go-github tests

This directory contains additional test suites beyond the unit tests already in ../github. Whereas the unit tests run very quickly (since they don't make any network calls) and are run by Travis on every commit, the tests in this directory are only run manually.

The test packages are:

integration

This will exercise the entire go-github library (or at least as much as is practical) against the live GitHub API. These tests will verify that the library is properly coded against the actual behavior of the API, and will (hopefully) fail upon any incompatible change in the API.

Because these tests are running using live data, there is a much higher probability of false positives in test failures due to network issues, test data having been changed, etc.

These tests send real network traffic to the GitHub API and will exhaust the default unregistered rate limit (60 requests per hour) very quickly. Additionally, in order to test the methods that modify data, a real OAuth token will need to be present. While the tests will try to be well-behaved in terms of what data they modify, it is strongly recommended that these tests only be run using a dedicated test account.

Run tests using:

GITHUB_AUTH_TOKEN=XXX go test -v -tags=integration ./integration

Some tests create repositories. By default, the new repositories will be owned by the user identified by the OAuth token. Set the GITHUB_OWNER='<GH_OWNER>' environment variable to specify a different owner, such as an organization.

Additionally there are a set of integration tests for the Authorizations API. These tests require a GitHub user (username and password), and also that a GitHub Application (with attendant Client ID and Client Secret) be available. Then, to execute just the Authorization tests:

GITHUB_USERNAME='<GH_USERNAME>' GITHUB_PASSWORD='<GH_PASSWORD>' GITHUB_CLIENT_ID='<CLIENT_ID>' GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET='<CLIENT_SECRET>' go test -v -tags=integration -run=Authorizations ./integration

If some or all of these environment variables are not available, certain of the Authorization integration tests will be skipped.