Testcase Id Prefix

[simonthum]

Problem to solve

I am scripting hurl to run tests over a number of systems. I want to generate a summary report from that activity.

Proposal

I propose to add a test id prefix option, so different test runs will have different ids.

My wild guess is that if my test ids consisted of a constant prefix + filename, the report merge would lead to a summary report automatically.

Right now I have to put them in different directories and put in extra work for a summary/overview. Identical test ids also are likely to confuse other tools that display test results.

Additional context and resources

For context see

hurl/packages/hurl/src/report/junit/testcase.rs

Line 37 in 870e095

let id = filename.to_string();

Tasks to complete

• Add a commandline option for prefix (maybe suffix too)
• derive test id from prefix and filename in every backend
• Alternatively, push the test id to the hurl result
• Ideally, document how to use it to create summary reports

[jcamiel]

Hi @simonthum I struggle to understand your issue 😅!

Could you describe your actual workflow, what you're doing with the JUnit / Hurl test etc... and what could be improved? We need to understand what's missing today and, especially, if we can avoid creating a new command line option? We have a lot of command line option today and really want to create a new one only if there is a string need.

Thanks !