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5 You'll find here the documentation to run tests on Libervia. If you plan to contribute
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6 to the ecosystem, you should use them to check that your modification is not breaking
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7 anything, and if possible you should extend them to cover any new feature.
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11 overview
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12 ========
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14 Tests are run using `pytest`_ and are located in the ``tests`` directory.
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15 You'll also find legacy tests in ``libervia/backend/test`` but those one are old, not maintained and
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18 For now, emphasis is put on end-2-end tests, as they are covering the whole ecosystem, and
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19 are quite easy to write. The downside is that they are quite long to run.
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21 Several `fixtures`_ are available in the various ``conftest.py`` files, it's a good idea
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24 .. _pytest: https://www.pytest.org
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25 .. _fixtures: https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/fixture.html
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27 end-to-end tests
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30 End-to-end tests are located in ``tests/e2e``. They are launched in a well defined
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31 environment managed through Docker. The ``docker/docker-compose-e2e.yml`` is used to
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34 A script is available at ``tests/e2e/run_e2e.py`` to launch the tests. It will create the
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38 The arguments set to this script are the ``pytest`` options, thus you can have a verbose
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39 mode with ``-v`` and select specific test with ``-k EXPRESSION`` (see ``pytest --help`` for
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42 In addition to pytest option, some flags can be set with the following arguments:
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45 Launch a VNC viewer to see in real time browser based tests. You must have ``vncviewer``
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62 Shortcut for ``--keep-containers``, ``--keep-profiles`` and ``--keep-vnc``. This is
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71 $ docker-compose -f docker-compose-e2e.yml exec backend /bin/bash
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76 installed and used:
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86 PubSub nodes, accounts, etc. It would be resource consuming to delete then recreate them
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89 of their dependencies is failing. The markup help also to document the tests order.
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93 .. _pytest-dependency: https://github.com/RKrahl/pytest-dependency
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95 common fixtures
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96 ---------------
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98 Here are the fixture common to all e2e tests which are good to know:
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102 Those account are destroyed once all the tests are finished (successful or not), except
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103 if you set the ``LIBERVIA_TEST_E2E_KEEP_PROFILES`` environment variable (or use the
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104 ``--keep-profiles`` flag in ``run_e2e.py``.
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106 The profiles created are in the form ``accountX`` for account on the ``server1.test``,
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109 This fixture should be used on top of each e2e test module.
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112 Create 2 pubsub nodes with ``open`` access model and named ``test`` (one on ``account1``
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113 PEP service, and the other one on ``pubsub.server1.test``, created with the same
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119 Create files filled with random bytes, and check them.
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121 A file is created by calling ``fake_file.size(size)``, and by default files of the same
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122 size are re-used (set ``use_cache=False`` to create new files). This method returns a
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141 End-to-end tests for ``libervia-cli`` are a good way to tests backend features without having to
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157 ``editor``
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169 Libervia e2e tests
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170 ------------------
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172 E2e tests for Libervia are executed, as it is common in web world, with `Selenium`_: user
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185 ``log_in_account1`` or ``nobody_logged_in``:
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201 Run all tests for ``Libervia CLI``::
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205 Run all tests for ``Libervia Web`` with real-time visual feedback (note that you need to have
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217 $ ./run_e2e.py -k pubsub -v
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219 Run in dev mode, to work on new tests, note that we run the ``user_can_create_account``
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224 …then to go into the ``backend`` container and work with the browser (to be run in ``docker``
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230 the end of the test session.