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kibao/behat-mailcatcher-extension
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MailCatcher extension for Behat

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MailCatcher Extension
=====================

[](#mailcatcher-extension)

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[MailCatcher](http://mailcatcher.me) is a super simple SMTP server which catches any message sent to it.

MailCatcherExtension provides:

- `Kibao\Behat\MailCatcherExtension\Context\MailCatcherAwareContext`, which provides MailCatcher `Client` instance for your context.
- `MailCatcherContext` context which provides base step definitions for your contexts.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

This extension requires:

- Behat 3.0+

### Through Composer

[](#through-composer)

1. Add MailCatcherExtension to your composer.json:

    ```
    {
        "require-dev": {
            ...
            "kibao/mailcatcher": "*@dev",
            "kibao/behat-mailcatcher-extension": "0.2.*@dev"
        }
    }
    ```
2. Install or update vendors:

    ```
    $ composer update kibao/mailcatcher kibao/behat-mailcatcher-extension
    ```
3. Activate extension in your `behat.yml`:

    ```
    default:
       # ...
       extensions:
            Kibao\Behat\MailCatcherExtension\Extension: ~
    ```

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

Default configuration:

```
default:
    # ...
    extensions:
        Kibao\Behat\MailCatcherExtension\Extension:
            client:
                url:    http://localhost    # MailCatcher http url
                port:   1080                # MailCatcher http port
            purge_before_scenario:      true
            mailcatcher_client:         kibao.mailcatcher.client.default    # client service
            mailcatcher_connection:     kibao.mailcatcher.connection.guzzle # connection service
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

First of all you need to have installed [MailCatcher](http://mailcatcher.me/).

There are few options:

1. Extending `RawMailCatcherContext` in your feature suite. It provides you preconfigured MailCatcher with basic methods. `RawMailCatcherContext` doesn't provide any step definitions, so you can extend it in many contexts.
2. Extending `MailCatcherContext` with one of your contexts. It provides you same things as `RawMailCatcherContext` and also predefined steps out of the box.
3. Adding `MailCatcherContext` as context in your suite.

    ```
    default:
      suites:
        my_suite:
          contexts:
            - FeatureContext
            - Kibao\Behat\MailCatcherExtension\Context\MailCatcherContext
    ```
4. Implementing `MailCatcherAwareContext` with your context. Target context must implement `setMailCatcher(ClientInterface $mailcatcher)`. This method would be automatically called immediately after each context creation before each scenario. `$mailcatcher` will be preconfigured client based on your settings.

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance11

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity27

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1156678?v=4)[Przemysław Piechota](/maintainers/kibao)[@kibao](https://github.com/kibao)

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Top Contributors

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