# Visiting external URL for a test?

**URL:** <https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/visiting-external-url-for-a-test/6459>\
**Category:** Testing\
**Created:** [October 9, 2014, 2:57pm UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/visiting-external-url-for-a-test/6459 "2014-10-09T14:57:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![jhwhite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea5d25/32.png) [@jhwhite](https://discuss.emberjs.com/u/jhwhite)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 2:57pm UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/visiting-external-url-for-a-test/6459/1 "2014-10-09T14:57:37Z")

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The test I’m writing is to compare the search results from the old site to the new site that we’re building.

Is there a test helper to go to an external URL in a test? I’ve tried `visit` and that is looking for an internal route.