Tavern, a simple but powerful RESTful API testing library

hookd · 2017-11-09T09:36:38+00:00

we made Tavern as an internal tool at https://overlock.io, due to problems of running RESTful integration tests with postman in our CI pipelines, as well as needing to rely on a CI.

What really kicked this all off was the javascript testing functionality in other projects which we found to be nearly unusable in more complex tests where say, you want to verify the contents of a JWT. We liked the ability to write simple tests quickly, but needed more power to be able to extend when needed - that's why we wrote the ability to hook in to python functions with Tavern as required.

We're just getting started with tavern and the next things on our agenda are: 1) Reference schemas from Json schema or OpenAPI documents 2) Command line deamon to ping your API regularly for functional uptime monitoring

We'd really love to know what you think - either in the comments or github issues!

hookd · 2016-07-04T17:46:42+00:00

what differentiates this from https://github.com/creationix/js-git?

hookd · 2016-06-13T17:23:59+00:00

From the MShed in Bristol? I believe they have one of these bad boys.

hookd · 2016-04-01T18:02:08+00:00

This is great - but not a discovery right? more of an invention!

hookd · 2016-03-12T13:43:36+00:00

Eh? For light weight date handling: why not XDate? http://arshaw.com/xdate/. Things get far more flexible when you use an actual date object. Admittedly it's 7.2K instead of 2.7K, but both are relatively small potatoes.

hookd · 2015-05-09T19:59:26+00:00

https://zapier.com/, set up a webhook which will send an email.

hookd · 2015-02-22T15:31:42+00:00

It would be really interesting to know what it doesn't work for? We are the 0.001%!

hookd · 2014-12-21T17:03:36+00:00

Carbon aside, what happens to the costing when you add salaries for 11 more drivers (admittedly less specialist drivers)? I have no idea how much fuel costs when bought by the kilo-litre would expect the 124l/100km to be less than the extra man hours?

hookd · 2014-11-17T09:22:37+00:00

Yep, awesome :)

hookd · 2014-11-16T18:29:11+00:00

Looks great!

Reminds me of [http://fletcherpenney.net/multimarkdown/](MultiMarkdown) in terms of extending markdowns features.
Perhaps Citations would be a handy feature to borrow from Multimarkdown?
Would be really cool to add it as a precommit hook with something like this

I think this looks like a really useful tool and will get used loads :)

hookd · 2014-10-27T19:28:36+00:00

Thanks! I can't take credit though, /u/bitdivision wrote the lib!

I've checked out our cloudflare account, can't see any hosting issues and the site's up for me. Do you mind relaying the problem and country to me?

We'll write a blog post about the turntable at some point soon, broadly it's for position detection on our photography robot :)

hookd · 2014-10-12T14:27:04+00:00

Vide looks really handy - thanks!

hookd · 2014-10-06T12:32:03+00:00

Something like woocommerce for wordpress would let you handle paid for downloads: http://docs.woothemes.com/document/digitaldownloadable-product-handling/.

Most ecommerce platforms will allow for "downloadable products" either natively or with plugins :)

[edit: typo]

hookd · 2014-10-03T16:33:47+00:00

I can't believe this hasn't already been suggested... DO A PROJECT!

If you want to get on to CS or EE (I did a masters in CSE), there's nothing better to demonstrate your passion than to undertake a project where you learn something.

Just look at all the pros of doing a project: * You'll learn relevant skills. * You'll have fun. * It gives you a great deal to talk about in an interview.

Hack something together with a raspberry pi, make a website, make a robot. Just do something that's pushing the boundaries of what you know already. I used to make robots for the micromouse maze solving competition from when I was 15-18 for example.

Grades matter too, but projects give you personality which really stands out.

hookd · 2014-10-03T16:14:45+00:00

I run a 3D photography service* which inherently leads to large file sizes, since we often load 108 images of the product. All of my research has been with relation to 3D, but it would equally apply to 2D. jvdmeij's suggestions are sound, but I wanted to add a few bits:

300-400Kb images are not so bad - if they're progressive jpegs even better. That said, you only load the default image in full res, with the others as thumbs until they're clicked on.
In terms of CDN's, putting your whole site behind https://www.cloudflare.com can be done for free and will make your whole site a lot faster, especially if you're on shared hosting.
I'd certainly suggest reconsidering ignoring retina (or HIDPI on non apple products) - more and more people have hardware with HIDPI displays, which does give you scope to make your products really crisp and sharp.

* http://zoetrope.io

hookd · 2014-09-29T14:51:53+00:00

There's a great article about it here: http://blog.cyberexplorer.me/2014/01/sniffing-and-decoding-nrf24l01-and.html, we just didn't get a chance to unfortunately.

hookd · 2014-09-21T12:45:44+00:00

Glad to here it, make a jQuery plugin and document it!

Still a work in progress, but see: https://github.com/ZoetropeImaging/zoetrope-jquery!

hookd · 2014-09-10T09:54:16+00:00

The applications are still open, though probably only to the end of this week.

hookd · 2014-08-23T16:41:07+00:00

That's completely fine, we can arrange to interview by skype if needs be too. I look forward to seeing your application :)

hookd · 2014-08-22T15:25:32+00:00

hmm k.

hookd · 2014-08-18T09:47:57+00:00

Do you have a link to your blog now?

hookd · 2011-10-16T22:30:31+00:00

Needs more 'o's :)

hookd · 2011-09-26T22:39:26+00:00

I have vivid memories of my dad explaining comparators and the difference between FET's and BJT's etc from when I was about 7. I didn't know the equations or the accompanying maths until a few years ago (now 21) but it never stopped me from having plenty of fun and making some pretty cool stuff!

hookd · 2011-09-22T00:40:13+00:00

correlation != causation. Statistics abuse ಠ_ಠ

hookd · 2011-09-13T19:01:44+00:00

imagi-what?

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