With Cypress reporter plugin, you can automatically populate Cypress generated test results into your Test Runs in TestCollab.

How does it work?

You have test cases in a project in TestCollab which need to be automated
Test cases are added to a test plan and are assigned to their testers
You use Cypress for test case automation and have the Mochawesome Reporter

Using the node package testcollab-cypress-plugin, you can use the Mochawesome (JSON) report to automatically update the status of executed test cases in TestCollab.

Installation

In order to install the plugin, run the command:

npm install -g testcollab-cypress-plugin

The package is ready to use once it is installed.

Setting the environment variable

To use testcollab-cypress-plugin, set the environment variable NODE_ENV (in capitals) to 'production' (in lowercase).

Here is the command used in Linux :

export NODE_ENV=production

You can later verify the set value using:

echo $NODE_ENV

The 'uploadTCRunResult' command syntax

Once the package is installed "uploadTCRunResult" command would be available for execution

uploadTCRunResult --apiToken=<<API_TOKEN>>  --projectId=<<PROJECT_ID>>  --companyId=<<COMPANY_ID>>  --testPlanId=<<TESTPLAN_ID>>   --mochaJsonResult=<<RELATIVEPATH_TO_JSON>>

Notes: Your JSON file must follow mochawesome format.

The arguments

Argument	Purpose	Additional information
apiToken	API token of the tester who is the assignee for testcases to be executed.	To know how API tokens can be generated in TestCollab: https://help.testcollab.com/en/articles/5299051-getting-an-api-token-generated
companyId	Id of the company registered with TestCollab	Availability: Look for company_id query parameter in network calls from TestCollab app Or contact us
projectId	Id of the project to which the testcases (and testplan) belong	Accessible from web browser's address bar
testPlanId	Id of the testplan to which the testcases to be executed have been added	Availability : As a column on the testplans list page On the web browser's address bar

Mapping TestCollab test cases with cypress

In order for this package to map executed test cases with their corresponding Test Collab test cases ID, IDs should be appended to the 'title' property of your 'tests' array in JSON as follows:

{
  "stats": {
    "suites": 1,
    "tests": 4,
    "passes": 3,
     ..........
     ..........
  },

   "results": [
    {
      "uuid": "dda20e6a-1473-4084-90b0-f1eb99f78e96",
       .............
       .............

      "suites": [
        {
          "uuid": "ab6e0113-f0f1-45fe-9a95-fc72eb1a5a5b",
          "title": "",
           .............
           .............
          "tests": [
            {
              "title": "id-389440", ⬅ We parse testcase ID from here
              "fullTitle": "Sample test",  
          },

Download above sample file here

If you are using multiple configurations in your test run, then test plan configuration ID should be specified in a similar way in 'suites' array under title property like this:

{
  "stats": {
    "suites": 1,
    "tests": 4,
    "passes": 3,
     ..........
     ..........
  },

   "results": [
    {
      "uuid": "dda20e6a-1473-4084-90b0-f1eb99f78e96",
       .............
       .............

      "suites": [
        {
          "uuid": "ab6e0113-f0f1-45fe-9a95-fc72eb1a5a5b",
          "title": "TestSuite-1", ⬅ :information_source: Test plan configuration ID
           .............
           .............
          "tests": [
            {
              "title": "id-5381", ⬅ :information_source: Test case ID 
              "fullTitle": "Sample test",  
          },

Download above sample file here

A Use Case

Run the Cypress script:

Next, uploadTCRunResult is run:

The results are meanwhile populated in TestCollab, the same can be checked by accessing the testcase execution details for the testplan.

For more related articles check out this section of the user guide.

For any queries/suggestions please feel free to contact us at support@testcollab.com