Console runner

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To run tests from console there is special Unicorn.ConsoleRunner.exe utility.
The tool could be downloaded here.

To run tests use the following command:

Unicorn.ConsoleRunner.exe --test-assembly=path_to_tests_dll --config=path_to_config

Command line arguments

# Required arguments:
--test-assembly=PATH_TO_TEST_ASSEMBLY
--config=PATH_TO_CONFIGURATION_FILE

# Optional arguments:
--trx=TRX_FILE_NAME    (trx is not generated by default)

Unicorn config

Config properties

Any of properties is optional (in case of property absence default value is used)

# testsDependency: specifies how to deal with dependent tests in case when main test was failed. Available options
-- Skip
-- DoNotRun
-- Run (default)

# testsOrder: specifies in which order to run tests within a suite. Available options
-- Alphabetical
-- Random
-- Declaration (default)

# parallel: specifies how to parallel tests execution. Available options
-- Suite
-- None (default)

# threads: specifies how many threads are used to run tests in parallel. Default: 1
# testTimeout: specifies timeout for test and suite method execution in minutes. Default: 15
# suiteTimeout: specifies timeout for test suite execution in minutes. Default: 40
# tags: list of suites tags to be run. Default: [empty == all]
# categories: list of test categories to be run. Default: [empty == all]
# tests: list of tests masks to be run. Default: [empty == all]

# userDefined: parent for user defined properties
any number of custom properties as key-value pair could be specified

Config file example

{
    "testsDependency": "Skip",
    "testsOrder": "Random",
    "parallel": "Suite",
    "threads": 2,
    "testTimeout": 15,
    "suiteTimeout": 60,
    "tags": [ "Tag1", "Tag2" ],
    "categories": [ "Smoke" ],
    "tests": [ ],
    "userDefined": {
        "customProperty1": "value1",
        "customProperty2": "value2"
    }
}