Testing Website Tutorial

A comprehensive guide to testing your LNReader plugins using the web interface.

Getting Started

Start the development server:
```
npm run dev:start
```
Open your browser: Navigate to localhost:3000
Select a plugin: Use the dropdown in the top navigation bar to select the plugin you want to test.

The testing website provides five tabs to test different plugin functions:

Popular - Test popularNovels(), including its Latest/Popular toggle, page-by-page fetching, and filters (via the Filters button, when the plugin declares any)
Search - Test searchNovels() with search queries
Parse Novel - Test parseNovel() with a novel path. If the plugin sets totalPages (see Pagination), this tab also exercises parsePage() through Previous/Next/Fetch Page controls, and offers an "Export EPUB" button that fetches every page's chapters (via parsePage, when paginated) and each one's content (via parseChapter) into a downloadable EPUB file
Parse Chapter - Test parseChapter() with a chapter path
Settings - Playground-wide request configuration: the browser User-Agent (and whether to send it), extra cookies to attach to every request, and the fetch mode (Proxy/Node Fetch/Curl) used to reach the target site. This is a testing convenience for the playground itself, separate from a plugin's own pluginSettings

Before submitting your plugin, verify that:

All five tabs work without errors
Multiple pages load correctly, for both popularNovels and, if implemented, parsePage
Search returns accurate results
Novel parsing extracts all metadata
Chapter content is clean
Filters work (if implemented)
No console errors appear
Paths are properly formatted
Images load correctly

Plugin Development: See docs.md for API reference
Quick Start: See quickstart.md for plugin creation
Pre-PR Check: See testing.md for the required npm run check:plugin live check
Issues: Create a GitHub issue
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