pass test case parameters using nunit console

kotoj picture kotoj · Sep 29, 2016 · Viewed 15.6k times · Source

I am developing tests using Nunit and data driven testing approach. I have test method with 2 parameters: path to xlsx file and worksheet name. It works perfect in Visual Studio when I pass parameters in TestCase attribute, for example when I want to run 3 test cases have to write something like this:

[TestCase(@"pathToFile.xlsx", "TestCase1")]
[TestCase(@"pathToFile.xlsx", "TestCase2")]
[TestCase(@"pathToFile.xlsx", "TestCase3")]
public void performActionsByWorksheet(string excelFilePath, string worksheetName)
{    
    //test code
}

I would like to run my test cases and pass parameters using Nunit Console (not to write parameters in code).

Is it possible to achieve it?

Answer

Vadim Pashkov picture Vadim Pashkov · Sep 29, 2016

If you are using NUnit 3 you can use TestContext.Parameters property:

[Test]
public void performActionsByWorksheet()
{
    string excelFilePath = TestContext.Parameters["excelFilePath"];
    string worksheetName = TestContext.Parameters["worksheetName"];
    TestContext.WriteLine(excelFilePath);
    TestContext.WriteLine(worksheetName);
}

and --params command line argument:

nunit3-console.exe path/to/your/test.dll --params=excelFilePath=testPath;worksheetName=testName