# LeapSalesforce

Welcome to LeapSalesforce gem. This gem helps ones to perform integration tests on Salesforce. It reads the Metadata
from Salesforce and creates the foundation for API tests. 

In the future it will also planned to be used to create page objects based on metadata to support UI testing. 

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## Is this for you?

This `gem` is an open source library aimed at making integrated test automation
for Salesforce easy. Using it does require you to use code so if you really must
have a `codeless` automation suite then you will need another tool 
(e.g., [Provar](provartesting.com)). However if you have some engineers (dev
 or test) who are keen to get their hands into some code this is worth trying.

The benefits of an open source tool like this are:

* Ease of use. Initialisation scripts make getting setup easy, code 
  examples demonstrate how to perform common actions
* Transparency. Nothing is hidden. Every piece of code can be seen by you
* Flexibility. Using Ruby you are able to customize and extend the code however
  you like and if you want to share it, you can easily do so with a pull request
* Mutual growth. The hope is with many using this library, test automation
  engineers can support each other and mutually create a library that makes 
  common test cases easy
* It itself is unit tested. You can have confidence of all the features shown
  and can add extra unit tests if you need more confidence
* Built with and for CI in Gitlab. Designed to work within Docker containers
* Will integrate with `sfdx` leveraging all of it's benefits
* Supported by [IntegrationQA](www.integrationqa.com) who can provide 
  [support and training](https://gitlab.com/leap-dojo/leap_salesforce/wikis/SupportModel)
  to help you get started and overcome challenges

## Table of Contents

* [LeapSalesforce](#leapsalesforce)
    * [Table of Contents](#table-of-contents)
    * [Installation](#installation)
    * [Usage](#usage)
        * [Getting started](#getting-started)
        * [Understanding how things work](#understanding-how-things-work)
            * [Important files](#important-files)
                * [.leap_salesforce.yml](#leap_salesforceyml)
                * [salesforce_oauth2.yml](#salesforce_oauth2yml)
                * [config/general.rb](#configgeneralrb)
            * [Test Users](#test-users)
        * [CRUD of data](#crud-of-data)
            * [Creating entities](#creating-entities)
            * [Reading entities](#reading-entities)
                * [Retrieving entities](#retrieving-entities)
                * [Retrieving the value of a field](#retrieving-the-value-of-a-field)
            * [Updating entities](#updating-entities)
            * [Deleting entities](#deleting-entities)
        * [Other Examples](#other-examples)
    * [Structure](#structure)
    * [Docs](#docs)
    * [Development](#development)
    * [Contributing](#contributing)
    * [License](#license)
    * [Code of Conduct](#code-of-conduct)
    * [References](#references)

> Note this documentation is a work in progress. Look at `spec` for code examples.

## Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

```ruby
gem 'leap_salesforce'
```

And then execute:

    $ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

    $ gem install leap_salesforce

## Usage
### Getting started
After installing the gem, to get started in creating a fresh repository, the `leap_salesforce` executable can be used.
It will ask for credentials and setup files that will locally store them. 
This assumes that a Salesforce OAuth app be set up to be used for the API which can be done by 
following [this wiki]('https://gitlab.com/leap-dojo/leap_salesforce/wikis/SetUpOAuthApp').

E.g

```
leap_salesforce init
```

Credentials are not stored in stored in source control. They can be setting through the following environment variables:

* 'client_id'
* 'client_secret'
* 'password'

Tests can be run using the default `Rake` task.

E.g.,

`rake` # Run all tests

API Traffic logs can be seen in the `logs` folder. You can see an example of running through 
this [here](https://asciinema.org/a/259098).

### Understanding how things work
 
This section details what the most important files are, how to define test users
 and how to create, read, update, and delete data. 
 
#### Important files

To see how things fit together, look at the [structure](#structure) section below.

##### `.leap_salesforce.yml` 

This YAML file describes common configuration for the project.

Following is a description of each key in this file:
* `environment`: Specifies the default environment for this suite. This can be overwritten with the `LEAP_ENV` environment variable.
* `lib_folder`: Can be set to change the default location (`lib/leap_salesforce`) of where all generated code is put 
and read from.
* `soql_objects`: List of SOQL objects that the generator will create for and update

##### `salesforce_oauth2.yml`

* client_id: OAuth2 client id / customer id obtained from your Test App
* client_secret: OAuth2 client_secret / customer secret obtained from your Test App 
* password: Password expected to be generic across test users and the same as what's used on the UI to logon with

This file is read and sets attributes of `LeapSalesforce` globally. These can also be set with the following format

```ruby
LeapSalesforce.password = 'PASS'
```

##### `config/general.rb`

This is where common code is stored for all the environments. This is where you would usually put your test users 
as described in the next section.

