http-webtest-general

[Http-webtest-general] Wish list

[William M. <wi...@kn...>]

Oops, I meant to include a couple of wish list items in the last email. 

1. It'd be nice to only output the html, headers and cookies when a test fails instead 
of for every test. Is there any way to do that now or are there plans to add this 
ability? I know I can set it on a per test basis, but that's more time-consuming than 
paging through the html output of the successful tests.

2. It'd be nice to be able to include other test scripts into another. That way I could 
have a script that logs in to the server as an administrator which can then be called 
by the other test scripts which perform various admin functions. This would 
centralize the login (and admin password) to a single file and allow me to split out 
my tests into separate scripts which run faster if I only need to perform a certain 
group of tests.

Thanks,
William
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 Knowmad Services Inc. || Internet Applications & Database Integration
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[Http-webtest-general] Re: Wish list

[Ilya M. <il...@ma...>]

>>>>> On Wed, 24 Jul 2002 19:32:29 -0400, "William McKee" <wi...@kn...> said:

Thanks for your kind words!

WM> Oops, I meant to include a couple of wish list items in the last
WM> email.

WM> 1. It'd be nice to only output the html, headers and cookies when
WM> a test fails instead of for every test. Is there any way to do
WM> that now or are there plans to add this ability? I know I can set
WM> it on a per test basis, but that's more time-consuming than paging
WM> through the html output of the successful tests.

There exists test parameter 'terse':

       terse

       Option to display shorter test report.

       o summary
           Only a one-line summary for each URL

       o failed_only
           Only tests that failed and the summary
      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

       o no
           Show all tests and the summary

           Default value

           "no"

Is it what you are looking for?

WM> 2. It'd be nice to be able to include other test scripts into
WM> another. That way I could have a script that logs in to the server
WM> as an administrator which can then be called by the other test
WM> scripts which perform various admin functions. This would
WM> centralize the login (and admin password) to a single file and
WM> allow me to split out my tests into separate scripts which run
WM> faster if I only need to perform a certain group of tests.

I see that such feature could be useful.  Though I'm not sure how it
can be implemented yet but I'll try to implement it.

-- 
Ilya Martynov (http://martynov.org/)

Re: [Http-webtest-general] Re: Wish list

[William M. <wi...@kn...>]

On 25 Jul 2002 at 11:03, Ilya Martynov wrote:
> There exists test parameter 'terse':

From the description, I didn't think it would do what I wanted, but I tried it. Using the 
following tags:

show_html = yes
show_cookies = yes
show_headers = yes
terse = failed_only

I still get all of the html, headers and cookies printed out for successful tests. I think 
what I'm asking for is a new option for the show_html, show_cookies, show_headers 
called 'failed_only' which only prints these items in the case of a failed test. It's no 
big deal to sort throught the output of the successful tests or to add the show_* 
directives into the test that is failing, but it would be nice not to have to do that <g>.

As for the ability to include other templates, I didn't think it would be easy. I just 
wanted to add my vote to seeing a need for it should you or someone else on the 
list have the time and inclination to implement it. I'm very happy with the 
functionality of HTTP::WebTest as it is!

Thanks,
William

-- 
 Lead Developer
 Knowmad Services Inc. || Internet Applications & Database Integration
 http://www.knowmad.com
 

[Http-webtest-general] Re: Wish list

[Ilya M. <il...@ma...>]

>>>>> On Thu, 25 Jul 2002 09:46:17 -0400, "William McKee" <wi...@kn...> said:

WM> On 25 Jul 2002 at 11:03, Ilya Martynov wrote:
>> There exists test parameter 'terse':

WM> From the description, I didn't think it would do what I wanted, but
WM> I tried it. Using the
WM> following tags:

WM> show_html = yes
WM> show_cookies = yes
WM> show_headers = yes
WM> terse = failed_only

WM> I still get all of the html, headers and cookies printed out for
WM> successful tests. I think what I'm asking for is a new option for
WM> the show_html, show_cookies, show_headers called 'failed_only'
WM> which only prints these items in the case of a failed test. It's
WM> no big deal to sort throught the output of the successful tests or
WM> to add the show_* directives into the test that is failing, but it
WM> would be nice not to have to do that <g>.

Hmm. I think it is a bug. If terse = failed_only than html, cookies
and headers should be supressed in test report for successful tests.

I will change it unless anybody will raise his hand against it.

-- 
Ilya Martynov (http://martynov.org/)