Using the same request object for multiple test cases

[vinayak-kaladhar]

scenario:

I have test case1 , that uses a specific request object(read from file) and makes few key value modifications and uses it for the test cases.

it('Verify creation of HCF with exisiting salesforce id', async () => {
   request.createFacilityWithRequiredFields.salesforceID =  configData.salesforceid
    await pactum.spec()
        .post(endpoints.baseUrl + endpoints.createHCF)
        .withBody(request.createFacilityWithRequiredFields)
        .withHeaders('Accept', 'application/json')
        .withHeaders('Authorization', configData.HCFAuthorization)
        .expectStatus(422)
});

I have test case2 , that uses the same specific request object(read from file)

it('Verify creation of surgery facility without surgery related fields ', async () => {
     await pactum.spec()
        .post(endpoints.baseUrl + endpoints.createHCF)
        .withBody(request.createFacilityWithRequiredFields)
        .withHeaders('Accept', 'application/json')
        .withHeaders('Authorization', configData.HCFAuthorization)
        .expectStatus(422)
});

But the issue is changes done in test case1 to the request object, gets carried over to test case 2 also.
In this case salesforceID assigned in test case1 gets carried over to test case2

Questions?
I believe this is because of async calls, how to mitigate this?
this framework supports only async calls?

[ASaiAnudeep]

In general objects are accessed by reference. If you update a value inside the object, it will be reflected at other places. The easiest solution is to have independent objects per test case.

Using clone

You can create a clone the request object for each test case and modify accordingly. Fortunately pactum comes with an inbuilt function to clone objects. Or use JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(object))

it('Verify creation of HCF with exisiting salesforce id', async () => {
    const body = pactum.clone(request.createFacilityWithRequiredFields);
    body.salesforceID =  configData.salesforceid
    await pactum.spec()
        .post(endpoints.baseUrl + endpoints.createHCF)
        .withBody(body)
        .withHeaders('Accept', 'application/json')
        .withHeaders('Authorization', configData.HCFAuthorization)
        .expectStatus(422)
});

Using DataTemplates

For a more advanced usage, Data Templates will streamline the way test data can be reused across test cases. Learn more about it here

[vinayak-kaladhar]

Thanks sai and team, for the swift response.