[openstack-qa] Return codes for OpenStack APIs

Christopher Yeoh cyeoh at au1.ibm.com
Thu Jan 31 02:30:55 UTC 2013


On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:54:50 +0000
Daryl Walleck <daryl.walleck at RACKSPACE.COM> wrote:
> I'm a proponent of checking the exact code. To me, its part of the
> API contract. From a practical point, it has also helped our
> automated tests catch bugs that nearly slipped by. 

+1 

We should always test for the exact code. Even if it is not a formal
part of the specification we want to make sure that the status code
does not change accidentally and only intentionally, in which case the
test can be updated.

Chris.
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