Alyx needs a test suite

[k1o0]

Thorough tests required, particularly as the database changes move quite quickly.

The following required adequate tests:

• getData
• listSubjects
• makeEndPoint
• login
• postData
• postWeight
• postWater
• registerFile
• datenum/datestr
• newExp
• headless behaviour
• block2ALF
• save-loadobj
• updateNarrative
• getFile
• flushQueue
• parseAlyxInstance
• registerALF

[oliche]

For ibllib the tests are run against a alyx test database that is on an open aws instance.
https://test.alyx.internationalbrainlab.org
The database is almost empty, and the rest user password can be on GitHub so anybody can run the tests.

You can have a look here:
https://github.com/int-brain-lab/ibllib/blob/develop/python/tests/oneibl/test_alyxrest.py
https://github.com/int-brain-lab/ibllib/blob/develop/python/tests/oneibl/test_one.py
https://github.com/int-brain-lab/ibllib/tree/develop/matlab/tests/oneibl

This has the advantage of having portable integration tests.

[k1o0]

Great, is the code always the same as the dev?

[k1o0]

Also is it repopulated like alyx-dev or do posts remain there for good?

[k1o0]

@oliche One issue I'm having is that my newExp test fails when using the IBL test instance. I believe this is because base sessions are not permitted on the IBL Alyx?

'{"subject":"ZM_335","procedures":["Behavior training/tasks"],"narrative":"auto-generated session","start_time":"2019-02-22T16:15:12","type":"Base","users":["test_user"]}'

[oliche]

So every night the database is re-created from input fixtures to its original state. So no worries about creating/patching/deleting stuff.

For the second thing the code is thoroughly identical to the cortexlab Alyx. In this case there wasn't the init fixtures procedures so you couldn't register this session. This is fixed and it works properly now, I was able to register the session represented by the dictionary above:
one.alyx.rest('sessions','create',{"subject":"ZM_335","procedures":["Behavior training/tasks"],"narrative":"auto-generated session","start_time":"2019-02-22T16:15:12","type":"Base","users":["test_user"]})