Python-based regression tests

skeleton.py : a do-nothing test skeleton
listtransactions.py : start of regression test for listtransactions call

qa/rpc-tests/skeleton.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# Skeleton for python-based regression tests using
+# JSON-RPC
+
+
+# Add python-bitcoinrpc to module search path:
+import os
+import sys
+sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "python-bitcoinrpc"))
+
+import json
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import tempfile
+import traceback
+
+from bitcoinrpc.authproxy import AuthServiceProxy, JSONRPCException
+from util import *
+
+
+def run_test(nodes):
+    # Replace this as appropriate
+    for node in nodes:
+        assert_equal(node.getblockcount(), 200)
+        assert_equal(node.getbalance(), 25*50)
+
+def main():
+    import optparse
+
+    parser = optparse.OptionParser(usage="%prog [options]")
+    parser.add_option("--nocleanup", dest="nocleanup", default=False, action="store_true",
+                      help="Leave bitcoinds and test.* datadir on exit or error")
+    parser.add_option("--srcdir", dest="srcdir", default="../../src",
+                      help="Source directory containing bitcoind/bitcoin-cli (default: %default%)")
+    parser.add_option("--tmpdir", dest="tmpdir", default=tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="test"),
+                      help="Root directory for datadirs")
+    (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
+
+    os.environ['PATH'] = options.srcdir+":"+os.environ['PATH']
+
+    check_json_precision()
+
+    success = False
+    try:
+        print("Initializing test directory "+options.tmpdir)
+        if not os.path.isdir(options.tmpdir):
+            os.makedirs(options.tmpdir)
+        initialize_chain(options.tmpdir)
+
+        nodes = start_nodes(2, options.tmpdir)
+        connect_nodes(nodes[1], 0)
+        sync_blocks(nodes)
+
+        run_test(nodes)
+
+        success = True
+
+    except AssertionError as e:
+        print("Assertion failed: "+e.message)
+    except Exception as e:
+        print("Unexpected exception caught during testing: "+str(e))
+        stack = traceback.extract_tb(sys.exc_info()[2])
+        print(stack[-1])
+
+    if not options.nocleanup:
+        print("Cleaning up")
+        stop_nodes()
+        shutil.rmtree(options.tmpdir)
+
+    if success:
+        print("Tests successful")
+        sys.exit(0)
+    else:
+        print("Failed")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()