Merge remote-tracking branch 'pjotrp/testing' into testing

3 files changed, 59 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3e7e64d0..59645994 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,25 +17,35 @@ deploy GN2 and dependencies as a self contained unit on any machine.
 The database can be run separately as well as the source tree (for
 developers).  See the [installation docs](doc/README.org).
 
-## Test
+## Run
 
 Once installed GN2 can be run online through a browser interface
 
 ```sh
-./bin/genenetwork2
+genenetwork2
 ```
 
-(default is http://localhost:5003/). For more examples, including running scripts and a Python REPL
-see the startup script [./bin/genenetwork2](https://github.com/genenetwork/genenetwork2/blob/testing/bin/genenetwork2).
+(default is http://localhost:5003/). For full examples (you'll need to
+set a number of environment variables), including running scripts and
+a Python REPL, see the startup script
+[./bin/genenetwork2](https://github.com/genenetwork/genenetwork2/blob/testing/bin/genenetwork2).
 
+## Testing
 
-We are building up automated
-testing using [mechanize](https://github.com/genenetwork/genenetwork2/tree/master/test/lib) which can be run with
+We are building 'Mechanical Rob' automated testing using Python
+[requests](https://github.com/genenetwork/genenetwork2/tree/master/test/lib)
+which can be run with something like
 
 ```sh
-./bin/test-website
+env GN2_PROFILE=~/opt/gn-latest ./bin/genenetwork2 ./etc/default_settings.py -c ../test/requests/test-website.py -a http://localhost:5003
 ```
 
+The GN2_PROFILE is the Guix profile that contains all
+dependencies. The ./bin/genenetwork2 script sets up the environment
+and executes test-website.py in a Python interpreter. The -a switch
+says to run all tests and the URL points to the running GN2 http
+server.
+
 ## Documentation
 
 User documentation can be found
diff --git a/bin/test-website b/bin/test-website
index 5935f016..7fbcfd2f 100755
--- a/bin/test-website
+++ b/bin/test-website
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 if [ -z $GN2_PROFILE ]; then
   echo "Run request tests with something like"
-  echo env GN2_PROFILE=/home/wrk/opt/gn-latest ./bin/genenetwork2 ./etc/default_settings.py -c ../test/requests/test-website.py http://localhost:5003
+  echo env GN2_PROFILE=/home/wrk/opt/gn-latest ./bin/genenetwork2 ./etc/default_settings.py -c ../test/requests/test-website.py -a http://localhost:5003
   exit 1
 fi
diff --git a/wqflask/utility/elasticsearch_tools.py b/wqflask/utility/elasticsearch_tools.py
index 0dc59d43..76dcaebf 100644
--- a/wqflask/utility/elasticsearch_tools.py
+++ b/wqflask/utility/elasticsearch_tools.py
@@ -1,3 +1,44 @@
+# Elasticsearch support
+#
+# Some helpful commands to view the database:
+#
+# You can test the server being up with
+#
+#   curl -H 'Content-Type: application/json' http://localhost:9200
+#
+# List all indices
+#
+#   curl -H 'Content-Type: application/json' 'localhost:9200/_cat/indices?v'
+#
+# To see the users index 'table'
+#
+#   curl http://localhost:9200/users
+#
+# To list all user ids
+#
+# curl -H 'Content-Type: application/json' http://localhost:9200/users/local/_search?pretty=true -d '
+# {
+#     "query" : {
+#         "match_all" : {}
+#     },
+#     "stored_fields": []
+# }'
+#
+# To view a record
+#
+#   curl -H 'Content-Type: application/json' http://localhost:9200/users/local/_search?pretty=true -d '
+#   {
+#     "query" : {
+#       "match" : { "email_address": "pjotr2017@thebird.nl"}
+#     }
+#   }'
+#
+#
+# To delete the users index and data (dangerous!)
+#
+#   curl -XDELETE -H 'Content-Type: application/json' 'localhost:9200/users'
+
+
 from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch, TransportError
 import logging