• Registered: 2012-09-20
  • Posts: 1

Topic: Ruby on Rails test for valid XML via XSD file

Hi all together

I try to evaluate an XML file (EML) in a Ruby on Rails test against a XSD file. The XML gets generated by a view and my test looks like this at the moment.

    test "eml is valid" do
    # require the xml library
    require 'libxml'
    # call eml view of a dataset
    get :show, {:id => Dataset.find_by_id(5), :format => :eml}
    # get eml file from call
    @xml_file = @response.body
    # define standard
    @xsd_file = "test/fixtures/test_files_for_eml/eml-2.1.0/eml.xsd"
    # prepare files for validation
    document = LibXML::XML::Document.file(@xml_file)
    schema = LibXML::XML::Schema.new(@xsd_file)
    # valiadte files
    result = document.validate_schema(schema) do |message,flag|
      log.debug(message)
      puts message
    end
    end

This test does not work and I get error messages that say:

    Warning: failed to load external entity "<?xml version="1.0" 
    encoding="utf-8"?>
    
    LibXML::XML::Error: Warning: failed to load external entity "<?xml 
    version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

In a next step I replaced the "@response.body" by a manually generated XML file on the file system.

    test "eml is valid" do
    # require the xml library
    require 'libxml'
    # call eml view of a dataset
    get :show, {:id => Dataset.find_by_id(5), :format => :eml}
    # get eml file from call
    @xml_file = "/home/example/Downloads/9.eml"
    # define standard
    @xsd_file = "test/fixtures/test_files_for_eml/eml-2.1.0/eml.xsd"
    # prepare files for validation
    document = LibXML::XML::Document.file(@xml_file)
    schema = LibXML::XML::Schema.new(@xsd_file)
    # valiadte files
    result = document.validate_schema(schema) do |message,flag|
      log.debug(message)
      puts message
    end
    end

This evaluation test works fine. So now my question is how I can get this to work right
with a created response and not with a file, or with an automated download of the file
generated from the view to a temporary directory for evaluation. Any help would be appreciated.

Best regards Claas

Last edited by cpfaff (2012-09-20 06:01:48)