[Geocoding] Is there a Nominatim test suite?

[Marc Metten]

Hi,

That is excellent news. Time to freshen up my Python.

I thought the best way to contribute to Nominatim is to try and fix
a couple of outstanding issues. I don't have a specific data- or logic-
issue in mind.

marc tobias


On 28/10/2013 08:17, Sarah Hoffmann wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 10:54:32PM +0100, Marc Tobias wrote:
>> Given how many open bugs/defects/feature requests I see in TRAC/github
>> I wonder if there is an automated test suite?
>>
>> How are the test cases on
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nominatim/TestCases used? The wiki
>> history shows only 9 additions during 2013.
> They are not really used. Filing a trac/github issue is definitely a
> better way to get a developer's attention (although not necessarily a
> developer's time, I'm afraid).
>
>> If there isn't, what would be the best approach? PHP tests running
>> against a local installation? Or something which runs against
>> nominatim.openstreetmap.org because the full planet data is required?
> There are the humble beginnings of a test suite here:
>
> https://github.com/lonvia/test-nominatim
>
> This needs an installation with a fairly recent planet.
>
> These are only functional API tests, so they do not test if OSM data is
> processed correctly, which is what the TestCases wiki page actually want.
> In the long run, I'd like to see these tests extended to functional tests
> of the backend as well. I had in mind to follow the approach of OSRM[1].
> Have small snippets of data imported and run tests against the API
> or check DB contents directly.
>
> Sarah
>
> [1] e.g. https://github.com/DennisOSRM/Project-OSRM/blob/master/features/foot/roundabout.feature