Set BaseURL in the code. How?

[Konstantin]

I need to utilize BaseURL feature during playback, but instead of the actual BaseURL coming from any sort of test configuration I want to be able to calculate it in the code and stick the value to the test run for all subsequent test steps to use. Can I do that?

Or, otherwise, can I set BaseURL to use for playback in the data source (XML file) the test is bound to?

Thank you!
Konstantin

[Plamen]

Hello Konstantin,

You can override the BaseUrl property in a coded step like this:

Manager.Settings.Web.BaseUrl = "http://www.BaseUrl.com/";

Regards,
Plamen
the Telerik team

[Konstantin]

One thing I figured on my own is how to set BaseUrl from the data:

string baseUrl = Data["BaseUrl"].ToString();
Manager.Settings.Web.BaseUrl = baseUrl;

The part
    Data["BaseUrl"]
is absolutely not documented and is terribly hard to discover. Please update the documentation for data binding.

Thank you!
Konstantin

[Cody]

Hi Konstantin,

Data["BaseUrl"] will only work if you're running a data driven test and your data source includes a column named "BaseUrl". Otherwise you'll get this error:

System.ArgumentException: The extracted variable 'BaseUrl' does not exist in the store.

Greetings,
Cody
the Telerik team

[Konstantin]

-- Data["BaseUrl"] will only work if you're running a data driven test and your data source includes a column named "BaseUrl".

Yes, of course! But it is exactly our scenario and it was impossible to discover that solution from documentation. Documentation never ever says anything about Data["..."]

[Cody]

Hi Konstantin,

We do have this documentation page specifically for using Data in code. There are many other code samples there as well.

Greetings,
Cody
the Telerik team

[Tim]

Plamen,

When you override the BaseUrl using the coded step method you mentioned:

Manager.Settings.Web.BaseUrl = "http://www.BaseUrl.com/";

does this only override the BaseUrl for this coded step? Or maybe does it override the BaseUrl for the rest of this test?

Thank you,

Tim

[Cody]

Hi Tim,

That line of code changes the global setting for the life of that one test. So yes it's for all steps, coded and non-coded from that point forward up until the particular test ends. Once the test ends, this in memory settings object is discarded.

Regards,
Cody
Telerik

[Tim]

Thank you Cody!

[Gavin]

Another busted link...

[Boyan Boev]

Hello Gavin,

Please excuse us of the wrong link.

Here is the correct one.

Regards,
Boyan Boev
Telerik