# Create test suite consisting purely of code? **URL:** \ **Category:** Web Testing\ **Tags:** katalon-studio\ **Created:** [June 1, 2021, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/create-test-suite-consisting-purely-of-code/55338 "2021-06-01T21:10:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gengland](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/gengland/32/20464_2.png) [@gengland](https://forum.katalon.com/u/gengland)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/create-test-suite-consisting-purely-of-code/55338/1 "2021-06-01T21:10:53Z")
Out of interest, is it possible to create a test suite which is script only? For example, let’s say I want to loop x times, calling WebUI.callTestCase(xxxxxx)? If I don’t have at least one test case in the manual view, when I run it I get the message telling me that the current test suite has no test cases to run. Furthermore, in the unlikely event that this is possible, where would I place my code? Presumably not in the @SetUp, @TearDown, @SetupTestCase or @TearDownTestCase sections, so is there a @Main or something like that? ---
**Author:** ![Russ\_Thomas](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/russ_thomas/32/11884_2.png) [@Russ\_Thomas](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Russ_Thomas)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 10:16pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/create-test-suite-consisting-purely-of-code/55338/2 "2021-06-01T22:16:50Z")
No, not really. You’re better off creating a one-test suite and make the test loop as long as necessary. I do something similar - but I don’t use a suite. It’s a test that loops for 9 hours. ---
**Author:** ![kazurayam](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/kazurayam/32/333_2.png) [@kazurayam](https://forum.katalon.com/u/kazurayam)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 1:00am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/create-test-suite-consisting-purely-of-code/55338/3 "2021-06-02T01:00:03Z")
> [@gengland](#): > > Out of interest, is it possible to create a test suite which is script only? I tried it, it seems possible. Let me tell you what I have done. I created a new Katalon Studio project. I created a Test Case named `TC1`. It source code in Script mode looks like this: ```auto println("Hello, world!") ``` I created a Test Suite named ‘TS1’. It includes the `TC1` only. When I ran `TS1`, I could see the famous greeting in the Console. * * * I opened the Katalon projects directory with another editor (I used Emacs). I looked into the `/Libs` directory where I found 2 \*.groovy source files were generated by Katalon Studio: ```auto /Users/kazurayam/katalon-workspace/CreateATestSuiteByCode/Libs: total used in directory 72 available 264.5 GiB drwxr-xr-x 7 kazurayam staff 224 6 2 09:47 . drwxr-xr-x 26 kazurayam staff 832 6 2 09:46 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 kazurayam staff 23916 6 2 09:46 CustomKeywords.groovy -rw-r--r-- 1 kazurayam staff 1598 6 2 09:42 TempTestCase1622594558717.groovy -rw-r--r-- 1 kazurayam staff 2036 6 2 09:42 TempTestSuite1622594560620.groovy drwxr-xr-x 3 kazurayam staff 96 6 2 09:41 internal ``` I looked at the `TempTestSuitexxxxx.groovy` code and thought that it must be an implementation script of a Test Suite in Groovy. Do you want to see it? OK, I just copy & paste it here. ```auto import com.kms.katalon.core.logging.KeywordLogger import com.kms.katalon.core.exception.StepFailedException import com.kms.katalon.core.reporting.ReportUtil import com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseMain import com.kms.katalon.core.testdata.TestDataColumn import com.kms.katalon.core.testcase.TestCaseBinding import com.kms.katalon.core.driver.internal.DriverCleanerCollector import com.kms.katalon.core.model.FailureHandling import com.kms.katalon.core.configuration.RunConfiguration import static com.kms.katalon.core.testcase.TestCaseFactory.findTestCase import static com.kms.katalon.core.testobject.ObjectRepository.findTestObject import static com.kms.katalon.core.testdata.TestDataFactory.findTestData