TCR (TCP + VCR)

TCR is a very lightweight version of VCR for TCP sockets.

Currently used for recording 'net/smtp', 'net/imap' and 'net/ldap' interactions so only a few of the TCPSocket methods are recorded out.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'tcr'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install tcr

Usage

require 'test/unit'
require 'tcr'

TCR.configure do |c|
  c.cassette_library_dir = 'fixtures/tcr_cassettes'
  c.hook_tcp_ports = [2525]
end

class TCRTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
  def test_example_dot_com
    TCR.use_cassette('mandrill_smtp') do
      tcp_socket = TCPSocket.open("smtp.mandrillapp.com", 2525)
      io = Net::InternetMessageIO.new(tcp_socket)
      assert_match /220 smtp.mandrillapp.com ESMTP/, io.readline
    end
  end
end

Run this test once, and TCR will record the tcp interactions to fixtures/tcr_cassettes/google_smtp.json.

[
  [
    [
      "read",
      "220 smtp.mandrillapp.com ESMTP\r\n"
    ]
  ]
]

Run it again, and TCR will replay the interactions from json when the tcp request is made. This test is now fast (no real TCP requests are made anymore), deterministic and accurate.

You can disable TCR hooking TCPSocket ports for a given block via turned_off:

TCR.turned_off do
  tcp_socket = TCPSocket.open("smtp.mandrillapp.com", 2525)
end

To make sure all external calls really happened use hit_all option:

class TCRTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
  def test_example_dot_com
    TCR.use_cassette('mandrill_smtp', hit_all: true) do
      # There are previously recorded external calls.
      # ExtraSessionsError will be raised as a result.
    end
  end
end

You can also use the configuration option:

TCR.configure do |c|
  c.hit_all = true
end

The following storage formats are supported:

• JSON (default)
• YAML
• Marshal (recommended for binary data transfer like LDAP)

You can configure them via:

TCR.configure do |c|
  c.format = 'json'
  # or
  c.format = 'yaml'
  # or
  c.format = 'marshal'
end

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request