Check your DuckDuckGo cheatsheets with Perl

Aug 28, 2015 by David Farrell

With DuckDuckGo’s global Quack & Hack just around the corner, I’ve pulled together a script for checking cheatsheets. The script checks the cheatsheet is valid JSON and has the required entries and values.

Setup

To run the script, download it from Github. It requires the JSON and HTTP::Tiny Perl modules which you can install with cpan at the terminal:

$ cpan JSON HTTP::Tiny

Be sure to give execute permissions to the script too:

$ chmod 744 cheatsheet_check

Usage

Once you have a cheatsheet in JSON that you want to check, just pass the filepath to cheatsheet_check:

$ ./cheatsheet_check /path/to/cheatsheet.json

Example output for the perldoc cheatsheet:

    # Subtest: file
    ok 1 - file exists
    ok 2 - filename is appropriate
    ok 3 - file content can be read
    ok 4 - content is valid JSON
    1..4
ok 1 - file
    # Subtest: headers
    ok 1 - has id
    ok 2 - has name
    ok 3 - has description
    1..3
ok 2 - headers
    # Subtest: metadata
    ok 1 - has metadata
    ok 2 - has metadata sourceName
    ok 3 - has metadata sourceUrl
    ok 4 - sourceUrl is not undef
    ok 5 - fetch sourceUrl
    1..5
ok 3 - metadata
    # Subtest: sections
    ok 1 - has section_order
    ok 2 - section_order is an array of section names
    ok 3 - has sections
    ok 4 - sections is a hash of section key/pairs
    ok 5 - 'Usage' exists in sections
    ok 6 - 'Module Options' exists in sections
    ok 7 - 'Search Options' exists in sections
    ok 8 - 'Common Options' exists in sections
    ok 9 - 'Search Options' exists in section_order
    ok 10 - 'Search Options' is an array
    ok 11 - 'Search Options' entry: 0 has a key
    ok 12 - 'Search Options' entry: 0 has a val
    ok 13 - 'Search Options' entry: 1 has a key
    ok 14 - 'Search Options' entry: 1 has a val
    ok 15 - 'Search Options' entry: 2 has a key
    ok 16 - 'Search Options' entry: 2 has a val
    ok 17 - 'Common Options' exists in section_order
    ok 18 - 'Common Options' is an array
    ok 19 - 'Common Options' entry: 0 has a key
    ok 20 - 'Common Options' entry: 0 has a val
    ok 21 - 'Common Options' entry: 1 has a key
    ok 22 - 'Common Options' entry: 1 has a val
    ok 23 - 'Common Options' entry: 2 has a key
    ok 24 - 'Common Options' entry: 2 has a val
    ok 25 - 'Common Options' entry: 3 has a key
    ok 26 - 'Common Options' entry: 3 has a val
    ok 27 - 'Common Options' entry: 4 has a key
    ok 28 - 'Common Options' entry: 4 has a val
    ok 29 - 'Module Options' exists in section_order
    ok 30 - 'Module Options' is an array
    ok 31 - 'Module Options' entry: 0 has a key
    ok 32 - 'Module Options' entry: 0 has a val
    ok 33 - 'Module Options' entry: 1 has a key
    ok 34 - 'Module Options' entry: 1 has a val
    ok 35 - 'Module Options' entry: 2 has a key
    ok 36 - 'Module Options' entry: 2 has a val
    ok 37 - 'Module Options' entry: 3 has a key
    ok 38 - 'Module Options' entry: 3 has a val
    ok 39 - 'Usage' exists in section_order
    ok 40 - 'Usage' is an array
    ok 41 - 'Usage' entry: 0 has a key
    ok 42 - 'Usage' entry: 0 has a val
    ok 43 - 'Usage' entry: 1 has a key
    ok 44 - 'Usage' entry: 1 has a val
    1..44
ok 4 - sections
1..4

This will run over 20 different tests against the cheatsheet. The script checks that the JSON is valid, that the required headers are present (e.g. id, name and description). It checks that the metadata is valid and points to a live URL. Finally it checks that the sections are valid and correctly mapped.

Wrap up

Remember, even if the cheatsheet passes all the tests, you still need to check it looks right in the browser. App::DuckPAN can help with that. This Saturday I’ll be hanging out at the NYC Quack & Hack at Orbital. I look forward to seeing everyone there!

Update: added HTTP::Tiny dependency. 2015-08-28

This article was originally posted on PerlTricks.com.