Execute JavaScript command

Uses Javascript for executing tests, for example to auto-generate a job number for each job run.

This command replaces the Execute TCL Script command, available in select cloud environments, which is being deprecated.

Parameters

Name Type Possible values Description

Inline script*

String

  

Runs custom logic using JavaScript. This could include, but is not limited to, date/time formatting, manipulation of strings, and arithmetic operations.

Avoid using comments (such as // todo or /* todo */) as part of the Inline script parameter value.

Following are some basic examples you can use:

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Basic examples
const sqRoot = Math.sqrt(16);
const currentDate = new Date();
const futureDate = new Date(currentDate.getTime() + 1000 * 60 * 60);
const pastDate = new Date(currentDate.getTime() - 1000 * 60 * 60);
const isFutureDate = futureDate > currentDate;
const isPastDate = pastDate < currentDate;
const str1 = 'hello';
const str2 = 'world';
const stringComprision =  str1 === str2;

You can also integrate this parameter with Scriptless Mobile variables, as follows:

  • To read from an existing variable called firstName, include the following:

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    getTestVariable("firstName");

  • To save a value to an existing variable called zipCodes, include the following, where zip is a variable inside the JavaScript code and assigned to a Scriptless Mobile variable called zipCode.

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    setTestVariable ("zipCode", zip);
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Examples using variables

const sqRoot = Math.sqrt(16);
setTestVariable ("JS_VAR", sqRoot)

const sentence = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The fox is quick!";
const newSentence = sentence.replace(/fox/g, "cat");
setTestVariable ("JS_VAR_2", newSentence)

const sqRoot = Math.sqrt(getTestVariable("myNum"));
setTestVariable ("mySqRoot", sqRoot)

Comment

String

  

Adds a comment to the script

On-fail Result*

Condition

Ignore | Break | Continue | Abort | Catch

The behavior when the command fails.

* Mandatory