nemo-fixo

nemo-fixo is a nemo plugin plugin to manage your test fixtures.

Test fixtures can be complex when you need to run your tests for different environments and locales, as there tends to be a lot of data duplication.

nemo-fixo solves this issue with fixo, an extension to JSON parser to extend and compose JSON objects. fixo instance is accessible from nemo.fixo; nemo-fixo also provides load and iterate functions to use the fixture data to drive your mocha test cases.

Installation

$ npm install nemo-fixo

How to use it

Edit Nemo config.json file, add nemo-fixo plugin settings:

{
  "plugins": {
    "nemo-fixo": {
      "module": "nemo-fixo",
      "arguments": [{
         "srcDir": "test/fixture"
      }]
    }
  }
}

Options

• srcDir: Test fixtures directory (required, default: test/fixture)
• specDir: Test specs directory (optional, default: undefined), more info here.
• defaultIterateList : Default list loaded by iterate helper function (optional, default: all), more info here.

Fixo instance

// Load fixture
nemo.fixo.load('card', function(card) { ...  });
 
// Or with Promise
nemo.fixo.load('card').then(function(card) { ...  });
 
// Load fixture property for a profile
nemo.fixo.load('card.visa', 'GB', function(card) { ...  });
 
// Load multiple fixtures
nemo.fixo.load(['card', 'bank'], function(fixtures) { ...  }method);
 
// Load fixture in a folder
nemo.fixo.load('folder/card', function(card) { ...  });

Fixture file

Inheritance and Override

Fixo supports object inheritance and override, example:

• GB extends from master
• GB-en extends from master, GB, en
• GB-en-dev extends from master, GB, en, GB-en

{
  "master": {
    "visa": {
       "account_number": "1111111111111111",
       "expiry_date": "08/18",
     "cvv": "123"
  },
    "diners": {
      "account_number": "22222222222222",
       "expiry_date": "08/18",
       "cvv": "123"
    },
    "amex": {
       "account_number": "333333333333333",
     "expiry_date": "08/18",
     "cvv": "123"
    }
  },
  "GB": {
    "visa": {
      "account_number": "4444444444444444"
    }
  },
  "en": {},
  "GB-en": {},
  "GB-en-GB": {}
}

Default values

Shared default values. Visa, Diners, Amex extend the default values:

{
  "master": {
    "default": {
       "expiry_date": "08/18",
       "cvv": "123"
    },
    "visa": {
       "account_number": "1111111111111111",
       "cvv": "123"
    },
    "diners": {
      "account_number": "22222222222222",
    },
    "amex": {
       "account_number": "333333333333333"
    }
  }
}

Resolvers and Macros

Resolvers allow you to transform an object property value as a whole, while Macros allow you to replace parts of a string value with dynamic content.

You could easily create custom resolvers and macros, refer to fixo documentation for more information.

{
  "master": {
    "profile": {
      "name": "Walter Mitty",
      "email": "test-{random}@domain.com"
    }
    "name": "get:profile.name",
    "wallet": {
      "bank": "include:bank.citibank",
      "card_GB": "include.GB:card.visa"
    }
  },
  "GB": {
    "profile": {
      "name": "William"
    }
  }
}

Load and iterate functions

Use your test fixture data to drive your test cases. nemo-fixo provides load and iterate functions:

• nemo-fixo/load — to load one or multiple fixture
• nemo-fixo/iterate — to load one or multiple fixtures and iterate over different profiles

Load fixture function

var load = require('nemo-fixo/load');
var fixture = load('fixture-name');
 
if (fixture.flagOn) {
  it('should test this', function() { ... }
} else {
  it('should test that', function() { ... }
}

Iterate fixtures function

var iterate = require('nemo-fixo/iterate');
 
iterate('fixture-name', ['US', 'GB', 'CA'], function(profile, fixture, index) {
  describe('Test scenario for profile ' + profile, function() {
    // Another level of iterations based on the fixture data if needed
    fixture.elements.forEach(function(element) {
      it('should... for ' + element.name, function(done) {
        ...
      });
 
      // To load a new instance of fixture for each test case
      it('should... for ' + element.name, function(done, fixture) {
      P
        ...
      });
    });
  });
});

Iterate profile list

Iterate profile list is determined from multiple sources in the following precedence:

1. FIXO_ITERATE_PROFILES environment variable, a comma-seperated value of profile list. Used in development to force iterate a fixed set of profiles.
2. Profile list argument passed to iterate function
3. Profile list configured in the fixture file under iterate property name

// test/fixture/card.json
{
  "master": {
    "visa": {},
    "amex": {}
  },
  "US": {},
  "GB": {},
  "CA": {},
  ...
  "iterate": {
    "all": ["US", "GB", "CA"]
  }
}

// test/spec/test-card.js
// Profile list is retrieved from the card.json, i.e. ['US', 'GB', 'CA']
iterate('card', function(profile, fixture) {
  ...
});

Multiple profile lists

You could configure multiple profile lists in your fixture file. By default, iterate method will look for the all list:

// test/fixture/card.json
{
  "master": {},
  ...
  "iterate": {
    "all": [...],
    "small": [...],
    "medium": [...],
    "large": [...]
  }
}

If you need to change the default list name, set defaultIterateList option when configuring nemo fixo plugin. To load a specific profile list, you could pass the list option:

iterate('card', undefined, { list: 'small' }, function(profile, card) { ... });

When configuring your CI environment, you could also set FIXO_ITERATE_LIST environment variable.

Load fixture matching the spec filename

To load fixture matching the spec name and the directory structure, configure specDir option in Nemo config.json and pass __filename for the fixture name.

// Nemo config.json
{
  "plugins": {
    "nemo-fixo": {
      "modules": "nemo-fixo"
      "arguments": [{
         "srcDir": "test/fixture"
         "specDir": "test/spec"       // Comment off to ignore fixture directory structure
      }]
    }
  }
}
 
// test/spec/nested/test-card.js
// fixture will load from test/fixture/nested/test-card.json
load(__filename, function(fixture) { ... });
iterate(__filename, function(profile) { ... });

License

Copyright (C) 2016 PayPal

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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