Inject users and roles dynamically to ASP.NET Core integration tests

After getting fake authenticated user to ASP.NET Core integration tests I made step further and introduced the way to use different user accounts. Using multiple users and roles instead of one test users is very common scenario in web applications. During my carreer I have seen only few business applications that doesn’t use different roles. This blog post demonstrates how to inject users dynamically to ASP.NET Core integration tests.

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Create fake user for ASP.NET Core integration tests

After getting done with fake users for ASP.NET Core controller unit tests I wanted to make fake users available also in integration tests. It took some inventing and hacking but I made it work. This blog post shows you how to create fake users for ASP.NET Core integration tests and write effective extension methods to keep integration tests shorter.

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Using custom appsettings.json with ASP.NET Core integration tests

ASP.NET Core introduced the concept of TestServer for integration testing of web applications. Integration tests need web application run with all bells and whistles to make sure that all components work together with no flaws. Often we need special settings for integration tests as web application cannot use live services and easiest way to do it is to use special appsettings.json file. This blog post shows how to do it.

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Using Moq to mock ASP.NET MVC HttpContextBase

Here’s my little example about how to use Moq to mock HttpContextBase and it’s members to make controller tests pass. You can use this code when you are not allowed to use open-source or use-on-your-own-risk pieces of software that provide you this kind on initialization using built-in features. Also it is good exercise that introduces you how to solve mocking problems.

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ASP.NET MVC 3: Using HttpNotFoundResult in controller tests

Lately I blogged about HttpNotFoundResult and HttpStatusCodeResult action results that come with ASP.NET MVC 3. These results are ideal for controller tests as we don’t have to mess with HttpContext and Response objects anymore. In this posting I will show you how to use HttpNotFoundResult in controller tests to check if errors are given correctly to user.

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