractRoute(request)

but when accessing Path.string() parameters I am getting:

Request was not routed, so no uri-template present

I tried then with what I found in https://www.http4k.org/cookbook/test_driven_apps/:

val root = routes(myContractRoute)

but it seems the routes() method cannot work with ContractRoute.

is there a way?

[dave]

You need a contract block to wrap the contract route - a simple empty one will do it - TBH am not sure if this has been changed by the recent routing changes, because I think I used to work without that. Will have to investigate..

[Vojtěch Knyttl]

do you want to create an issue for investigation?

[Vojtěch Knyttl]

val app = routes(contract { routes += myContractRoute })
val response = app(request)

still:

Request was not routed, so no uri-template present

[dave]

I've just tried this and it seems to work fine:

@Test
    fun `test route`() {
        val route = <http://Path.int|Path.int>().of("sue") bindContract GET to { path -> { Response(OK).body(path.toString()) } }
        assertThat(route(Request(GET, "/123")), hasBody("123"))
    }

[dave]

in a contract route, the parameters are already extracted and passed into the bound handler creation function, so you don't need to get them again

[Vojtěch Knyttl]

Ok, I can see the problem now – because the method is too complex, it is easier for me to use request.path("sue") - but path is empty within the tests.

[Vojtěch Knyttl]

so is it correct that the path is empty?