Determine if SoapUI (ReadyAPI) is started via testrunner.bat or by the user (running in UI-mode)

Question

Is it possible to determine if SoapUI (ReadyAPI) is started

1. via testrunner.bat
2. by the user (running in interactive UI-mode)

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I know that you can retrieve the current environment using this groovy script code:

def env = testRunner.testCase.testSuite.project.activeEnvironment.name

However I wonder what value this will return when running via the command-line (testrunner.bat) ; will it return the active environment from the test project, or will it be null/empty ?

Update (use-case)
The user case is that depending on the way the tests are run. In case of testrunner.bat I want to be able to set the environment to a fixed value. Else I want enable the user to select the environment manually. Note that the some environment settings like EndPoints for each environment are defined a pre-defined XML file.

Update (possible solution)
@albciff

On the latest version from ReadyAPI (1.9.0), this does not work as you described.

• testrunner.bat returns SoapUIProTestCaseRunner
• running via ui returns InProcessSoapUIProTestCaseRunner

When using this code: def runner = com.eviware.soapui.SoapUI.getCmdLineRunner(); log.info "runner = [" + runner.getClass().getSimpleName() + "]"

Answer 1

A more easier way to detect this would be:

if (com.eviware.soapui.SoapUI.isCommandLine()) {
  // todo
}

Found at community.smartbear.com

Answer 2

I think that there is no property inside SOAPUI to difference between how it's executed. In fact I test your proposal:

def env = testRunner.testCase.testSuite.project.activeEnvironment.name

And it returns Default for both cases (from UI and using testrunner).

A possible workaround to do so, it's for example to pass a project property parameter in the CLI of the testrunner execution; and then in your code check for this parameter to detect how the project is launched.

To pass a project property you've to use -Pname=value. So for example launch the testrunner using:

testrunner -r -I <path/To/yourProject.xml> -PrunningBy=testRunner

And then in your code you can get the property and check for this content to decide if it's running by testrunner or from the UI, something like:

def runningBy = testRunner.testCase.testSuite.project.getPropertyValue('runningBy')

if(runningBy){
    // it's not null so is launched from testRunner
}else{
    // it's null, so is launched from UI
}

UPDATE

After reviewing the API seems that it's possible thought the follow method:

com.eviware.soapui.SoapUI.getCmdLineRunner()

It returns null when executed from UI, instead when executed from testrunner it returns and instance of com.eviware.soapui.tools.CmdLineRunner.

So you can use something like:

def clr = com.eviware.soapui.SoapUI.getCmdLineRunner()

if(clr){
    // it's not null so is launched from testRunner
}else{
    // it's null, so is launched from UI
}