import internal.GlobalVariable as GlobalVariable Map suiteProperties = new HashMap(); suiteProperties.put('id', 'Test Suites/TS1') suiteProperties.put('name', 'TS1') suiteProperties.put('description', '') suiteProperties.put('stopImmediately', 'false') DriverCleanerCollector.getInstance().addDriverCleaner(new com.kms.katalon.core.webui.contribution.WebUiDriverCleaner()) DriverCleanerCollector.getInstance().addDriverCleaner(new com.kms.katalon.core.mobile.contribution.MobileDriverCleaner()) DriverCleanerCollector.getInstance().addDriverCleaner(new com.kms.katalon.core.cucumber.keyword.internal.CucumberDriverCleaner()) DriverCleanerCollector.getInstance().addDriverCleaner(new com.kms.katalon.core.windows.keyword.contribution.WindowsDriverCleaner()) DriverCleanerCollector.getInstance().addDriverCleaner(new com.kms.katalon.core.testng.keyword.internal.TestNGDriverCleaner()) RunConfiguration.setExecutionSettingFile("/Users/kazuakiurayama/katalon-workspace/CreateATestSuiteByCode/Reports/20210602_094240/TS1/20210602_094240/execution.properties") TestCaseMain.beforeStart() TestCaseMain.startTestSuite('Test Suites/TS1', suiteProperties, new File("/Users/kazuakiurayama/katalon-workspace/CreateATestSuiteByCode/Reports/20210602_094240/TS1/20210602_094240/testCaseBinding")) ``` This must be what @gengland want to create for himself. Yes, you can write this code manually with any text editors! ---
**Author:** ![kazurayam](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/kazurayam/32/333_2.png) [@kazurayam](https://forum.katalon.com/u/kazurayam)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 1:10am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/create-test-suite-consisting-purely-of-code/55338/4 "2021-06-02T01:10:49Z")
I made a file `/Include/scripts/groovy/MockTestSuite.groovy`. Into it I copy&pasted the `Libs/TempTestSuitexxxxxxxx.groovy` . I changed the code slightly so that it becomes a Groovy class with public static void main() method. ```auto import com.kms.katalon.core.logging.KeywordLogger import com.kms.katalon.core.exception.StepFailedException import com.kms.katalon.core.reporting.ReportUtil import com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseMain import com.kms.katalon.core.testdata.TestDataColumn import com.kms.katalon.core.testcase.TestCaseBinding import com.kms.katalon.core.driver.internal.DriverCleanerCollector import com.kms.katalon.core.model.FailureHandling import com.kms.katalon.core.configuration.RunConfiguration import static com.kms.katalon.core.testcase.TestCaseFactory.findTestCase import static com.kms.katalon.core.testobject.ObjectRepository.findTestObject import static com.kms.katalon.core.testdata.TestDataFactory.findTestData import internal.GlobalVariable as GlobalVariable class MockTestSuite { public static void main(String[] args) { Map suiteProperties = new HashMap(); suiteProperties.put('id', 'Test Suites/TS1') suiteProperties.put('name', 'TS1') suiteProperties.put('description', '') suiteProperties.put('stopImmediately', 'false') DriverCleanerCollector.getInstance().addDriverCleaner(new com.kms.katalon.core.webui.contribution.WebUiDriverCleaner()) DriverCleanerCollector.getInstance().addDriverCleaner(new com.kms.katalon.core.mobile.contribution.MobileDriverCleaner()) DriverCleanerCollector.getInstance().addDriverCleaner(new com.kms.katalon.core.cucumber.keyword.internal.CucumberDriverCleaner()) DriverCleanerCollector.getInstance().addDriverCleaner(new com.kms.katalon.core.windows.keyword.contribution.WindowsDriverCleaner()) DriverCleanerCollector.getInstance().addDriverCleaner(new com.kms.katalon.core.testng.keyword.internal.TestNGDriverCleaner()) RunConfiguration.setExecutionSettingFile("/Users/kazuakiurayama/katalon-workspace/CreateATestSuiteByCode/Reports/20210602_094240/TS1/20210602_094240/execution.properties") TestCaseMain.beforeStart() TestCaseMain.startTestSuite('Test Suites/TS1', suiteProperties, new File("/Users/kazuakiurayama/katalon-workspace/CreateATestSuiteByCode/Reports/20210602_094240/TS1/20210602_094240/testCaseBinding")) } } ``` Then I made a `Test Cases/MockTestSuiteRunner`, which looks like: ```auto import MockTestSuite MockTestSuite.main() ``` I executed the `Test Cases/MockTestSuiteRunner` by clicking ![GreenArrowButton](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/original/2X/d/d2871043e5e7ee53d07a782ce4db1b831c7e0a89.png) button. I found in the Console the famous greeting message again. ```auto 2021-06-02 09:47:56.407 INFO c.k.