#### Test Users
Test users are defined using the `LeapSalesforce::Users` module. Following is an example of setting up a few test
users:

```ruby
module LeapSalesforce
  # Example where email address changes according to environment
  # Users can be added by passing an array or passing a LeapSalesforce::User object 
  Users.add [:admin, 'admin@<%= LeapSalesforce.environment %>.email.com', description: 'System Admin User']
  Users.add User.new :sales, 'test.sales@test<%= LeapSalesforce.environment %>.com'
end
``` 

The first user defined will be the default user. Following users can be set by using the `api_user` attribute.

```ruby
# Using key to specify user
LeapSalesforce.api_user = LeapSalesforce::Users.where(key: :sales)
# Using username that has a partial match with a Regex
LeapSalesforce.api_user = LeapSalesforce::Users.where username: /admin/
# Using description that has a partial match with a Regex. This might be helpful if you're setting users from 
# a Cucumber step definition where readability is important 
LeapSalesforce.api_user = LeapSalesforce::Users.where description: /System Admin/
```

### CRUD of data

To work data in Salesforce, an object inheriting from the `SoqlData` class is always used. The idea is
that an object in Ruby code maps to the object in Salesforce and requests and updates to this object
are reflected in Salesforce.

When the initialisation script is run, it creates such classes in a folder called `soql_data`.

Following a simple example of a class representing the 'ContentDocument' object in Salesforce. It 
also requires a generated file that specifies accessors to set and retrieve information about the object.

```ruby
require_relative 'document_field_names'
# An Document object mapping to a SOQL ContentDocument
class Document < SoqlData
  include Document::Fields
  soql_object 'ContentDocument'
end
```

For all interactions with Salesforce the API traffic logs are recorded in a log created in the `logs`
folder of the suite.

#### Creating entities

There are several ways entities can be created. By instantiating the object with the `new` method a new
object will be created in memory but in Salesforce. Only when the `save!` method is called will an object
be created.

For example

```ruby
@contact = Contact.new              # Create an object in memory
@contact.last_name = 'Test Person'  # Set the last name field of that object to 'Test Person'
@contact.save!                      # Calls Salesforce API to create a new object with the fields set in the object
```

The `log` for this call will look like the following:
(Note that explanations are in ALL CAPS and line numbers have been added)

```verilog
1. Leaps, [13:39:14] : Example Factory for 'Contact'
2. Leaps, [13:39:14] : request body: {"LastName":"Gleichner"}
3. Leaps, [13:39:14] : RestClient.post "https://SALESFORCE_INSTANCE_URL/services/data/v45.0/sobjects/Contact", "{\"FirstName\":\"Lewis\"}", HEADERS INFO

4. Leaps, [13:39:16] : # => 201 Created | application/json 71 bytes

5. Leaps, [13:39:16] : response: 
6.  headers: {:date=>"Thu, 01 Aug 2019 01:39:15 GMT", OTHER_HEADER_INFO}
7.  body: {"id":"0032v00002qU3hvAAC","success":true,"errors":[]}
```

Following is a step by step explanation of each log line:
1. Brief description of what's being done. Creating a Contact.
2. Parameters used in HTTP request. This will be the fields set on the object created
3. The actual REST Post made to the Salesforce API showing the URL, payload, headers, etc
4. A brief summary of the response. Object has been created successfully
5. A more in depth description of the response follows in next two lines
6. Headers of the response 
7. Body of the response

Representation of the details for created an entity can be handled much neater by `FactoryBot`.
If we had the following `factory` for Contact
```ruby
FactoryBot.define do
  factory :contact do    
    last_name { 'Test Person' }
  end
end
```
then we could perform the same creation of a contact with simply

```ruby
@contact = FactoryBot.create(:contact)
```

FactoryBot has traits, associations, after blocks for helping with creating objects with fast number
of relationships. See FactoryBot's getting started for more information and have a look at the 
examples in the `spec` folder. 

To create an object using a factory, the `create` method can also be used on the object itself. For 
example:

```ruby
@contact = Contact.create
```

#### Reading entities
##### Retrieving entities
To retrieve an entity, the `find` method can be called on the class for the object required. For example
to obtain an object representing a contact with a last name of 'Test Person' we could do:

```ruby
@contact = Contact.find last_name: 'Test Person'
```

This uses the ruby friendly method defined for `Contact` and shown in `Contact::Fields` to extract
the Salesforce field name `LastName`. Note, the name designated is derived from the `label` name which
is assumed to be more user friendly than the backend name. See `spec/unit/ext/string_spec.rb` for
examples of how different behaviours are handled.
The backend name can also be used directly within a `find` so
the following could also be done:

```ruby
@contact = Contact.find LastName: 'Test Person'
```

The values used in these requests are validated against Metadata before the request is made so an
error will be received if a field name is used that does not exist on the object.

Any number of parameters can be passed to the find method to narrow the search. For example:

```ruby
@contact = Contact.find last_name: 'Test Person', first_name: 'Number 1'
```

When a date is passed as the value it will be automatically formatted so that it can be used in the
backend SOQL query. So to get a contact created less than 5 days ago one can use:

```ruby
@contact = Contact.find created_date: "<#{5.days.ago}"
```

To use the `LIKE` operator for partial matches put a '`' at the start of the string. Following is an
example of finding a contact that has the string 'Test' anywhere in their first name. As one can see
the '%' symbols are used as a wild card to indicate any value.

```ruby
@contact = Contact.find(first_name: '~%Test%')
```

Note for non unique criterion, the value returned will be the most recent one.

