Re: [Http-webtest-general] [OT] Spell-checking web pages

[Ilya M. <il...@ip...>]

>>>>> "WM" == William McKee <wi...@kn...> writes:

WM> Hi Ilya,
WM> Thanks for the references. I did come across these two packages but
WM> didn't see any pre-written scripts for doing bulk testing of websites.
WM> Do you think it would be feasible to write a plugin for HTTP::WebTest to
WM> do spellchecking using one of these libraries (prob. ispell since it has
WM> more dictionaries)?

It definitely sounds like interesting idea. And it shouldn't be very
hard to implement.

Basically plugin should get $response->content then spellcheck it via
Text::Aspell or Text::Ispell. IIRC both support spellchecking in HTML
documents so you don't even have to bother with parsing HTML. For each
misspelling plugin should report an error. If no misspellings test passes.

Obviously you need to deal with situation when correct word is not in
dictionary. Maybe use a test paramater which points to a file with
additional word list.

If you need any help with implementation of such plugin just ask.

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