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khansen
New Contributor
3 years ago

How to execute a ReadyAPI Data Source Loop Test-Step from Cmdline?

Hello! I'm building a powershell wrapper which takes a few arguments in (URI, test-suite, test-case, xml project path, etc.) to then pass it to the SmartBear ReadyAPI testrunner.bat which calls the ...
Data-Driven Testing
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    khansen
    3 years ago

    The powershell script invokes the testrunner.bat from the ReadyAPI bin from an Azure pipeline. This is to scale API tests within a pipeline with the ability to diagnose any errors in our specific tests.

     

    I also figured out the issue - I had cloned a Test-Suite which contained a Data Source / Data Loop / Test Step which I modified and hadn't changed the Data-Source / Data-Loop names. After changing the names and reselecting the targeted Test-Step and saving the project, I was able to successfully run it as expected.

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nmrao
Champion Level 3
3 years ago

Glad to know you figuredout the issue and resolved.

 

Thank you for adding the information regarding the powershell too.

 

Just curious to understand. Can't Azure pipeline invoke testrunner.bat? Does it need power shell or bash script?

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    khansen
    New Contributor
    3 years ago

    Perhaps using SmartBears Azure marketplace extension, however, we try to use as little extensions/add-ons to our services as possible. The wrapper also allows us to have a little more granular control of the tests from what it seems like.