One little import I always add to ConnCase in my Phoenix projects: Plug.HTML.html_escape/1. It's really helpful when performing tests against rendered HTML, which may replace apostrophes with ' Should this be a default in ConnCase from Phoenix? #MyElixirStatus
An updated ConnCase module, with the html_escape function imported.

ALT An updated ConnCase module, with the html_escape function imported.

A LiveView test, using html_escape to help assert text content with HTML encoding.

ALT A LiveView test, using html_escape to help assert text content with HTML encoding.

Feb 14, 2025 · 3:04 PM UTC

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Another option is to configure Floki to avoid encoding raw html in tests. See this article by @JohnElmLabs johnelmlabs.com/posts/flaky-…

Fix Your Flaky Faker Tests

Using Faker? HTML encoded characters will cause flaky tests. Here's how to fix them.

johnelmlabs.com
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I have been struggling with this thanks I just refactored this ugly stuff > Docs hexdocs.pm/plug/Plug.HTML.ht…
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I’d say it should really be part of the default ConnCase. Many hours lost trying to figure out why some tests failed. Specially for non English strings.
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