How to add +1 to an e-mailadress every time you run the test

Katalon Studio Web Testing
#1

How can I add +1 to an e-mailadres every time when I run the test and let it be unique.
I don’t have enough experience with programming to solve it myself.

The e-mailadress is like ‘suzanne+test5@(companyname).com’

So the test has to add +1 every time and needs to be unique.

Thank you for your kind help.

#2

Hello,

the most secure way is to get UNIX timestamp and use it as username. You get unique number every millisecond.

long ts = System.currentTimeMillis()
String email = ts + "@yourcompany.com"
#3

Thank you.
But I need to put my own company e-mailadress inside to receive e-mails, also to login in the system.

#4

So do you need specifically

suzanne+testX@(companyname).com

where X is positive number increased every time? How many such addresses you have?

#5

Hi Marek,

Yes that is true. I asked the developer :slight_smile:)
There is no limit of the address. Because it will come to my mailbox anyway

#6

@suzanne.vandeneinden it has to be incremented, or just unique?
If just unique, the easiest way is to use a timestamp, as suggested,or a random sequence, or an UUID.

If has to be incremented, we may need some additional info on how the test is intended to run, e.g plenty times in a suite, or in a loop, or is a data-driven test.
Please describe better the scenario you intend to achieve.

#7

Timestamp is not a solution for this case. But I will remember it for other projects.

It has to be incremented.
here some more information.
I need to login to create this mailadress (+1) (login as company), then I need to login with created details (as customer) to create a file.
We can only use the file once

#8 
def String getEmailAddress() {
	String pattern = "suzanne+test%d@(companyname).com"
	File counterFile = new File(RunConfiguration.getProjectDir() + "\\Data Files\\mailCounter.json")
	if(!counterFile.exists()) {
		KeywordUtil.markError("Not able to find config file for email generator.")
	}
	
	// get current number from JSON file
	JsonSlurper slurper = new JsonSlurper()
	Map parsedJson = slurper.parse(counterFile)
	int getNumber = parsedJson.get("count")
	String result = String.format(pattern, getNumber)
	
	// update JSON file
	parsedJson.replace("count", ++getNumber)
	FileWriter fw = new FileWriter(counterFile)
	fw.write(JsonOutput.toJson(parsedJson))
	fw.close()

	return result
}

Just create a new file called mailCounter.json in Data Files folder and put following JSON structure there:
{ "count" : 1 }

Or use any other location and update file path accordingly.

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#9

Going to try it later today after the meeting.
Thank you very much!

#10

Maybe stupid but when I go to data files in Katalon I can’t make a new file.
Or do I need to go to the harddisk and create it there ?

#11

Yes, open file explorer and navigate to Katalon project’s directory and create a new file as usual.
But as I said, you can use any other directory, just change File constructor’s parameter in the code.

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#12

I will ask here when I don’t know exactly.
Thank you very much. Feeling blond now :stuck_out_tongue: