How do I start a new test session in OpenTest?

Question

I have installed OpenTest and want to start a new session.

How do I do this?

I tried searching for this on Google but only found a PR talking about using the API.

Answer 1

There are three ways to start a test session:

1. From the web-based user interface. Go to the Session / Create Test Session... menu option, then select the tests you want to run, fill in other test session properties, as needed, and click the Create Session button.
2. Using a test session template. This can be done from the UI, or through the web API:
   • From the UI: use the Session / Create Session From Template...
   • Using the API: fill-in the template property of the JSON payload. Mode details here.
3. Using the web API and passing the properties of the test session, as described here.

Example API call:

POST http://localhost:3000/api/session

{
    "environment": "prod",
    "sessionLabel": "Run smoke tests",
    "tests": [
        {
            "path": ".",
            "name": "Smoke test 1"
        },
        {
            "path": ".",
            "name": "Web test 2"
        }
    ]
}

Answer 2

Using https://getopentest.org/docs/environments.html as a guide, reading into Step 1, I believe that clicking on the plus as noted in the diagram is how once could start a new session.