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor - -------------------- 2021-06-02 09:47:56.414 INFO c.k.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor - START Test Cases/MockTestSuiteRunner 2021-06-02 09:47:57.437 DEBUG testcase.MockTestSuiteRunner - 1: MockTestSuite.main() 2021-06-02 09:47:57.551 INFO c.k.katalon.core.main.TestSuiteExecutor - START Test Suites/TS1 2021-06-02 09:47:57.553 INFO c.k.katalon.core.main.TestSuiteExecutor - hostName = kazuakiurayama - kazuakinoair.airport 2021-06-02 09:47:57.575 INFO c.k.katalon.core.main.TestSuiteExecutor - os = Mac OS X 64bit 2021-06-02 09:47:57.577 INFO c.k.katalon.core.main.TestSuiteExecutor - hostAddress = 192.168.0.9 2021-06-02 09:47:57.579 INFO c.k.katalon.core.main.TestSuiteExecutor - katalonVersion = 8.0.0.208 2021-06-02 09:47:57.678 INFO c.k.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor - -------------------- 2021-06-02 09:47:57.678 INFO c.k.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor - START Test Cases/TC1 2021-06-02 09:47:57.705 DEBUG testcase.TC1 - 1: println("Hello, world!") Hello, world! 2021-06-02 09:47:57.718 INFO c.k.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor - END Test Cases/TC1 2021-06-02 09:47:57.968 INFO com.kms.katalon.core.util.KeywordUtil - Start generating HTML report folder at: /Users/kazuakiurayama/katalon-workspace/CreateATestSuiteByCode/Reports/20210602_094240/TS1/20210602_094240... 2021-06-02 09:47:58.015 INFO com.kms.katalon.core.util.KeywordUtil - HTML report generated 2021-06-02 09:47:58.016 INFO com.kms.katalon.core.util.KeywordUtil - Start generating CSV report folder at: /Users/kazuakiurayama/katalon-workspace/CreateATestSuiteByCode/Reports/20210602_094240/TS1/20210602_094240... 2021-06-02 09:47:58.018 INFO com.kms.katalon.core.util.KeywordUtil - CSV report generated 2021-06-02 09:47:58.151 INFO c.k.katalon.core.main.TestSuiteExecutor - -------------------- 2021-06-02 09:47:58.157 INFO c.k.katalon.core.main.TestSuiteExecutor - END Test Suites/TS1 2021-06-02 09:47:58.157 INFO c.k.katalon.core.main.TestSuiteExecutor - ==================== 2021-06-02 09:47:58.182 INFO c.k.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor - END Test Cases/MockTestSuiteRunner ``` In the console, I found the Test Suite `TS1` was executed successfully without any problem. A funny thing here is that a Test Case executes a Test Suite, like a Uroboros! ![uroboros](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/original/3X/1/5/156c3ef4b93a9607351730c9097875482ae95790.png) from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouroboros) # Conclusion: I found that it is possible to write a Groovy code that behaves as a Test Suite using text editor. But I find it adds no value. I would like KS to generate Test Suites for me as usual. ---
**Author:** ![gengland](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/gengland/32/20464_2.png) [@gengland](https://forum.katalon.com/u/gengland)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/create-test-suite-consisting-purely-of-code/55338/5 "2021-06-08T14:46:31Z")
Most interesting. I’d not thought to look at the underlying groovy scripts themselves. Thanks for all your investigative work here. I’ll have to consider the pros and cons for how I move forward in what I’m doing. ---
**Author:** ![kazurayam](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/kazurayam/32/333_2.png) [@kazurayam](https://forum.katalon.com/u/kazurayam)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 10:36pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/create-test-suite-consisting-purely-of-code/55338/6 "2021-06-08T22:36:55Z")
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