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Stalsy
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4 years ago

Authorisation token expires too soon

 I'm running data-driven tests that have 5 steps: 1. Get new Authorisation token 2. DataSource (get a few thousand random rows from DB2) 3. REST Request  4. Assert script  5. DataSource Loop ...
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    Stalsy
    4 years ago

    The acquisition of a new access token is very slow so I can't afford to have it inside the loop. As you can see from the code snippet below I request for a new token and then wait in a loop till I have one:

    def oldToken = oAuthProfile.getAccessToken();

    def oAuthClientFacade = new OltuOAuth2AzureClientFacade (TokenType.ACCESS);
    oAuthClientFacade.requestAccessToken(oAuthProfile, true,true);

    while(oldToken == oAuthProfile.getAccessToken())

    {
      sleep(100);
    }

     

    I'm pretty happy with what I've got now:

    I get the access token in the TestRunListener.beforeRun event which also sets a test case property "Duration" to the time I want to wait till I need another token.

    Inside the test loop, in my groovy asserts script, I check if the test has been running for a time exceeding the Duration property, and if yes, I get a new access token and increment the Duration property

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TNeuschwanger
Champion Level 1

You have 5 steps listed in your original question...  Why not switch positions between 1 and 2?  You get a new token each loop before the REST step is invoked.  Is there a price to pay for generating a Token? If not, why not just regenerate the token inside the loop.

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Stalsy
Contributor
4 years ago

The acquisition of a new access token is very slow so I can't afford to have it inside the loop. As you can see from the code snippet below I request for a new token and then wait in a loop till I have one:

def oldToken = oAuthProfile.getAccessToken();

def oAuthClientFacade = new OltuOAuth2AzureClientFacade (TokenType.ACCESS);
oAuthClientFacade.requestAccessToken(oAuthProfile, true,true);

while(oldToken == oAuthProfile.getAccessToken())

{
  sleep(100);
}

 

I'm pretty happy with what I've got now:

I get the access token in the TestRunListener.beforeRun event which also sets a test case property "Duration" to the time I want to wait till I need another token.

Inside the test loop, in my groovy asserts script, I check if the test has been running for a time exceeding the Duration property, and if yes, I get a new access token and increment the Duration property