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[Http-webtest-general] How to write webtest based testcases in perl

[archana <ar...@am...>]

Hi,

How do i define the global test parameters in perl script which uses an
object of webtest?

When the test cases are put in 'wt' script and global test parameters
like show_cookies etc are working fine if defined outside
test_name---end_test block.

I have many common test parameters to be used across all testcases. 
And i don't want to use 'wt' file but i want to do 'run_tests' directly
in perl script.

In this case how do i define these global test parameters?

sample wt file contains,

plugins = ( ::Click)
show_cookies=yes
text_forbid=(
Premature end of script headers
)
test_name = test1
      url=http://192.168.1.156
      require_text= (
                    Login
)
end_test


PLease suggest me how do i write perl script without using wt file?

thanks and regards,
Archana

Re: [Http-webtest-general] How to write webtest based testcases in perl

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

On Wed, Oct 29, 2003 at 03:12:04PM +0530, archana wrote:
> How do i define the global test parameters in perl script which uses an
> object of webtest?

RTFM. You can pass in parameters via the run_wtscript command. I have a
control script which cycles through a directory of wt test files. It'd
be a simple matter of adding the global parameters to this perl script.

In addition, I use a Perl parameter in my wt scripts to set the url so
that I can quickly switch between running the tests on my test server or
the production server. I used to have to change the url value in each wt
script until Ilya showed me how I could set it from the global perl
program. See the thread "Passing optional parameters" from last month in
the newsgroup archives on SourceForge.

Hope this helps,
William

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Re: [Http-webtest-general] How to write webtest based testcases in perl

[archana <ar...@am...>]

Thanks William,

But what i am looking at is putting everything in perl script rather
than using 'wt' file. And i wanted info on how i can mention list of 
global test  parameters before any testcase?

thanks,
archana



On Wed, 2003-10-29 at 19:31, William McKee wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2003 at 03:12:04PM +0530, archana wrote:
> > How do i define the global test parameters in perl script which uses an
> > object of webtest?
> 
> RTFM. You can pass in parameters via the run_wtscript command. I have a
> control script which cycles through a directory of wt test files. It'd
> be a simple matter of adding the global parameters to this perl script.
> 
> In addition, I use a Perl parameter in my wt scripts to set the url so
> that I can quickly switch between running the tests on my test server or
> the production server. I used to have to change the url value in each wt
> script until Ilya showed me how I could set it from the global perl
> program. See the thread "Passing optional parameters" from last month in
> the newsgroup archives on SourceForge.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> William
> 
> -- 
> Knowmad Services Inc.
> http://www.knowmad.com
> 
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Re: [Http-webtest-general] How to write webtest based testcases in perl

[<joe...@us...>]

archana wrote:

>Thanks William,
>
>But what i am looking at is putting everything in perl script rather
>than using 'wt' file. And i wanted info on how i can mention list of 
>global test  parameters before any testcase?
>
>  
>
archana,

Sorry to say so, but RTFM aill reveal that you can pass the run_tests 
method two data structures, one consisting of global parameters and the 
other an array of hashes with test descriptions.

Everything is nicely documented in the main documentation, and then 
there is the cookbook with nice examples.

Try (on the command prompt):

$ perldoc HTTP::WebTest

SYNOPSIS
           use HTTP::WebTest;

           my $webtest = new HTTP::WebTest;

           # run test from file
           $webtest->run_wtscript('script.wt');

           # or (to pass test parameters as method arguments)
           $webtest->run_tests($tests);

[...]

You want the second alternative.

You can also read  this online:

http://search.cpan.org/~ilyam/HTTP-WebTest-2.04/lib/HTTP/WebTest.pm

Special attention to section:


    Calling HTTP::WebTest from a Perl program (just click below):

http://search.cpan.org/~ilyam/HTTP-WebTest-2.04/lib/HTTP/WebTest.pm#Calling_HTTP::WebTest_from_a_Perl_program

There you have it, with examples and all...

Good webtest scripting!

Cheers,

Joe.