API for Automation

Get List of all Automation Agents

POST /rest/admin/agent/read

Request

Content-Type: application/json

Parameters

Name	Located in	Required	Description	Default	Schema
start	body	yes	Start index of records	-	integer
limit	body	yes	Number of records per page	-	integer
page	body	yes	Page number to be displayed	-	integer

Response

Content-Type: application/json

Status Code	Reason	Response Model
200	List of agents fetched successfully	Response Entity
400	Invalid json object or mandatory fields missing	-
401	Unauthorised or session expired	-
500	Returned when server connection times out	-

Automation API - Create Test Suites through Automation

POST /rest/import/createandscheduletestresults/{headerRow}

Request

Content-Type:multipart/form-data

Parameters

Name	Located in	Required	Description	Default	Schema
scope	header	yes	scope	-	string
apikey	header	yes	Generated Automation API key	-	string
headerRow	path	yes	Default value is 1	-	string
file	formData	yes	Your result file to be uploaded. Supported file extensions: .json, .xml and .zip (zip file must contain files of the format given in the 'entityType' param	-	string
entityType	formData	yes	Format of result file to be imported. Supported formats:TESTNG or CUCUMBER or JUNIT or HPUFT or QAF	-	string
cycleID	formData	no	Target Cycle Id or Cycle Name. Cycle Id can be fetched using List Cycle API and Cycle Name can be obtained from detail view of target Cycle.	-	string
platformID	formData	no	Target Platform Id or Platform Name. Platform Id can be fetched using List Platform API and Platform Name can be obtained from detail view of target Platform.	-	string
testsuiteId	formData	no	Target Test Suite ID or Entity Key. Testsuite id can be fetched using List Testsuite API and the Entity Key can be obtained from detail view of target Test Suite. This parameter will be ignored in case automationHierarchy for JUnit result upload is provided as 3 (multiple Test Suites).	-	string
testsuiteName	formData	no	Provide test suite name for the new test suite If the auto-generated name is not desired. This parameter will be ignored in case automationHierarchy for JUnit result upload is provided as 3 (multiple Test Suites).	-	string
projectID	formData	no	Target Project ID or project Key or project name. Project id can be fetched using List Poroject API and the Entity Key or name can be obtained from list view of target Project.	-	string
releaseID	formData	no	Target Release ID or Release name. Release id can be fetched using List Release API from list detail of target Project.	-	string
buildID	formData	no	Target Build ID or Build name. Build id can be fetched using List Build API from list detail of target Project.	-	string
automationHierarchy	formData	no	The parameter has to be used only for TestNG and JUnit frameworks. Define the hierarchy of a Test case i.e. Test Case-Test Step or Test Case or Test Suite-Test Case. TestNG 1 Create Test Case -Test Step. The tag <class> is referred as Test Case and tag <test-method> as Test Step. (The default value is 1) 2 Create only Test Case. The tag <test-method> is referred as Test Case. JUnit 1 Create Test Case-Test Step. The tag <testsuite> referred as Test Case and tag <testcase> as Test Step. (The default value is 1) 2 Create Test Case. The tag <testcase> referred as Test case. In case multiple JUnit files are imported a single Test Suite will be created with Test cases of all the files combined together. 3 Create Test Suite-Test Case. The tag <testsuite> referred as Test Suite and tag <testcase> referred as Test Case.In this case multiple Test Suites will be created.	-	string
testcase_fields	formData	no	Mention system defined fields and user-defined fields for test case as shown in Test Case JSON format. All the mandatory fields other than Summary should be mentioned in this parameter.	-	`JSON`
testsuite_fields	formData	no	Mention system defined fields and user-defined fields for test suite as shown in Test Suite JSON format. All the mandatory fields other than Summary should be mentioned in this parameter. This parameter will be ignored if existing Test suite Id is used to upload results.	-	`JSON`

Supported Fields

Field Name as mentioned in QMetry > Customization > Manage Fields > Field Name
For Look up list and multi lookup list fields
- If the value does not exist in Project and Auto Create value feature is on for Project, the value will get added in the list and it will be assigned to the test case.
- If the value does not exist in Project and Auto Create value feature is off for Project, the value will not be added in the list and Test Case field will be blank or have a default value in it.
- If a new value is added to Multi Look Up List, the older value will remain unchanged and the new value will be added to the list.
- List values are added to the same version of the test case.

