Question

Ok here’s my scenario (be kind, only been using Python for a short while):

I have a service I’m calling and need to run several iterations of the same test with a different variable passed to the method. I am able to run iterations against a single method just fine but I need the variable to change per each test and without counting the call to get a random variable as an iteration. I’m probably going about this the wrong way but I’d love any help I can get.

Here’s my code thus far:

data = ""

class MyTestWorkFlow:
    global data 
    def Data(self):
        low = 1
        high = 1000
        pid = random.randrange(low,high)
        data = linecache.getline('c:/tmp/testData.csv', pid)

    def Run(self):
        client = Client(wsdl)
        result = client.service.LookupData(data)
        f = open('/tmp/content','w')
        f.write (str(result))
        f.close()
        f = open('/tmp/content','r')
        for i in f:
            print i
        f.close()

test = MyTestWorkFlow()
for i in range(1,2):
  test.Run()

Answer 1

There’s a lot we could talk about regarding automated testing in Python, but the problem here is that you don’t seem to be invoking your Data method.

If you change your code like this:

def Run(self)
    self.Data()
    client = Client(wsdl)
    ...

does it do what you need?