From 2bf876d5bb172803735606777975a74ea1f0b0d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steve Howell <showell30@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2016 09:03:44 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] tests: Add HomeTest._sanity_check().

---
 zerver/tests/tests.py | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/zerver/tests/tests.py b/zerver/tests/tests.py
index 7427bc46ee..0eb6778bc7 100644
--- a/zerver/tests/tests.py
+++ b/zerver/tests/tests.py
@@ -1873,6 +1873,16 @@ class HomeTest(ZulipTestCase):
             result = self.client_get('/', dict(**kwargs))
         return result
 
+    def _sanity_check(self, result):
+        # type: (HttpResponse) -> None
+        '''
+        Use this for tests that are geared toward specific edge cases, but
+        which still want the home page to load properly.
+        '''
+        html = result.content.decode('utf-8')
+        if 'Compose your message' not in html:
+            self.fail('Home page probably did not load.')
+
     def test_terms_of_service(self):
         # type: () -> None
         email = 'hamlet@zulip.com'