Add utility function

Author: Brandon Duffany

codebender_testing/config.py

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 from selenium import webdriver
 
 
+BASE_URL = "http://localhost"
+
 WEBDRIVERS = {
     "firefox": webdriver.Firefox,
     "chrome": webdriver.Chrome

codebender_testing/utils.py

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
+import re
 import sys
 
 from selenium import webdriver
 import pytest
 
 from codebender_testing.config import WEBDRIVERS
+from codebender_testing.config import BASE_URL
 
 
 class SeleniumTestCase(object):
@@ -14,7 +16,18 @@ class SeleniumTestCase(object):
     def setup(self, request):
         """Sets up attributes that should be accessible to all test cases."""
 
-        # We repeat each test for each webdriver configuration
+        # Repeat each test for each webdriver configuration
         webdriver_cls = WEBDRIVERS[request.param]
         self.driver = webdriver_cls()
 
+    def open(self, url):
+        """Open the resource specified by `url`.
+        If an absolute URL is specified (like 'http://codebender.cc') we
+        use that URL. Otherwise the resource is relative to `BASE_URL` in
+        `codebender_testing.config`.
+        """
+        if re.match(".+?://^", url):
+            return self.driver.get(url)
+        else:
+            return self.driver.get("%s/%s" % (BASE_URL, url))
+

tests/home/test_home.py

@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
 class TestHome(SeleniumTestCase):
 
     def test_navigate_home(self):
-        self.driver.get("http://localhost")
+        self.open("/")
         assert "Codebender" in self.driver.title