Testcomplete to handle username and password when the password change is required

Question

We have several web applications . All the web applications require the basic authentication - username and password . we need to change the username and password when 60 days is near. We get the notification - change your password as it will expire in xyz days .

Now With Testcomplete I am automating those several applications . I have stored the username and password in Project Suite variable. Then I am using in the script as

var username = ProjectSuite.Variables.Username;
var password = ProjectSuite.Variables.Password;

Now how Testcomplete handle the change in username and password ? If we have 10 project suites and the username and password is stored in project suite variable and the password expired then how we can handle.

Please update

Thanks

NG

cunderw · Answer

There are several ways you can do this. I would recommend storing the credentials somewhere all projects / suites can access them by creating a shared login utility so you only have to update in one place.

If your tests are all performing the same steps when logging in, that process should not be recreated for each test, that creates a maintenance night-mare, not only for the credentials like you are seeing, but especially if the login process ever changes.

If you create a shared script or keyword test you will only ever have to make a change once, as opposed to however many different tests are logging into the AUT.

shiva_ranabhat · Answer

I think store the Username &amp; Password in an external file (excel, open office etc). Lets say they have columns Username, Password, New Password.&nbsp;You have your generic function in the project to login.&nbsp;Login(Username, Password){// Read from external file// Enter Username, Password &amp; Submit&nbsp;// If your password has expired message{&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Change_Password (Password, New Password)&nbsp; &nbsp;}// your normal code.. to home page.&nbsp;}&nbsp;// function to change passwordChange_Password (Current Password, New Password){&nbsp; //}&nbsp;This way you will only change your external file's Password &amp; New Password fields every 6 months and don't have modify any&nbsp;TestComplete variables for those many Project suites.&nbsp;

tristaanogre · Answer

Another possible mitigation is to have those modularized login routines that&nbsp;cunderw&nbsp;described pull from a central file containing the username and password. &nbsp;It would then update the project level variables with the value so that they can continue to function. &nbsp;So, when you go through the process of changing the password every 60 or 90 days, part of that process would be to update that file so that, immediately, your automation will have the latest and greatest information. &nbsp;Of course, that presents some security concerns about having passwords stored somewhere unencrypted but there are ways around that as well.

nishera · Answer

To add cunderw&nbsp;and tristaanogre... to handle the&nbsp;notification - "change your password as it will expire in xyz days"can write a separate procedure. Could make test to wait for a second to see the notification&nbsp;message come up or not.if come up then go through that procedure else not.this will delay your test by a second each time, but make sure you do not miss notification&nbsp;message and crash the test.

cunderw · Answer

Create a login keyword test outside of the rest of the projects / suites.Store your credentials as a variable inside the keyword test (using password for the type of the password variable).Add the login keyword test as an existing item to all projects that require logging in.Call that keyword test in all tests.&nbsp;Now when the credentials change, you can update it in the single keyword tests and all projects that call it will use the new credentials.&nbsp;&nbsp;Alternatively you could encode the credentials in a text file, environment variable etc... read in the encoded password, and decode it at run time to type it in.

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