CukeCataloger

The cuke_cataloger gem is a convenient way to provide a unique id to every test case in your Cucumber test suite.

Turn your features from this

Feature:

  Scenario:
    * a step

  Scenario Outline:
    * a step
  Examples:
    | param 1 |
    | value 1 |
  Examples: 
    | param 1 |
    | value 1 |
    | value 2 |

  Scenario:
    * a step

into this!

Feature:

  @test_case_1
  Scenario:
    * a step

  @test_case_2
  Scenario Outline:
    * a step
  Examples:
    | param 1 | test_case_id |
    | value 1 | 2-1          |
  Examples: 
    | param 1 | test_case_id |
    | value 1 | 2-2          |
    | value 2 | 2-3          |

  @test_case_3
  Scenario:
    * a step

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'cuke_cataloger'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install cuke_cataloger

Usage

In addition to using the provided classes in any regular Ruby script, the gem's functionality can be accessed through the command line or through the provided Rake tasks.

Command Line

cuke_cataloger catalog_test_cases [--location=LOCATION] [--prefix=PREFIX][--[no-]row-id] [--id-column-name=ID_COLUMN_NAME]

and

cuke_cataloger validate_test_cases [--location=LOCATION] [--prefix=PREFIX] [--[no-]row-id] [--id-column-name=ID_COLUMN_NAME] [--file=FILE]

Rake Task

Require the gem

require 'cuke_cataloger'

and then call its task creation method in your Rakefile (or wherever you like to keep your Rake tasks) in order to generate the tasks.

CukeCataloger.create_tasks

If you want the tasks to be created in a certain namespace, simply call the creation method from within that namespace.

namespace 'foo' do
  CukeCataloger.create_tasks
end

This will create tasks that can then be invoked in the usual manner:

rake tag_tests['path/to/your/tests','@test_case_']

and

rake validate_tests['path/to/your/tests','@test_case_','validation_results.txt']

Adding ids to tests

The the tagging functionality will add an id tag to every scenario (and an id column to every outline) in a test suite. It can be given a directory in which the tests are located and a prefix upon which to base the tagging scheme but, if not given that information, it will use the current directory and a prefix of @test_case_.

rake tag_tests['path/to/your/tests','@my_prefix_']

The above example would result in the tags @my_prefix_1, @my_prefix_2, @my_prefix_3, etc. being added to every test in the tests directory.

Validating test ids

The the validating functionality scans a given directory for any problems related to id tags and generates a report detailing its results. It can be given a directory in which the tests are located and a prefix upon which to base the tagging scheme, as well as a file location to which it should output its report but, if not given that information, it will use the current directory and a prefix of @test_case_ and it will output the report to the console.

rake validate_tests['path/to/your/tests','@my_prefix_','validation_results.txt']

The above example would result in a report called validation_results.txt being generated for any test in the tests directory that had problems related to their id (e.g. did not have an id tag, had the same id tag as another test, etc.), based up the id prefix @my_prefix_.

Shallow cataloging

The cataloging and validation process can be limited to the test level instead of also checking individual rows in outlines.

cuke_cataloger catalog_test_cases --no-row-id

cuke_cataloger validate_test_cases --no-row-id

Rake::Task['tag_tests'].invoke('./features','@test_case_', false) # 3rd argument is the row flag

Rake::Task['validate_tests'].invoke('./features','@test_case_',nil, false) # 4th argument is the row flag

Custom id column name

By default, the cataloging and validation process uses test_case_id as the column name for outline rows but an alternative name can be provided.

cuke_cataloger catalog_test_cases --id-column-name my_special_column_id

cuke_cataloger validate_test_cases --id-column-name my_special_column_id

Rake::Task['tag_tests'].invoke('./features','@test_case_', true, 'my_special_column_id') # 4th argument is the id column name

Rake::Task['validate_tests'].invoke('./features','@test_case_',nil, true, 'my_special_column_id') # 5th argument is the id column name

Contributing

1. Fork it http://github.com/<my-github-username>/cuke_cataloger/fork
2. Create your feature branch (off of the development branch) git checkout -b my-new-feature
3. Commit your changes git commit -am 'Add some feature'
4. Push to the branch git push origin my-new-feature
5. Create new Pull Request