Open Source iOS Library For Stubbing HTTP Requests With A Simple Syntax

A few weeks ago I mentioned I mentioned the OHHTTPStubs library for making stub network requests for testing networking features within your iOS apps.

That’s a great library, but if you’re looking for an easier to create stub network tests I’ve come across another library called Nocilla.

Nocilla provides a very simple DSL for creating your stub requests.

Here’s an example of the syntax for creating an HTTP request complete with headers, body, and status code:

stubRequest(@"POST", @"https://api.example.com/dogs.json").
withHeaders(@{@"Accept": @"application/json", @"X-CUSTOM-HEADER": @"abcf2fbc6abgf"}).
withBody(@"{\"name\":\"foo\"}").
andReturn(201).
withHeaders(@{@"Content-Type": @"application/json"}).
withBody(@"{\"ok\":true}");

You can find Nocilla from Luis Solano on Github here.

The usage examples on the Github page use the Kiwi BDD testing library.

Another great library for testing networking features.