vrest-cli

1. Exports the records (test cases/ API mocks) which are stored in vREST.
2. Import records in vREST.
3. This utility can be useful to maintain backup / version control of your vREST records.

Prerequisites:

• Node.js - Download and Install Node.js. You can also follow this wiki (https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/)

Installation / Update:

sudo npm install -g vrest-cli

• sudo is optional. For windows, remove sudo from the above command.

Usage:

vrest-cli --email=<vrest_email> --password=<vrest_password> [--apicall="<name_of_api>"]

Options:

    -e, --email      : Email ID through which you have registered on vREST
    -p, --password   : Password of your vREST account
    -a, --apicall    : API call to invoke. Supported values are import, export.

Note: Each API call has their own set of arguments.

API Calls:

The following APIs are supported:

1. export To export vREST test cases. This API call accepts the following additional arguments:

    -u, --url          : Provide the test case list URL here. You can find
                         the test case list URL by going to your vREST
                         instance and select Test Cases tab. Now click on
                         button "Copy Current Test Case List URL" available
                         in Left hand side, below the "Filters section".
                         Provide the copied URL in this option. Ensure that
                         you enclose URL in double quotes.
    -f, --filepath     : [Optional] Absolute file path where records should
                         be exported

2. import To import vREST test cases. This API call accepts the following additional arguments:

    -U --url           : Provide the test case list URL here. This tool
                         will extract the instance and project id from the
                         URL.
    -f, filepath       : Absolute file path from where the records to be
                         imported
    -t, --testsuiteid  : test suite id into which records will be imported.
    -s,--selectedtestsuite: Value can be 1 or 0. If value is 1 then records
                         will inserted into the specified testsuiteid
                         otherwise it will use the test suite id from the
                         exported file.
     -c, --create      : Value can be 1 or 0. If value is 1 then new
                         records will be created otherwise existing records
                         will be updated.
     -m, --from        : Value can be json, swagger or postman.

3. More APIs later, stay tuned ...