stash.loadData() functionality

[SirWMcGee]

Hi, I'm evaluating your tool and I'm trying to load data from data folder (within I have a templates and maps folders, respectively, just like in your example.

In total, it looks like this:

const { request, stash } = require('pactum');

before(() => {
  stash.loadData('tests/IntegrationTests/COAPI/data');
  request.setBaseUrl('$M{environments.dev}');
});

The test itself:

const { describe, it } = require('node:test');
const {spec} = require('pactum');

describe('Register new user', () => {

const { request, stash } = require('pactum');

before(() => {
  stash.loadData('tests/IntegrationTests/COAPI/data');
  request.setBaseUrl('$M{environments.dev}');
});

  it('INIT get token', async () => {
    await spec()
      .post('/api/checkout-with-products/products')
      .expectStatus(200)
      .stores('token', 'token')
  });
  
  it('Register user', async () => {
    await spec()
      .post('/api/checkout-with-products/register')
      .withHeaders('API-Token', '$S{token}')
      .withJson({
        '@DATA:TEMPLATE@': 'user'
      })
      .expectStatus(201)
      .expectBodyContains("[email protected]")
  });
});

environments.json:

{ 
  "environments": 
  {
    "dev": "http://localhost",
    "ci": "http://nginx-ci"
  }
}

And so this code should in theory load data for further tests and set the base url (package.json is in the main project folder). It does neither. Could you please elaborate on the use of stash.loadData()? It's not loading anything, no matter the path to data folder - even absolute path fails. Adding maps manually in test and setting the baseUrl works, but it's not enough for our use case.

[ASaiAnudeep]

Are you facing any errors while using loadData?

The path of the data folder should be from the current working dir where you are executing the test run command.

May be try this stash.loadData('./tests/IntegrationTests/COAPI/data');

[SirWMcGee]

I'm facing errors connected to invalid URL, like there's no base URL. I've already tried your solution and also tried using absolute path. Both don't assign localhost as the base URL.

[ASaiAnudeep]

Could you please create a sample repo to replicate the issue and share it with us.