[capi-sig] How to do C api testing with python

[M.-A. Lemburg]

On 2007-12-03 07:51, Vijay Manohar wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I have been working with python for a month, I have really loved using
> python for testing different tools and basically in automating the GUI
> related to windows, and also on web.
> Now I have a huge task to test in front of me, we are developing an API, and
> I feel like I have to test the API so that I have to make sure that how well
> it works in a given typical failure conditions.
> Can anyone suggest me how to do API testing of C using python.
> 
> I have searched out in google and only found a link which creates a wrapper
> around the api and uses.
> 
> But I would like to test the API in a pythonic way.
> 
> Any help is really appreciated.

You could use an extension module for this, much like Python itself
does with _testcapimodule.c.

Alternatively, you might want to look
at the ctypes module. However, I'd only recommend that if you already
have a good feeling that most of the C API you're testing does work,
since ctypes indirects the testing.

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