Questions tagged [specflow]
An acceptance test driven development and behavior driven development framework for .NET.
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Does writing "Given" "When" "Then" BDD style test cases scale up to larger, end-to-end scenarios
Traditionally, structured test, especially long scenarios are commonly written in the step, expected, actual format.
Behaviour Driven Design replaces this with the style of "Given", "When" "Then", ...
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What is the best way to have a SpecFlow project run across multiple browsers?
I'm working on setting up a SpecFlow project to test a portal. Thus far I've haven't had issues writing some "hello world" features and steps. My question is as the testing project grows, what is the ...
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Suggestions for "Selling" TDD, and BDD to sceptical non engineering managers
Let's say you are a developer (specifically, the team lead) and you want to improve the quality of your company's products. Since you cannot change the whole company, you focus on what you and your ...
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What is the best way to handle minor intermittent automation failures during cross browser testing?
I run Web Driver (.Net version) with SpecFlow as my test driver on some fairly general Cross - Browser scenarios so I often am rerunning tests as I add new ones, or clean up old automation. On ...
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How to improve SpecFlow intellisense in Visual Studio [closed]
I'm using SpecFlow to write automated test cases for a project. I'm writing them in Visual Studio 2013 It's cool and the intellisense works, but I have some issues with it:
Is it possible to limit ...
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Can a scenario have multiple example tables?
I would like to write a gherkin scenario that specifies a table of parameters but represents a test for every combination of values in the table.
For example:
Given I visit <site>
When I enter ...
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How can I parameterize multiple users login in your specflow gherkin (Selenium Webdriver)?
I need help please, I have a working Selenium Webdriver/Gherkin/Specflow project that I created.
I am trying to migrate my code to another environment (stage), but I only want to make changes in the ...
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Is it good practice to combine my Test and Prod BDD tests in one Framework?
This question has been bothering me lately, more from the fact that in the past this is something I would never do, yet in the past I wasn't writing BDD tests. Since incorporating SpecFlow into a ...
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Is it good practice to skip the When clause in Gherkin/Cucumber/SpecFlow?
Is it a good practice to skip the When clause in Gherkin/Cucumber/SpecFlow? For instance:
Scenario: user has to open a website
Given User has access to website
Then User should be able to validate ...
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Which is the better way for data-driven testing for Specflow automated tests?
I'm working with a project and I'm planning to use Specflow and Selenium C#. I'm new with using Specflow (SpecFlow is the open source port of Cucumber for .NET) for automation and I'm going to use it ...
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BDD SpecFlow w/WatiN test during/after redirect
I have begun to use SpecFlow and WatiN to automate UI tests in IE9, and am encountering a maddening problem which may have nothing do to with either, but hey. I have the following step:
[Then]
public ...
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API Testing with Specflow BDD Selenium?
I'm developing a BDD test automation solution with C# using Specflow (Cucumber) with tests written as plain text Gherkins. I am currently writing a regression test suite amongst others.
When ...
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Cucumber and Watin for Acceptance testing in Asp.Net MVC
If the business owner/QA are writing/running the Acceptance test against the front end of a Asp.Net Mvc Application, is there a benefit to using SpecFlow/Watin or SpecFlow/Selenium over Cucumber/Watir,...
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BDD with 3rd party services
I am developing a asp.net mvc site that depends deeply on a 3rd party web service.
I would like to know what is the best approach to develop this site since the web service is not ready yet and I can'...
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Specflow and selenium, best practice for passing page objects between steps?
I am wondering what the best way to structure context injection is. I know that page objects should be instantiated / disposed of as they are needed (don't initialize all page objs at the start of a ...
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specflow vs fitnesse
I am evaluating between specflow vs fitnesse with respect to BDD. I would like to find:
Fitnesse allows the user to pass inputs through excel. Specflow provides any similar functionality?
Fitnesse ...
