Running tests from the command line

SoapUI tests can be run from the command line in a similar way to mocks using the <SoapUI Home>/java/app/bin/testrunner.sh script. This recipe builds on the previous one, in that it shows how to run the tests in the SOAPMock-soapui-project.xml project against it's mock.

Getting ready

Like before, we just need to install SoapUI and access the SOAPMock-soapui-project.xml project from the chapter 3 samples.

How to do it…

If you run testrunner without any parameters, you should see the help options, as shown in the following screenshot:

Tip

Pro version options are E, -F, -g, -o, –R, and -l.

Like with the mock command-line script, the only mandatory parameter is <soapui project file>, which makes this the simplest command to run all test cases in a project, for example:

./testrunner.sh /soapui-cookbook/chapter3/SOAPMock-soapui-project.xml

To run this, either start the mock in a separate shell using the command line (explained in the previous recipe), or...