##### Retrieving the value of a field

Getters (methods that retrieve something about an object) are created for each field name on an object.
So to get the first name of the contact, the `first_name` method is simply called on it.

```ruby
@contact = Contact.find first_name: 'Test Person'
@contact.first_name # => 'Test Person'
```

The backend name can also be used in the `[]` method to retrieve a value.

```ruby
@contact['FirstName'] # => 'Test Person'
```

There are 2 special methods related to verifying that a response is successful or not. 

* `success` - returns `true` or `false` indicating whether the previous action performed worked 
  as expected
* `error_message` - returns a string with the error message returned from Salesforce. 

For example, say you want to test that a `LineItem` cannot be deleted. You can verify it and it's
error message with:

```ruby
item = LineItem.find status: 'New'
expect(item.delete.error_message).to eq 'Deleting of line item is not allowed.'
```

#### Updating entities

The same field name used above is used as a setter to update an individual field. For example, to
change the first name of a contact from Test1 to Test2:

```ruby
@contact = Contact.find first_name: 'Test1'
@contact.first_name = 'Test2'
```

To update multiple fields at once, use the `update` method:

```ruby
@case.update status: Case::Status.escalated, case_reason: 'Feedback'
``` 

This does not fail if the update is not successful. To fail in this situation, the `success_update`
method can be used:

```ruby
@case.success_update status: Case::Status.escalated, case_reason: 'Feedback'
```

If the main action of the test is this update, it is recommended that success be verified
explicitly with:

```ruby
@case.update status: Case::Status.escalated, case_reason: 'Feedback'
expect(@case).to be_successful
```

The reason for this is to account for error scenarios where you want to update a value and expect
and error message. For example:

```ruby
item = LineItem.find(status: 'New')
update = item.update owner_id: User.find(Name: '~%Confidential%').id
expect(update.error_message).to eq 'Cannot change owner to confidential user'
```

#### Deleting entities

Once an entity is obtained through `find` or `create`, it can be deleted simply with the 
`delete`. If you want an exception to be raised if the delete fails, pass `must_pass: true` to the
delete method. For example:

```ruby
@contact = Contact.find first_name 'No longer needed'
@contact.delete must_pass: true
```

An entity can also be deleted with merely it's id. For example:

```ruby
Contact.delete '0032v00002rgv2pAAA', must_pass: true 
```

### Other Examples

See [spec/integration](spec/integration) folder for examples of tests.  

#### Delete old contacts
```ruby
# Deleting old contacts
objects = Contact.each_id_with created_date: "<#{5.days.ago}"
puts objects.count # Log how many are being deleted
objects.each do |id|
  puts "Deleting #{id}"
  Contact.delete id
end 
```

## Structure

Following is the general structure of test automation suite that uses this approach. Details may vary depending on the
test framework used and other preferences.

    .
    ├──  config                         # Code for the configuration of the automation suite
    │   ├── general.rb                  # Code loaded for common (non confidential code) setup across environments
    │   ├── credentials                 # Setting of secret properties like passwords
    │   │  └── salesforce_oauth.yml     # Credentials for connecting to Salesforce via OAuth2.
    │   └── environments                # Contains ruby files loaded specific to environment following `ENVIRONMENT_NAME.rb` 
    ├──  lib                            # Common library code
    │   └── leap_salesforce             # Code generated by or specific to leap_salesforce
    │      ├── factories                # FactoryBot definitions, describing how to mass produce objects
    │      ├── metadata                 # Code generated and updated automatically from metadata
    │      │  └── enum                  # Picklist enumeration objects are stored here 
    │      └── soql_data                # Objects for handling each object in the backend specified in '.leap_salesforce.yml'
    ├──  logs                           # Contains API traffic logs for transactions against Salesforce
    ├──  spec                           # Where RSpec automated tests are stored
    ├──  .leap_salesforce.yml           # Where common configuration is stored regarding your project. This complements and is read before what's in 'config'
    ├──  Gemfile                        # Where required ruby gems/libraries are specified
    ├──  Gemfile.lock                   # Generated file specified details of versions installed by `Gemfile`
    └──  Rakefile                       # Where common `Rake` tasks are specified. LeapSalesforce specific tasks are required from here

## Docs

Technical docs [here](https://www.rubydoc.info/gems/leap_salesforce)

## Development

After checking out the repo, run `bin/setup` to install dependencies. Then, run `rake spec` to run the tests. You can also run `bin/console` for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run `bundle exec rake install`. To release a new version, update the version number in `version.rb`, and then run `bundle exec rake release`, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the `.gem` file to [rubygems.org](https://rubygems.org).

## Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitLab at https://gitlab.com/leap-dojo/leap_salesforce. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the [Contributor Covenant](http://contributor-covenant.org) code of conduct.

## License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the [MIT License](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).

## Code of Conduct

Everyone interacting in the LeapSalesforce project’s codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the [code of conduct](https://gitlab.com/leap-dojo/leap_salesforce/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).

## References

See the presentation on this [here](https://gitpitch.com/leap-dojo/leap_salesforce?grs=gitlab)