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jjam
Contributor
5 years ago

How to clone test steps and use a different resource.

  My dev team has created a new version of an Api and are using v1 for the original that I have 30 test steps already created and refined. For the new version, they are changing the endpoint t...
  • jjam's avatar
    jjam
    5 years ago

    So I decided to edit the Project XML. I searched for the test case name and edited the service and resource path for each step in a text editor. I also edited the originalUri but I'm not sure yet if that was the right move.

     

    I had some issues with Environments configuration in the GUI, where it was not picking up the name of the cloned API, so I had a duplicate Rest Service with the same name. This could be a separate thread I'm sure. But I edited that in the Xml as well.

     

    It makes me wonder why SmartBear does not allow editing of the Resource in the Test Step editor?

     

     

  • richie's avatar
    richie
    5 years ago
    Hey jjam,

    Ive had to edit the underlying project .xml myself on occasion. Just saying be careful and at least edit the file in something like xmlspy which has both wellformed checks and validator checks. It'll be a lot easier to see what youre doing and ensure you dont break the xml (make it malformed) when editing if youre editing in something with an xml parser like xmlspy.

    Re: not allowing you to edit apis in the test step editor. The trouble with this approach is that the apis are setup almost like a parent record and the associated test step is a child of that api. If you could edit the api via teststep editor this could break the child teststep records, hence why i think you cant do this for now.

    Ta

    Rich
jjam's avatar
jjam
Contributor

So I decided to edit the Project XML. I searched for the test case name and edited the service and resource path for each step in a text editor. I also edited the originalUri but I'm not sure yet if that was the right move.

 

I had some issues with Environments configuration in the GUI, where it was not picking up the name of the cloned API, so I had a duplicate Rest Service with the same name. This could be a separate thread I'm sure. But I edited that in the Xml as well.

 

It makes me wonder why SmartBear does not allow editing of the Resource in the Test Step editor?

 

 

richie's avatar
richie
Community Hero
5 years ago
Hey jjam,

Ive had to edit the underlying project .xml myself on occasion. Just saying be careful and at least edit the file in something like xmlspy which has both wellformed checks and validator checks. It'll be a lot easier to see what youre doing and ensure you dont break the xml (make it malformed) when editing if youre editing in something with an xml parser like xmlspy.

Re: not allowing you to edit apis in the test step editor. The trouble with this approach is that the apis are setup almost like a parent record and the associated test step is a child of that api. If you could edit the api via teststep editor this could break the child teststep records, hence why i think you cant do this for now.

Ta

Rich
  • jjam's avatar
    jjam
    Contributor
    5 years ago

    Thanks, Richie! I'll give xmlspy a try when I'm back at my desktop. I was using Notepad++. Testers making coding mistakes... no never happens 😉

     

    Thanks for all the tips. I am new around here and forget to look before I leap. 

     

     

    • richie's avatar
      richie
      Community Hero
      5 years ago
      Hey jjam,

      I appreciate notepad++ is open source (so attractive to use) but ive had instances where an .xml file was marked as valid by notepad++ (with the XML plugin) which was invalid in xmlspy.

      I double checked and discovered that notepad++ was erroneously classing an invalid xml instance as valid.
      After that my goto app for xml/json wellformed/valid checks was always xmlspy

      Ta

      Rich