You need to set env vars URL CRA_USERNAME PASSWORD KEY in order to run curl tests. All the tests can be run automatically from scigap/tests. The script there takes care of setting the env vars from ~/pycipres.conf, the same file tooltest.py uses to get env info. When added new tests, make sure they are executable, for example: $ chmod +x test_newone $ svn add test_newone $ svn propset svn:executable test_newone $ svn commit