CHEFS uses CYPRESS for test automation. Cypress is a UI testing tool, which is used for functional testing of web applications. It uses JavaScript framework and can test anything that runs in browser.
Prerequisites
Node.js needs to be installed on the machine before cypress installation
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Set up
Make sure you have installed Node.js and go to project path /common-hosted-form-service/tests/functional and run the following commands to install cypress
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npm init
npm install cypress --save-dev |
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Cypress Tests
Cypress tests are stored inside the folder/common-hosted-form-service/tests/functional/cypress/e2e
Cypress test scripts are found in https://github.com/bcgov/common-hosted-form-service/tree/main/tests/functional/cypress/e2e
To run the cypress tests heedlessly, go to project root /common-hosted-form-service/tests/functional and run the following command
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npm run test |
To open the cypress interface and the tests from there , go to project root /common-hosted-form-service/tests/functional and run the following command and can see cypress test scripts inside e2e folder
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npx cypress open |
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Environment variables
All the env variables are stored in cypress.config.js file in the project path /common-hosted-form-service/tests/functional
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Cypress workflow
Cypress workflow file will find here https://github.com/bcgov/common-hosted-form-service/tree/main/.github/workflows
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