Field	Example	Test Case	Test Suite	Notes
"component"	"component" : ["Label1, "Label2"]	Yes	No	Old values will persist and new value will get set e.g., L1 and L2 are set and L3 is assigned, then the updated values for component will be L1, L2 and L3.
"priority"	"priority" : "Minor"	Yes	No	As mentioned for Look Up and Multi Look Up lists above.
"testCaseState"	"testCaseState":"Open"	Yes	No
"testCaseType"	"testCaseType":"Automated"	Yes	No
"testcaseOwner"	"testCaseOwner":"John"	Yes	No	userAlias should be passed in request. Owner will not be set if the requested user is not found or the user doesn't have right for the Test Case module.
"description"	"description":"Sample Description."	Yes	Yes	This will be set as requested.
"estimatedTime"	"estimatedTime":30	Yes	No	This will be set as requested.
"testSuiteState"	"testSuiteState":"Open"	No	Yes	A new Status value will be added if it does not exist in the project.
"testsuiteOwner"	"testsuiteOwner":"lizamathew"	No	Yes	userAlias should be passed in request. Owner will not be set if the requested user is not found or the user doesn't have right for the Test Suite module.

User Defined Fields

Custom Field Type	Validation Rule	Example	Notes
STRING	It accepts text in a single line	"tagName": "Sample test asset."	The field value will be set as requested.
LARGETEXT	It accepts text in multiple lines	"additionalComment": "this is a sample test asset"	The field value will be set as requested.
LOOKUPLIST	It accepts a single value on the list	"country": ["United States"]	Lookup type will be set as requested if its list value exists. If the value does not exist in Project and Auto Create value feature is on for Project, the value will get added in the list and it will be assigned to the test case. If the value does not exist in Project and Auto Create value feature is off for Project, the value will not be added in the list and Test Case field will be blank or have default value in it.
MULTILOOKUPLIST	It accepts comma separated multiple values	"langaugePreference": ["English",Portuguese"]	Multi Lookup will be set as requested if its list value exists. If the value does not exist in Project and Auto Create value feature is on for Project, the value will get added in the list and it will be assigned to the test case. If the value does not exist in Project and Auto Create value feature is off for Project, the value will not be added in the list and Test Case field will be blank or have default value in it. Additional value will be selected keeping the old values unchanged. E.g., A and B are set and we update with C then updated values for the list will be A, B and C.
DATEPICKER	It accepts the Date format that has been set in user profile	"reviewedDate": "08-30-2019"	The field value will be set as requested.
NUMBER	It accepts any number with decimal	"executionTime": 4	The field value will be set as requested.

Test Case Fields with UDFs in JSON format

{

"component":["com1", "com2"],
"priority":"High",
"testCaseState":"Open",
"testCaseType":"Manual",
"testcaseOwner":"lizamathew",
"estimatedTime":60,
"description":"Sample Description",

"userDefinedFields" : {

"reviewedDate": "08-30-2019",
"executionTime": 40,
"tagName": "Sample test asset.",
"additionalComment": "This is a sample test asset"
"country": ["United States"]
"langaugePreference": ["English",Portuguese"]

}

}

Test Suite Fields with UDFs in JSON format

{

"testSuiteState":"Open",
"testsuiteOwner":"lizamathew",
"description":"Testing 8.5.4 API Changes",

"userDefinedFields" : {

"reviewedDate": "08-30-2019",
"executionTime": 40,
"tagName": "Sample test asset.",
"additionalComment": "this is a sample test asset"
"country": ["United States"]
"langaugePreference": ["English",Portuguese"]
}

}

The following table depicts probable import result according to the scenario.

Is System Field/UDF Mandatory?	Is Auto-Create Enabled?	Does UDF Value exist?	Import Result
No	No	No	Fail
No	No	Yes	Success
No	Yes	No	Success
No	Yes	Yes	Success
Yes	No	No	Fail
Yes	No	Yes	Success
Yes	Yes	No	Success

Response

Content-Type: application/json

Status Code	Reason	Response Model
200	Test Suites created successfully	ResponseEntity
400	Invalid json object or mandatory fields missing	-
401	Unauthorised or session expired	-
500	Returned when server connection times out	-

Definitions

ResponseEntity

name	type	required	description
headers	object	optional	-
body	object	optional	-
statusCode	string	optional	-