Remote file format validator extension

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Remote file format validator

Fetch the target value url and determine it's file format.

It has two functions:

1. Detect file type with pre-defined types.
2. Determine file type strings contatins specific keyword.

Installation

This extension needs python-magic to work

• pypi: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-magic
• github: https://github.com/ahupp/python-magic

Use this Command to install

$pip install python-magic

On Mac OSX need libmagic

brew install libmagic

Usage

Use remote_file_format with test or contains keyword to validate the JSON format.

Example: Given this JSON:

[
  {
    "name": "track1",
    "audio_url": "http://path/to/mp3.mp3"
  }
]

We can do a test case for like this

- test:
    - name: "audio-list"
    - url: "/my-audio-list"
    - method: "GET"
    - validators:
        - compare: {jsonpath_mini: "0.name", comparator: "type", expected: "string"}
        - compare: {jsonpath_mini: "0.audio_url", comparator: "type", expected: "string"}
        - remote_file_format: {jsonpath_mini: '0.audio_url', test: 'is_mp3'}
        - remote_file_format: {jsonpath_mini: '0.audio_url', contains: 'Audio'}

Finaily, don't forget to add --import_extensions arguments when excute the test, enjoy!

$ resttest.py https://my.domain/ test.yaml --import_extensions 'remote_file_format_validator'

[svanoort-jenkins]

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