Lesson 6: Fixtures and running tests from a folder

Scenario Description: The scenario name must be short and descriptive of what needs to be achieved.

Scenario:To Register a superhero via fixture

Actions: We are going to concentrate on create a fixture that register a super heroe with a random name and can be searched from the scenario. I execute feature classpath:/<location of the feature> Before start the test we want to add a new fixture file to the project.. The steps to add a new fixture are:

1. Right click over common folder > New > Resource

2. Select test file and set as a path /tests/hercules/fixtures add as a name RegisterSuperHero

3. Inside of the folder created we are going to add some documentation for our fixtures. Add a new resource with type ‘Markdown File’ and File name ‘fixtures’

# Folder to store fixtures that will be reused for multiple services
* Registration
* Maintenance
* Etc

Once the text is entered on md file and click on the icon documentation will show something like this.

Inside of the fixture we are going to create the following code (Please note that we are not entering any user detail or setting up the application at top):

Feature: common/tests/hercules/fixtures/RegisterSuperHero

  Scenario: Register a superhero via fixture
      And I click menu Online Services
      And I click menu Register a Super Hero
      And I enter text ${superheroname} in Super Hero Name
   When I click button Add Secret Identity
    Then I enter text Clark in Secret Identity > First name
      And I enter text Test in Secret Identity > Middle name(s)
      And I enter text Verne in Secret Identity > Last name
      And I enter text ${year} in Year of Arrival on Earth
      And I select radio button Yes in radio button group Do you have a uniform, costume or outfit?
      And I select radio button Yes in radio button group Do you usually or intend to don a cape?
      And I select option ${power} from dropdown Hero Powers
      And I click button Submit
    Then I expect no invalid config
      And I expect service-title Success
      And I expect text Your super hero is now registered and ready to save the world!
      And I expect text Super Hero Name > ${superheroname}
      And I expect text Registration Date > #FORMATTED_TODAY#dd MMMM yyyy#FORMATTED_TODAY#
      And I expect text Year of Arrival on Earth > ${year}
      And I expect text Uniform/costume/outfit? > Yes
      And I expect text Including a cape? > Yes
      And I expect text Hero Powers > ${power}
    When I click button Back

Fixtures that are located in common can be reused by other services. If the fixture is saved in other locations will be accessed only at the application level. For example, a fixture located in heroes will be accessible only from heroes and not from tests located in vehicles

At this point the fixture will only concentrate on fill the form with variables that we are going to pass from the main test. We are going to create lesson 6 folder under heroes with name H006 and file name Test1 and we are going to repeat the same process to create Test2, Test3, Test4, Test5

Please note this test used a login for External01 and for each different test we are going to change the user for External02, External03, External04, External05. In the example below you are going to find the execute feature step which contains a path. To obtain the path please copy the relative path from the fixture.

After we copy the path we can use the path in our test example replacing the Execute feature step with the classpath from the Fixture

 Feature: heroes/tests/hercules/tests/H006/Test1

  Scenario: Register and Search superhero 1
    Given I set application to heroes
    Then I logon as External01@fostermoore.com with password External01
      And I create a random 10 titlecase character variable called superheroname 
      And I create a variable called year with value 1980
      And I create a variable called power with value Flight
    When I execute feature classpath:common/tests/hercules/fixtures/RegisterSuperHero.feature
      And I click menu Online Services
      And I click menu Search Super Heroes
    Then I expect service-title Search Super Heroes
    When I enter text ${superheroname} in Name
      And I click button Search
    Then I click link ${superheroname}
      And I expect no invalid config
      And I do not expect text Your super hero is now registered and ready to save the world!
      And I expect text Super Hero Name > ${superheroname}
      And I expect text Registration Date > #FORMATTED_TODAY#dd MMMM yyyy#FORMATTED_TODAY#
      And I expect text Year of Arrival on Earth > ${year}
      And I expect text Uniform/costume/outfit? > Yes
      And I expect text Including a cape? > Yes
      And I expect text Hero Powers > ${power}
      And I click button Filings

Navigating fixtures

If for some reason we want to navigate to the fixture we can always access the fixture by pressing control + click on the fixture path. That way Magellan will open the fixture directly

Variables on features and fixtures

All variables are accessible through the icon Test Run Variables. All variables can be call by ${name of the variable}

Running tests on a folder

Once we create our 5 tests we can run all the tests together using the Run Test(s) – Current folder only.

The Run Test(s) only option it’s useful when there are nested folders under 1 folder.