---
name: "Test::RequiresInternet"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-test-requiresinternet"
version: "0.05-13"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Test::RequiresInternet"
---

# Test::RequiresInternet(3pm)

Easily test network connectivity

## NAME

Test::RequiresInternet - Easily test network connectivity

## VERSION

version 0.05

## SYNOPSIS

```
  use Test::More;
  use Test::RequiresInternet ('www.example.com' => 80, 'foobar.io' => 25);
  # if you reach here, sockets successfully connected to hosts/ports above
  plan tests => 1;
  ok(do_that_internet_thing());
```

## OVERVIEW

This module is intended to easily test network connectivity before functional  tests begin to non-local Internet resources.  It does not require any modules beyond those supplied in core Perl.

If you do not specify a host/port pair, then the module defaults to using `"www.google.com"` on port `80`.

You may optionally specify the port by its name, as in `"http"` or `"ldap"`. If you do this, the test module will attempt to look up the port number using `"getservbyname"`.

If you do specify a host and port, they must be specified in **pairs**. It is a fatal error to omit one or the other.

If the environment variable `"NO_NETWORK_TESTING"` is set, then the tests will be skipped without attempting any socket connections.

If the sockets cannot connect to the specified hosts and ports, the exception is caught, reported and the tests skipped.

## AUTHOR

Mark Allen \<mrallen1@yahoo.com\>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2014 by Mark Allen.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.