1 files changed, 41 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/app/tests/test_backends_common.py b/app/tests/test_backends_common.py
index 3b4e7f9..5bc967a 100644
--- a/app/tests/test_backends_common.py
+++ b/app/tests/test_backends_common.py
@@ -73,5 +73,46 @@ class GitCloneTests(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(run.call_args[1]["emit"], emit)
 
 
+class ParseRequestOptionsTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    """parse_request_options: the shared --option / TUI-field parser."""
+
+    def test_single_item(self):
+        self.assertEqual(common.parse_request_options("speed=1.1"),
+                         {"speed": "1.1"})
+
+    def test_comma_and_whitespace_separators_mix(self):
+        self.assertEqual(
+            common.parse_request_options("emotion=neutral, speed=1.1"),
+            {"emotion": "neutral", "speed": "1.1"})
+        self.assertEqual(
+            common.parse_request_options("a=1 b=2\tc=3"),
+            {"a": "1", "b": "2", "c": "3"})
+
+    def test_keys_are_stripped_and_blank_text_is_empty(self):
+        self.assertEqual(common.parse_request_options("  "), {})
+        self.assertEqual(common.parse_request_options(""), {})
+        # Tokens cannot contain whitespace (items split on it), so a lone
+        # "=" with a blank key is the malformed case, caught below.
+        self.assertEqual(common.parse_request_options("speed=1"),
+                         {"speed": "1"})
+
+    def test_value_is_kept_verbatim(self):
+        self.assertEqual(
+            common.parse_request_options("url=http://x:8080/path?a=1"),
+            {"url": "http://x:8080/path?a=1"})
+
+    def test_later_duplicates_override_earlier_ones(self):
+        self.assertEqual(common.parse_request_options("a=1,a=2"),
+                         {"a": "2"})
+
+    def test_item_without_equals_is_rejected(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            common.parse_request_options("emotion=neutral nonsense")
+
+    def test_item_with_a_blank_key_is_rejected(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            common.parse_request_options("=value")
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()