How to test remote (production) Scalatra web service with Specs2? - specs2

Question

I'm using Specs2 to test my Scalatra web service.
class APISpec extends ScalatraSpec {
def is = "Simple test" ^
"invalid key should return status 401" ! root401^
addServlet(new APIServlet(),"/*")
def root401 = get("/payments") {
status must_== 401
}
}
This tests the web service locally (localhost). Now I would like to perform the same tests to the production Jetty server. Ideally, I would be able to do this by only changing some URL. Is this possible at all ? Or do I have to write my own (possible duplicate) testing code for the production server?

Answer 1

I don't know how Scalatra manages its URLs but one thing you can do in specs2 is control parameters from the command-line:
class APISpec extends ScalatraSpec with CommandLineArguments { def is = s2"""
Simple test
invalid key should return status 401 $root401
${addServlet(new APIServlet(),s"$baseUrl/*")}
"""
def baseUrl = {
// assuming that you passed 'url www.production.com' on the command line
val args = arguments.commandLine.split(" ")
args.zip(args.drop(1)).find { case (name, value) if name == "url" => value }.
getOrElse("localhost:8080")
}
def root401 = get(s"$baseUrl/payments") {
status must_== 401
}
}