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Martin Blair asked on 20 Nov 2009, 10:07 PM

I am wondering which is the best way to pass parameters to your webaii tests. I need to be able to run my tests against several different builds, each which uses there own web server/url. Can you guys advise me on the best way to do that?

When I run a web test from the beta I notice that the command line there is a mention of a BaseURL. I realize that this is a beta feature but is there any documentation? This is a problem I need to solve sooner than later and I am hoping to solve this with the latest version.

So the use case is as follows:
I run several different TFS builds and they end up on different web servers depending on the purpose of the build. How can I specify a 'BaseURL' for my suite of tests to run against that varys depending which build is currently running? I would just use an environment variable or something but in at least one case, there is more than one build happening on a box. What could I put in a build script to set and pass this information? How would I reflect it within a test or test step?

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answered on 20 Nov 2009, 11:20 PM

Hi Martin,

Thanks for trying out the beta. From your description, it seems base url would partially work for the scenario. Just to make sure though, I am assuming your URLs look like: http://InternalServer/Testing/BuildVersion

If this is the case, you can have the base URL as: http://InternalServer/Testing

In the user settings, described in this video, you can set the base url for the test project level for Quick Execution Mode. You can set the base url for Visual Studio execution in the .testrunconfig file. And you can set the base url on a test step level in the properties window for a navigation test step.

For the rest of the URL that will end up varying, you can either create copies of the basic test for each build version and change the navigation step manually. Or you can convert the navigation steps to code and write a script that passes in a variable to the navigation code.

The test runner is actually the newer feature, and may not display the base url correctly even though the test uses the base url properly This has been logged as a possible bug, so please let us know if you see this in using the feature.

We would also appreciate any other feedback you may have on any other WebUI features.

Sincerely yours,
Nelson Sin
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answered on 23 Nov 2009, 06:21 PM

Hello again Martin,

From what I understand of the scenario, if you create a script to pass in a variable build url, the navigation steps converted to code may look like this:

[CodedStep(@"Navigate to : Relative build URL")]

public void WebAiiTest1_CodedStep()

{

ActiveBrowser.NavigateTo(buildURLVar); // URL format like "~/BuildURL/Page.html"

}

So the navigation would combine the BaseURL + buildURLVar to navigate to the page you wanted in your various builds.

Best wishes,
Nelson
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answered on 23 Nov 2009, 07:16 PM

I don't need a script to pass the URL do I? All I need is to know how to referrence the BaseURL that I set in the configs and settings.

Having that I could :

    
            {  
        
                        ActiveBrowser.NavigateTo(baseURL+WhateverSubAddress);   
        
            }

What do I need to do in order to referrence baseURL in my codestep?
Do I even need a codestep? Could I place the variable within a navigation step url using escape characters or something?

answered on 23 Nov 2009, 08:01 PM

blank-baseurl.JPG

baseurlexample.JPG

So I have a baseURL for the quickrun setting under the recorder but it doesn't seem to be taking it. I had to play with it for a while for the setting to persist but when I return to that settings screen it persists. See screenshot : Blank_URL.jpg

And just to make sure I understand you, can you check the other attached screenshot of a navigate step properties to see if I have it set correctly?

I know all of this is beta but I really need to get this working before we can consider purchasing a license. Thanks

answered on 23 Nov 2009, 08:46 PM

Ahh I see!,

I created a new test project. This seems to have solved the problem and the baseURL is incorporated automatically. As long as I set the baseURL before I started writing tests for the project it automatically took out the base url from my navigation steps.

And as you said, it looks like the "~" is not needed.

Also, as you said, the test runner shows blank for the base url but it used it regardless.

If I can do some tests and see if it uses the baseURL from different specified .runconfigs I'll be all ready :)

Thanks for the help so far!

answered on 12 Jan 2010, 09:19 PM

baseurl-missing-info.jpg

Hi Nelson:
I have the same issue as described in this thread.

YES! Updating the BaseURL property IN EACH SCRIPT works just fine. I would need to update EACH script every time the BaseUrl changes (like moving code to a different server IP) - which is what I'd like to avoid (well, an update of the 150 scripts will be needed to implement the solution we identify...My goal is to do this update once!).

Here's what I did:

I set the BaseUrl property in the LocalTestRun.testrunconfig file, then built the solution.
I removed the BaseUrl property in the login script and re-ran it. Note the script runs fine with the BaseUrl property in the scriptN
No BaseUrl was provided to the script during execution from the LocalTestRun.testrunconfig, so the script failed.

Is there something I'm not doing? You mentioned passing a variable into the script. Do you have a code sample or know of a site where I can obtain a code sample?

I appreciate your help.

Regards,
JoNo