Test Suite: =========== The tests in each YAML file should be run in order as a single set of dependent tests. Before each file, the test cluster should be "reset" (eg deleting indices etc), the `response` var and the `stash` should be cleared (see below). Dot notation: ------------- Dot notation is used for (1) method calls and (2) hierarchical data structures. For instance, a method call like `cluster.health` would do the equivalent of: client.cluster.health(...params...) A test against `_tokens.1.token` would examine the `token` key, in the second element of the `tokens` array, inside the `response` var (see below): $val = $response->{tokens}[1]{token} # Perl syntax roolz! If one of the levels (eg `tokens`) does not exist, it should return an undefined value. If no field name is given (ie the empty string) then return the current $val -- used for testing the whole response body. Skipping tests: --------------- If tests should be skipped on particular versions of Elasticsearch, the first entry in the list of tests should be called `skip`, and contain the range of versions to be skipped, and the reason why the tests are skipped. For instance: .... "Parent": - skip: version: "0 - 0.90.2" reason: Delete ignores the parent param - do: ... test definitions ... .... All tests in the file should be skipped if: `min <= current <= max`. The `version` range should always have an upper bound. Versions should either have each version part compared numerically, or should be converted to a string with sufficient digits to allow string comparison, eg 0.90.2 -> 000-090-002 Snapshot versions and versions of the form `1.0.0.Beta1` can be treated as the rounded down version, eg `1.0.0`. Required operators: ------------------- === `do` The `do` operator calls a method on the client. For instance: .... - do: cluster.health: level: shards .... The response from the `do` operator should be stored in the `response` var, which is reset (1) at the beginning of a file or (2) on the next `do`. If the arguments to `do` include `catch`, then we are expecting an error, which should be caught and tested. For instance: .... - do: catch: missing get: index: test type: test id: 1 .... The argument to `catch` can be any of: [horizontal] `missing`:: a 404 response from ES `conflict`:: a 409 response from ES `request`:: a generic error response from ES `param`:: a client-side error indicating an unknown parameter has been passed to the method `/foo bar/`:: the text of the error message matches this regular expression If `catch` is specified, then the `response` var must be cleared, and the test should fail if no error is thrown. === `set` For some tests, it is necessary to extract a value from the previous `response`, in order to reuse it in a subsequent `do` and other tests. For instance, when testing indexing a document without a specified ID: .... - do: index: index: test type: test - set: { _id: id } # stash the value of `response._id` as `id` - do: get: index: test type: test id: $id # replace `$id` with the stashed value - match: { _id: $id } # the returned `response._id` matches the stashed `id` .... The stash should be reset at the beginning of each test file. === `is_true` The specified key exists and has a true value (ie not `0`, `false`, `undefined`, `null` or the empty string), eg: .... - is_true: fields._parent # the _parent key exists in the fields hash and is "true" .... === `is_false` The specified key doesn't exist or has a false value (ie `0`, `false`, `undefined`, `null` or the empty string), eg: .... - is_false: fields._source # the _source key doesn't exist in the fields hash or is "false" .... === `match` Used to compare two variables (could be scalars, arrays or hashes). The two variables should be identical, eg: .... - match: { _source: { foo: bar }} .... === `lt` and `gt` Compares two numeric values, eg: .... - lt: { fields._ttl: 10000 } # the `_ttl` value is less than 10,000 .... === `length` This depends on the datatype of the value being examined, eg: .... - length: { _id: 22 } # the `_id` string is 22 chars long - length: { _tokens: 3 } # the `_tokens` array has 3 elements - length: { _source: 5 } # the `_source` hash has 5 keys ....