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How to repeatedly run tests which add the same user to the system
I have the following Gherkin:
Scenario: A user can register to the application
Given Carlos is not a registered user
When Carlos registers on to the application
Then he gets registered
My ...
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Setup of Test automation framework from scratch using NUnit and Specflow and RestSharp and selenium with Visual Studio 2017 C#
We have so many API's(5 to 8 API calls - Mostly REST based and 1 or 2 in SOAP based) and Oracle DB. We do not have any WEB UI. No UI automation.Only middle tier and backend automation.
For automation ...
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Specflow Page Object Model Maintainability
I was wondering if anyone could assist in a Code Review on my Specflow Page Object Model code. I have included a small sample of the code I use, most of the pages follow identical patterns.
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Browser is closed only if test passed on VM
I use driver.Dispose(); and using ChromeDriver. But the browser is closed only if the test passed. On the VM if a test failed, the browser is still open. If I run tests from Visual Studio on local ...
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Benefits of BDD tools such as SpecFlow for tech debt in automation
We are starting to automate our manual regression suites using Selenium Webdriver and NUnit. The tests we will be automating are quite detailed in terms of steps and expected results however I was ...
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Specflow step is not bound even though the underlying step definitions have been implemented
Hello, the step has not been bound (hence, colour purple), even though the underlying step defintions have been implemented.
In the screen shot, I clicked on "Ok". V/Studio takes me to the screen in ...
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Which runner to use with Specflow Cucumber BDD: Specflow Runner, Nunit, Xunit
I have a Specflow Selenium BDD automation solution in C# using Visual Studio and want to start scheduling some automation runs based on tags and possibly features.
I've only used Nunit as a test ...
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SpecFlow - test MVC3 Web site with action calls
I'm very new to BDD testing, and would like to ask, is it possible/OK to test ASP MVC3 actions directly (using WebClient) using SpecFlow?
i.e.
Feature: Login
Scenario: Logging in
Given I post ...
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Can we use java to design specflows?
I am currently learning regarding specflows to design acceptance testing using cucumber, But I am getting information that we can not use java or Java script programming language only .net is ...
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Use Gherkin syntax for Acceptance Criteria without accompanying BDD tool
Pretty straightforward question:
Does anyone have experience writing or consuming Acceptance Criteria written with Gherkin, but doesn't use a BDD tool like Cucumber, Specflow, etc.? Is this method of ...
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Specflow Cucumber BDD - Only log in once on test run not on every scenario
We have a Cucumber BDD test project using C# Specflow. The application is browser based tested using Selenium WebDriver automation framework.
There are a number of feature files with scenarios:
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Specflow plus evaluation version attaching a screenshot
Is it possible to attach the screenshot in the report
with an c#, specflow auto framework.
I have included report template in
.srprofile
As mentioned in https://specflow.org/plus/documentation/...
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How can I turn a list of assertions into a table? C#/Specflow Selenium
I'm very new to using C#/Specflow to write tests. I have a test, that ends like this:
Then the Details page should display the rating zip code
And the Details page should display the ID
And ...
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Specrun - don't stop executing tests after a certain number fail
I am using specrun in visual studio to run my specflow unit tests. I have found that after a certain number of tests fail, specrun will stop and skip any remaining tests.
How can I run all tests ...
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Wrap specflow scenario within try-catch
I have been running into a problem with the C# selenium bindings decribed here:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22322596/
where a timeout exception is thrown occasionally while running my ...
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c# with Watin and SpecFlow - how to mark some test
How can you mark some tests to run only those? From all the test that you have in different folder to mark some as sanity and only run those?
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Specflow scenario outline with then table
I have a scenario outline with an example table with multiple rows having unique test parameters that are being used for given statement and then statement table for verification. Basically when the ...
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How can I organize my Specflow test cases?
I'm working with a project and I'm planning to use Specflow and Selenium C#. I'm new with using Specflow (SpecFlow is the open source port of Cucumber for .NET) for automation and I'm going to use it ...
