I have a playframework project that has reached beta/user testing.
For this testing we require test data to exist in the environment
I am looking for a way to automate this via scripts.
The best way will be via call's to the API passing the correctly shaped data based on the models in the project (thus dependant on the project not external).
Are there any existing SBT plugins that I could utilise that would be able to create the appropriate JSON and pass it to the API to setup the environment
Why do you need a plugin for this? I think what you want to do is to have a set of Json, then call the end-points and see what is the response from the back-end. In case of "setting up" based on a call that has a Json, you could use FakeRequest in your tests:
val application = newGuiceApplicationBuilder().build()
val response = route(application, FakeRequest(POST, "/end-point")).get
contentAsString(response) must include("where is Json")
In your test you can also test the response from the back-end and the Json you are feeding it:
Create a set of Json using Writes, based on a case class you are using in the back-end. You could also purposely create an invalid Json as well, that misses a field for example; or has an invalid structure.
Use Table driven testing and sending FakeRequest with the body/header containing your Json; and then checking it against the expected results.
I'm on the move, when I get home, I can write an example code here.
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One of the param for my API is security related and linked to the environment on which the test would run , essentially it will be dynamic.
Since this is security related, I have an internal rest API that provides this data.
I want to understand what is the effective way of getting this data in Karate feature?
I have tried two different ways:
1. Defined a java util and invoke the java type and def variable for holding the data
Defined a Util method as part of karate-config.js
In karate-config.js
function getSomeData(someValue) {
return Java.type('xyz.abc.util.MyUtil');
}
In the feature file
defined a JS
* def dataFromJS = read('classpath:com/xyz/util/js_that_invokes_rest.js')
I want to understand if there is a pattern of how this should be done or if there is an explicit support in Karate for doing this?
I have an internal rest API
Well. Did you just forget that Karate is all about making REST requests !? :)
Please create a re-usable feature, make that REST call, define the variables that you need and now you can call it from other features.
Please refer to the documentation: https://github.com/intuit/karate#calling-other-feature-files
I am working on API testing project. My requirement is to use response of one API as a response of another. I need different Feature files for each API. The challenge was to use output of one API as input to another which in my case is output of one feature file as input of another.
Also i don't want to call one feature file in another. So to achieve this currently we are using Runner class to initiate the test and using Properties file to store the responses. In the same run we are reading these properties file which act as input to another API(Feature file).
Is there any other better way to do this since we are not willing to use properties file in the framework.
Thanks
I think you are over-complicating your tests. My advice is combine the 2 calls into one scenario. Else there is no way unless you call a second feature file.
I'm using a second datastore with my Ember app, so I can communicate with a separate external API. I have no control over this API.
With a DS.JSONSerializer I can add some missing properties like id:
normalizeResponse(store, primaryModelClass, payload, id, requestType) {
if (requestType == 'query') {
payload.forEach(function(el, index) {
payload[index].id = index
})
}
Now I can do some different tricks for each different requestType. But every response is parsed. Now sometimes a response from one request needs to be parsed differently.
So what I am trying to do is change the normalizeResponse functionality for each different request path (mapped to a fake model using pathForType in an adapter for this store). But the argument store is always the same (obviously) and the argument promaryModelClass is always "unknown mixin" - not sure if this can be any help.
How can I find what model was requested? With this information I could do a switch() in normalizeResponse.
Is there a different way to achieve my goal that does not require me to make a separate adapter for every path/model?
There are over a dozen normalize functions available. Something should work for what I am trying to achieve.
I think this is a great example of a use case of not using ember data.
Assuming that you have models A,B,C that are all working great with ember data, leave those alone.
I'd create a separate service and make raw requests to that different endpoint. So you'd replace this.store.query('thing', {args}) with a separate service that uses ember-ajax (or ember-fetch or whatever). If you need, you can use that service to hold the data that you need (Ember-data is just a service anyway) or you can create models and push them into the store manually.
Without knowing more about your exact situation, hard to give a specific code/advice, but I'd just avoid this problem and write your own custom service.
You can use primaryModelClass.modelName.
I have some scenarios written in Jbehave and I would like to run it for 1000+ data. The Problem is that I cannot list all data items in 'Examples' because, firstly, it is not maintainable and secondly, I get this data file everyday from an external service.
Is there a way to write a scenario that can take data from the file?
Parameters can be loaded from an external file,
Details with an example are here: http://jbehave.org/reference/stable/parametrised-scenarios.html
Loading parameters from an external resource
The parameters table can also be loaded from an external resource, be
it a classpath resource or a URL.
Given a stock of <symbol> and a <threshold>
When the stock is traded at <price>
Then the alert status should be <status>
Examples:
org/jbehave/examples/trader/stories/trades.table
We need to enable the parser to find the resource with the appropriate
resource loader configured via the ExamplesTableFactory:
new MostUsefulConfiguration()
.useStoryParser(new RegexStoryParser(
new ExamplesTableFactory(new LoadFromClasspath(this.getClass())))
)
I too have same requirement and I think below will be the possible solution.
Implement a method to read the excel sheet and prepare the testData.table before scenario start executes, use #BeforeScenario jbehave annotation in steps java file.
refer this link to implement loading data from external resource http://jbehave.org/reference/stable/parametrised-scenarios.html
#BeforeScenario
public void prepareTestData(String excelSheetPath) {
// java code to read given excelSheetPath and prepare a *.table
}
I'm trying to write some end to end tests for our application's login process, but am having trouble getting my head around the best way to set up the scenario where the user needs to change his password.
When our server responds to a successful login, a user object is returned with a changePassword field. The client then inspects the response and redirects accordingly.
My problem is getting the test set up so that the changePassword field is set - what is the best approach to use?
I see my options as:
Have a test set up and tear-down script for the server that creates a brand new user specifically for the test run with changePassword flag set in the database.
This seems like the most end to end approach, but is probably also the most effort & code.
Somehow intercept the http response in the test and modify the changePassword flag to be set for this test only.
Mock the http response completely. Using this approach is the most removed from an end to end test, but is perhaps the simplest?
Which is the best or most common approach? Also any general pointers on how to actually implement the above (particularly 1 and 2) with protractor would be great - I'm finding it hard to conceptually get straight in my head, and hence hard to know what to search for.
I'm using protractor as the test framework, with angular.js powering the client side, and a node server running utilising (among other things) express.js and mongoDB.
Having thought about this further, option 1 is the best solution, but is not always possible.
Option 2 is also possible, and option 3 should be avoided.
For option two, a mock module can be created like so: (coffeescript)
e2eInterceptors =->
angular.module('e2eInterceptors', [])
.factory('loginInterceptor', ()->
response: (response)->
# Only edit responses we are interested in
return response unless response.match(/login/)
# do the modifiations
response.data.changePassword = true
# return the response
return response
)
.config(($httpProvider)->
$httpProvider.interceptors.push('loginInterceptor')
)
You can then inject this module into your tests using
browser.addMockModule('e2eInterceptors', e2eInterceptors)
If you want to do this globally, you can put this in the onPrepare function in your protractor file, otherwise just call it when needed in tests.
I think your first approach is the most appropriate.
It would be useful anyway to test the new user creation, so it is not a waste.
And for example this example seems to be something similar: http://product.moveline.com/testing-angular-apps-end-to-end-with-protractor.html