I'm on karate v1.4.0
Want to define a function and a variable to be used on mock creation (pathToMy.js always returns true):
@setup
Scenario:
* def data = read('data.json')
* def myFunc = read('pathToMy.js')
Scenario: pathMatches('/my_url') && methodIs('post') && myFunc()
* def responseHeaders = { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }
* def response = data
* def responseStatus = 200
When I request to /my_url on test run, it does not return anything: moreover, just having another scenario with or without @setup does not allow mock URL to be captured:
Scenario:
* def data= read('data.json')
# Note that not connected to the above scenario at all
Scenario: pathMatches('/my_url') && methodIs('post')
* def responseHeaders = { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }
* def response = {"my":"data"}
* def responseStatus = 200
Also, when not using additional scenario, but trying to call the method to match, it does not work:
Scenario: pathMatches('/my_url') && methodIs('post') && call read('pathToMy.js') # call diectly
* def responseHeaders = { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }
* def response = {"my":"data"}
* def responseStatus = 200
But when I do the same thing without additional scenario and method call it works:
Scenario: pathMatches('/my_url') && methodIs('post')
* def responseHeaders = { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }
* def response = read('data.json') # read data from a file
* def responseStatus = 200
P.S. An ideal solution for my use case would be a possibility to have Scenario Outline, but seems it is also not supported (as I use @setup to provide an external json file)
The @setup hook is designed to work only for tests and not for mocks. Since the Background for mocks is run "once only", you just set a variable, call a JS function if needed and nothing more is required. If you do need something specific, do consider contributing code.