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Testing with gclient

gclient is intended to be used as a tool for testing Gear programs with a real blockchain network. It allows you to send extrinsics and RPCs by connecting to the network. We recommend using gclient for end-to-end testing to ensure the program works as expected in the real blockchain world.

It is essential to underline that testing with gclient requires the running node as the second part of the test suite. The gclient interacts with the node over the WebSocket protocol. Depending on the purpose of testing, gclient can communicate with either a local or a remote node. The best choice is to use the local node in developer mode for initial debugging and continuous integration.

Testing with gclient is slower than gtest and produces more build artifacts, so it is better suited as the last mile in quality control. However, gclient gives the most accurate test results.

Import gclient lib

To use the gclient library, you must import it into your Cargo.toml file in the [dev-dependencies] block. Also, you need to add some external crates that are used together with gclient:

[package]
name = "first-gear-app"
version = "0.1.0"
authors = ["Your Name"]
edition = "2021"

[dependencies]
gstd = { git = "https://github.com/gear-tech/gear.git", tag = "v1.1.1", features = ["debug"] }

[build-dependencies]
gear-wasm-builder = { git = "https://github.com/gear-tech/gear.git", tag = "v1.1.1" }

[dev-dependencies]
gclient = { git = "https://github.com/gear-tech/gear.git", tag = "v1.1.1" }
tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }

Running the node

The best way is to download the latest node binary for your operating system from https://get.gear.rs. Then unpack the package and run the node. Here and below, we assume the node is running in developer mode.

Terminal:

curl https://get.gear.rs/gear-v1.1.1-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.xz | tar xJ

or

Linux x86-64: gear-v1.1.1-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.xz

You can try to run the node:

❯ ./gear --version
gear 1.1.1-33ee05d5aab

Open the second terminal window and run tests using cargo as it was described in the previous section.

Simple example

Let's add an end-to-end test to our first-gear-app introduced in the Getting Started section.

Add the tests directory next to the src directory and create the end2end.rs file in it.

└── first-gear-app
├── Cargo.toml
├── src
│ └── lib.rs
└── tests
└── end2end.rs

end2end.rs:

use gclient::{EventProcessor, GearApi, Result};

const WASM_PATH: &str = "./target/wasm32-unknown-unknown/release/first_gear_app.opt.wasm";

#[tokio::test]
#[ignore]
async fn test_example() -> Result<()> {
// Create API instance
let api = GearApi::dev().await?;

// Subscribe to events
let mut listener = api.subscribe().await?;

// Check that blocks are still running
assert!(listener.blocks_running().await?);

// Calculate gas amount needed for initialization
let gas_info = api
.calculate_upload_gas(
None,
gclient::code_from_os(WASM_PATH)?,
vec![],
0,
true,
None,
)
.await?;

// Upload and init the program
let (message_id, program_id, _hash) = api
.upload_program_bytes_by_path(
WASM_PATH,
gclient::now_micros().to_le_bytes(),
vec![],
gas_info.min_limit,
0,
)
.await?;

assert!(listener.message_processed(message_id).await?.succeed());

let payload = b"PING".to_vec();

// Calculate gas amount needed for handling the message
let gas_info = api
.calculate_handle_gas(None, program_id, payload.clone(), 0, true, None)
.await?;

// Send the PING message
let (message_id, _hash) = api
.send_message_bytes(program_id, payload, gas_info.min_limit, 0)
.await?;

assert!(listener.message_processed(message_id).await?.succeed());

Ok(())
}

Run the following command and wait for all tests to be green:

cargo test --release -- --include-ignored

It's recommended to mark with the #[ignore] attribute tests with gclient to separate their slow execution from the rest. To execute ignored tests with Cargo, add the --include-ignored flag after a double dash (--) as shown above.

Consider what has been done in the test function above.

First, the API is instantiated to enable interaction with the node through the invocation of corresponding extrinsics. Subsequently, an event listener is created, as obtaining feedback from the node is achievable solely through event subscription. The API instance is used for invoking RPC calls (e.g., calculating the required gas amount for processing) and dispatching extrinsics (e.g., uploading the program and transmitting a message). The event listener facilitates the retrieval of operation results.

More details about gclient

Please refer to the gclient docs for more information about its capabilities and use cases.