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Is there a software that tells the number of possible flows when "inputing" an workflow?
I'm making a project that needs to break some big workflows into pieces and I need to know how many possible flows does the Workflow (that I have "inputed") before has.
Does anyone know any software ...
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Product Owners - level of involvement with .feature files
I am involved in a project where Given-When-Then formatted stories are written by the Product Owner (in a web-based story repository / JIRA), then created by Developers, while system test automation (...
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Azure devops test result grouping when using Specflow+ Runner
I am working on a testautomation project using .NET Core 3.1 and Specflow 3.5 using the Specflow+ Runner.
I am currently running the testautomation from Azure Devops using the VSTest task (see YAML ...
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Issue with running Restsharp SpecFlow tests using MSTest via command line
I have created restsharp specflow tests using NUnit framework and I am using MSTest as a test runner in app.config file. I tried to run the tests via command line and it does not work - says the tests ...
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I am trying to validate the following in page: Unit testing text and existence of Test Automation Interface Model picture [closed]
I am using the C# selenium, Specflow and Nunit3 for performing above task.
I am confused that how to validate the page. Later on, following task already i have done. Moreover, it Search for the link ...
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Specflow CodedUI Generator Plugin not generating feature files
Okay. So here is where I am at. I am using Specflow 2.2.0 to pair automated unit testing with our CodedUI testing effort. I am developing a plugin to add the CodedUI Test attribute to the Specflow ...
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Automated Tests Hanging TeamCity Build
I am using TeamCity to build a .dll containing a test suite for an api. The api is composed of asynchronous calls to create/read/update/delete values in a database. The tests in the .dll were ...
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No Option To "Generate Step Definitions" In Specflow
I do not see the option to "generate step definitions" in Specflow.
I have installed the Specflow add-on by going to: Tools >> Extensions And Updates
I have also added NUnit3 Test Adapter.
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Unable to click on checkbox using Selenium WebDriver
I am passing in the checkbox ID, grabbing the element and then if the checkbox is not checked I want to check it. It wouldn't check the box though, so I was debugging and then it worked when I added a ...
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In Visual Studio 2019, The Name Of The Scenario In Test Explorer Is Different From The Test That I Want To Run
The test scenario in Test Explorer is different from what I have in my V/S Project.
I have tried re-starting Test Explorer to no effect. Thanks !
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Specify what tests to run from SpecRun command line?
I'm looking for a way to specify what tests run when using specrun's command line (runtests.cmd). Is there a way to only run tests with a specific flag or specific feature file?
Or is there another ...
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parallel testing on scenario lever using c# selenium specflow
I have looked over the internet and everywhere I find examples of parallel testing at the feature level.
Can someone tell me how to execute parallel testing at the scenario level? Or running scenarios ...
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I am trying to check that two string are not equal using Specflow
I'm trying to compare two strings using this code in a switch statement:
case "medStepOne":
WebEligibilityMedFirst.SelectOptions(p0);
if (!p0.Equals("failOne") || !p0.Equals(&...
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Assertion on Span Tag Value (Selenium Web Driver - C# MSTest - Specflow)
I have a scenario, where I want to Assert the UI is displaying 'Active'.
When debugging the assertion, I am trying different methods.
This is what I started with:
Assert.IsTrue(webdriver.Text.Contains(...
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How to run appium tests parallel in c# specflow?
I am new to C# and Specflow. I am using appium, c# and specflow for automating my tests.
I have a app.config file where i am mentioning the environment to be run into.
A driver class DeviceDriver.cs ...
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How to fix : BoDi.ObjectContainerException : Interface cannot be resolved: TechTalk.SpecFlow.UnitTestProvider.IUnitTestRuntimeProvider('nunit')
I am trying to build task in Azure pipeline. Observed error :
OneTimeSetUp: BoDi.ObjectContainerException : Interface cannot be resolved: TechTalk.SpecFlow.UnitTestProvider.IUnitTestRuntimeProvider('...
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