NAME

Test::JSON - Test JSON data

VERSION

Version 0.11

SYNOPSIS

is_valid_json $json, '... json is well formed';
is_json $json, $expected_json, '... and it matches what we expected';

EXPORT

  • is_valid_json

  • is_json

DESCRIPTION

JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) is a lightweight data interchange format. Test::JSON makes it easy to verify that you have built valid JSON and that it matches your expected output.

See http://www.json.org/ for more information.

TESTS

is_valid_json

is_valid_json $json, '... json is well formed';

Test passes if the string passed is valid JSON.

is_json

is_json $json, $expected_json, '... and it matches what we expected';

Test passes if the two JSON strings are valid JSON and evaluate to the same data structure.

Test::Differences is used to provide easy diagnostics of why the JSON structures did not match. For example:

Failed test '... and identical JSON should match'
in t/10testjson.t at line 14.
+----+---------------------------+---------------------------+
| Elt|Got |Expected |
+----+---------------------------+---------------------------+
| 0|{ |{ |
| 1| bool => '1', | bool => '1', |
| 2| description => bless( { | description => bless( { |
| 3| value => undef | value => undef |
| 4| }, 'JSON::NotString' ), | }, 'JSON::NotString' ), |
| 5| id => '1', | id => '1', |
* 6| name => 'foo' | name => 'fo' *
| 7|} |} |
+----+---------------------------+---------------------------+

AUTHOR

Curtis "Ovid" Poe, <ovid@cpan.org>

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-test-json@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Test-JSON. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SEE ALSO

This test module uses JSON::Any and Test::Differences.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The development of this module was sponsored by Kineticode, http://www.kineticode.com/, the leading provider of services for the Bricolage content management system, http://www.bricolage.cc/.

Thanks to Makamaka Hannyaharamitu makamaka@cpan.org for a patch to make this work with JSON 2.0.

Thanks to Stevan Little for suggesting a switch to JSON::Any. This makes it easier for this module to work with whatever JSON module you have installed.

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright 2005-2007 Curtis "Ovid" Poe, all rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.