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WebTau

Web Test Automation User Guide

WebTau (Web Test automation) - concise and expressive way to write end-to-end and unit tests.

Test your application across multiple layers:

• REST API (including Data Coverage)
• GraphQL API
• Web UI
• CLI
• Database
• Business Logic (JVM only)

Business Logic Java Example

Single Bean Validation

actual(account).should(equal(map(
        "id", "ac1",
        "name", "My Second Account",
        "address", map("zipCode", "7777777"))));

List Of Beans Validation

List<Account> accounts = fetchAccounts();
TableData expected = table("*id",       "name", "address",
                           ________________________________________,
                           "ac2",      "Works", map("zipCode", "zip2"),
                           "ac1",       "Home", map("zipCode", "zip1"),
                           "ac3", "My Account", map("zipCode", "zip8"));

REST test Java example:

public class WeatherJavaTest {
    @Test
    public void checkWeather() {
        http.get("/weather", (header, body) -> {
            body.get("temperature").shouldBe(lessThan(100));
        });
    }
}

WebTau prints a lot of useful information with a zero effort from your side. So you can investigate tests faster.

REST test Groovy example:

scenario("check weather") {
    http.get("/weather") {
        temperature.shouldBe < 100
    }
}

Persona Concept

Use Persona to streamline Authorization testing

public class PersonaHttpJavaTest {
    @Test
    public void checkBalance() {
        Alice.execute(() -> http.get("/statement", (header, body) -> {
            body.get("balance").shouldBe(greaterThan(100));
        }));

        Bob.execute(() -> http.get("/statement", (header, body) -> {
            body.get("balance").shouldBe(lessThan(50));
        }));
    }
}

scenario("my bank balance") {
    Alice {
        http.get("/statement") {
            balance.shouldBe > 100
        }
    }

    Bob {
        http.get("/statement") {
            balance.shouldBe < 50
        }
    }
}

Use one layer to re-enforce tests on another. E.g. REST API layer to set up data for Web UI test, or database layer to validate GraphQL API.

Use REPL to tighten test feedback loop and speed up test writing

webtau:000> $("ul li a")
element is found: by css ul li a
           getText(): Guide
getUnderlyingValue(): Guide
               count: 3

Capture test artifacts like API Responses, screenshots, command line output to automate your user facing documentation.

Leverage out of the box rich reporting:

Tests can be written in any JVM language. Language specific syntactic sugar is available for Groovy.

• Full User Guide
• Multiple layers testing example blog

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Browser test Java example:

@WebTau
public class WebSearchTest {
    @Test
    public void searchByQuery() {
        search.submit("search this");
        search.numberOfResults.waitToBe(greaterThan(1));
    }
}

public class SearchPage {
    private final PageElement box = $("#search-box");
    private final PageElement results = $("#results .result");
    public final ElementValue<Integer> numberOfResults = results.getCount();

    public void submit(String query) {
        browser.open("/search");

        box.setValue(query);
        box.sendKeys(browser.keys.enter);
    }
}

GraphQL example:

@WebTau
public class GraphQLWeatherJavaIT {
    @Test
    public void checkWeather() {
        String query = "{ weather { temperature } }";
        graphql.execute(query, (header, body) -> {
            body.get("data.weather.temperature").shouldBe(lessThan(100));
        });
    }
}

Database data setup example:

def PRICES = db.table("PRICES")
PRICES << [     "id" | "description" |          "available" |                "type" |       "price" ] {
           _____________________________________________________________________________________________
           cell.guid | "nice set"    |                 true |                "card" |            1000
           cell.guid | "nice set"    |                 true |                "card" | cell.above + 10
           cell.guid | "another set" | permute(true, false) | permute("rts", "fps") | cell.above + 20 }

CLI run example:

cli.run('echo hello world') {
    output.should contain('hello')
    output.should contain('world')
}

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