RSpec for testing REST webservices? (Not Rails)

Testing RSpec
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Hi,

I am new to RSpec and BDD.
I was wondering if RSpec specifications are a good solution for testing
REST webservices (not implemented in Rails).
If so, what would be a good way to test something like the API described
below?

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GET http://localhost/workflow text/xml

Result: 200 OK

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<workflows>
    <workflow>flow1</workflow>
    <workflow>flow2</workflow>
    <workflow>flow3</workflow>
</workflows>

POST http://localhost/workflow?name=flow4 text/xml

Data:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<workflow>
    <monitor type="page" priority="0">
        <provides result="test"/>
    </monitor>
    <process command="test" id="test" weight="100">
        <needs result="test"/>
        <provides result="test_result"/>
        <error result="error"/>
    </process>
</workflow>

Result: 201 Created

GET http://localhost/workflow text/xml

Result: 200 OK

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<workflows>
    <workflow>flow1</workflow>
    <workflow>flow2</workflow>
    <workflow>flow3</workflow>
    <workflow>flow4</workflow>
</workflows>

GET http://localhost/workflow/flow4 text/xml

Result: 200 OK

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<workflow>
    <monitor type="page" priority="0">
        <provides result="test"/>
    </monitor>
    <process command="test" id="test" weight="100">
        <needs result="test"/>
        <provides result="test_result"/>
        <error result="error"/>
    </process>
</workflow>

DELETE http://localhost/workflow/flow3

Result: 204 No Content

GET http://localhost/workflow text/xml

Result: 200 OK

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<workflows>
    <workflow>flow1</workflow>
    <workflow>flow2</workflow>
    <workflow>flow4</workflow>
</workflows>

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TIA,

Erik.

2

I am interested in this also, anyone out there have some best practices?

3

I use http-access2 (http://dev.ctor.org/http-access2) for make requests.
I also have a custom WebServiceExampleGroup to do setup work there.