Integrating Jira Zephyr with Selenium Test Automation Framework

one of the essential tasks is to integrate your test automation framework with a test management tool like Jira Zephyr. This integration allows you to manage and track your test cases, execution results, and defects in a centralized location, making it easier to collaborate with your team and stakeholders.

In this article, we’ll discuss how to connect your Java Selenium test automation framework to the Jira Service and update the test case status based on the execution results.

Connecting to the Jira Service To connect to the Jira Service, we’ll use the Spring Framework’s ApplicationContext. Spring is a popular Java framework that simplifies the creation and management of enterprise-level applications.

ApplicationContext context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(ApplicationConfiguration.class);
JiraService jiraService = (JiraService) context.getBean(JiraService.class);

In the code snippet above, we create an instance of the ApplicationContext and retrieve the JiraService bean from it. The JiraService bean encapsulates the logic for interacting with the Jira API.

Updating Test Case Status After executing a test case, you’ll want to update its status in Jira Zephyr based on the execution result. Here’s a method that accomplishes this task:

public void updateTestCaseStatus(Method method, ITestResult result) {
 String cycleName = "YOUR_CYCLE_NAME";
 if (result.getStatus() == ITestResult.SUCCESS) {
 jiraService.updateTestCaseStatus(method.getName(), cycleName, JiraTestCaseStatus.PASS);
 } else {
 jiraService.updateTestCaseStatus(method.getName(), cycleName, JiraTestCaseStatus.FAIL);
 }
}

In this method, we first define the name of the test cycle in Jira Zephyr (cycleName). Then, we check the execution result of the test case using the ITestResult object provided by TestNG (a popular testing framework for Java).

If the test case passed (result.getStatus() == ITestResult.SUCCESS), we call the updateTestCaseStatus method of the JiraService and pass the test case name, cycle name, and the JiraTestCaseStatus.PASS status.

If the test case failed, we call the same method but pass the JiraTestCaseStatus.FAIL status instead.

By integrating your test automation framework with Jira Zephyr, you can streamline your testing process, improve collaboration, and maintain a comprehensive record of your test cases and their execution results.