How Testing helped the
API 0.6 Migration
Shaun McDonald
shaun@cloudmade.com
Twitter: smsm1

Background

API 0.6
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19 April 2009

Changesets

Version Numbers

Diff Uploads

Backend DB
MySQL → Postgres
Foreign Keys

Limits
osm.org/api/capabilities

The Problem

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hypertypos/3114025184/

Solution

cruise.openstreetmap.org

http://cruise.openstreetmap.org/

Example problems the tests picked up

svn status
M test/unit/diary_entry_test.rb
M app/controllers/diary_entry_controller.rb
? app/views/diary_entry/_diary_tag.html.erb

Invalid translation file (byte order bit)

Your
Applications

api06.dev.openstreetmap.org
apis.dev.openstreetmap.org

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