How to set a variable to Kong Context while doing unit tests?

[lays147]

Hi, I'm trying to write a couple of unit tests for a plugin that I'm doing, and based on the docs, I can't see where I could add a variable to the kong.context for the purpose of the unit test.

Checking the source code, the Ctx is available at env.pdk, but this variable is not available for external access.

[Water-Melon]

https://github.com/Kong/go-pdk/blob/master/ctx/ctx.go#L19

[nowNick]

Hey! @lays147

Thank you for sending your question! Does the link that @Water-Melon sent above help (☝️)? There's some documentation that should explain how to use kong.ctx (context). Would that work for your use case?

[lays147]

Hi @nowNick no. As I said, the context var on the test pdk is not available. I can use it on writing a plugin, but I can't manage the context on the text setup. Because in this case, I'm retrieving a var from the context, not setting it.

Also, the docs are wrong because to use SetShared requires a key and value, and the pdk docs shows otherwise. Moreover, it does not make sense to save something in context without a value, only with a key.

[nowNick]

Oh! Ok I see. Apologies for the confusion then!

I'll take a deeper look at this and I'll try to offer better guidance / report bugs.

[winslowdibona]

@nowNick I was running into the same issue and created PR #174 which would allow the usage of the shared context during testing.

[nowNick]

That's awesome @winslowdibona! Thank you for your contribution!

[winslowdibona]

@nowNick Is there someone specific I should reach out to about reviewing PR #174 ? I've mentioned a few others on there but I haven't gotten any reviews/comments on it in about a week.

[nowNick]

Hey @winslowdibona If possible I'd like to merge this one first: https://github.com/Kong/go-pdk/pull/170 and then rebase your PR on top of it. I'll keep track of both of these PRs to make sure they're merged swiftly.

[gszr]

Solved by #174