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{{Short description|Website testing framework}}

'''HttpUnit''' is an [[open source]] [[software testing]] framework used to perform testing of web sites without the need for a [[web browser]]. HttpUnit supports [[HTML]] form submission, [[JavaScript]], [[Basic authentication scheme|basic HTTP authentication]], automatic page redirection and [[HTTP cookie|cookies]]. Written in [[Java (programming language)|Java]], HttpUnit allows Java test code to process returned pages as text, XML [[Document Object Model|DOM]], or containers of forms, tables and links. HttpUnit is well suited to be used in combination with [[JUnit]], in order to easily write tests that verify the proper behaviour of a web site.

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'''HttpUnit''' is an [[open-source software|open-source]] [[software testing]] framework used to perform testing of web sites without the need for a [[web browser]]. HttpUnit supports [[HTML]] form submission, [[JavaScript]], [[BasicHypertext authenticationTransfer schemeProtocol|HTTP]] [[basic HTTPaccess authentication]], automatic page redirection, and [[HTTP cookie|cookies]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oit.va.gov/Services/TRM/ToolPage.aspx?tid=5814 |title=HttpUnit |date=November 25, 2013 |website=VA Technical Reference Model v 23.2 |access-date=March 15, 2023}}</ref> Written in [[Java (programming language)|Java]], HttpUnit allows Java test code to process returned pages as text, XML [[Document Object Model|DOM]], or containers of forms, tables and links. HttpUnit is well suited to be used in combination with [[JUnit]], in order to easily write tests that verify the proper behaviour of a web site.

The use of HttpUnit allows for automated testing of web applications and as a result, assists in [[regression testing]].

==See also==

*[[Software performance testing]]

*[[Performance Engineering]]

*[[Software]]

*[[HtmlUnit]]

==References==

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==Further reading==

* {{cite book |last1=Hightower |first1=Richard |author2=Warner Onstine |author3=Paul Visan |title=Professional Java Tools for Extreme Programming: Ant, XDoclet, JUnit, Cactus, and Maven |year=2004|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0-7645-5617-3 |pages=297–318 |chapter=16. Functional Testing with HttpUnit}}

* {{cite book |last=Link |first=Johannes |title=Unit Testing in Java: How Tests Drive the Code |date=10 June 2003 |publisher=Morgan Kaufmann |isbn=978-0-08-052017-9 |pages=242–249}}

==External links==

*[httphttps://httpunit.sourceforge.net/ HttpUnit]

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