Request for a cPanel API build-test module

[RSimoes]

Currently there appears to be no way to perform build testing for API2 modules or other software created with the cPanel SDK. Testing amounts to installing the module and then using, say, Test::WWW::Mechanize to externally authenticate as a user and make API calls to the server via HTTP requests. It would be extremely convenient to have a "Test::Cpanel" module that would:

1. Magically satisfy all `Cpanel::*` requirements, even for modules that don't have a physical presence in `/usr/local/cpanel/Cpanel`.
2. Allow API2 functions to be called directly to test expected output for a contrived or real user on the server

[cPanelDavidN]

Hi RSimoes,

You should be able to test your custom API2 modules via the XML-API, just like calling any built-in cPanel API2 module/function.

You can use a PublicAPI client package/class (Perl or PHP) to assist you in make these types of requests without much effort on your part.

That said, you're correct in noting that there currently is not a test harness for modules/packages available to developers coding for the Cpanel::* namespace or cPanel ecosystem. I invite you to make a thread in our feature request forum, or we can move this thread there if you like.

Best Regards,
-DavidN

[RSimoes]

Sure, I'd like the thread moved. Thanks!