[tor-bugs] #9874 [BridgeDB]: Research/design a way to automate testing of BridgeDB's HTTPS and email distributors

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#9874: Research/design a way to automate testing of BridgeDB's HTTPS and email
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     Reporter:  isis     |      Owner:  isis
         Type:           |     Status:  needs_review
  enhancement            |  Milestone:
     Priority:  normal   |    Version:
    Component:           |   Keywords:  bridgedb-unittests, automation, ci,
  BridgeDB               |  bridgedb-gsoc-application
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Comment (by trygve):

 Attached 'test_https.py'. This is a test suite used to test the BridgeDB
 HTTPS web page. All tests are written to use twisted.trial. The suite
 currently has three tests:

     '''test_get_obfs2_ipv4''': uses mechanize and Beautiful soup to
 connect to the BridgeDB web page, follows some links, chooses the 'obfs2'
 on the options page, enters the captcha and checks that at least one
 bridge line is returned of type 'obfs2'
     '''test_get_obfs3_ipv4''': as above, except gets 'obfs3' bridges
     '''test_get_obfs3_ipv6''': as above, except gets 'obfs3' ipv6 bridges.
 Note: currently fails on my system due to lack of ipv6 bridge descriptors
 available.

 To run the tests:

     generate some bridge descriptors (should contain at least one obfs2
 and obfs3 bridges)
     run bridgedb
     run 'trial test_https.py' from within the bridgedb virtualenv

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