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Squish test functions always pass when used with squishtest module

We are using Squish for Qt 6.6.2 on Windows 10 with Python 3.8.7 and running our tests using squishtest module with Robot Framework 4.0.1.
We are having an issue with the test functions provided by the Squish API where any verifications done with such a call (for example squishtest.test.imagePresent) will Pass. The issue itself was quite simple to pinpoint to the fact that although the verification failed, the function call itself was passing without raising exceptions. This can also be verified from the report provided by the squishrunner where we have <scriptedVerificationResult type="FAIL" time="--"> on the passed execution.
The question is, can we in any way get the actual verification result passed to the Robot so we can fail the test accordingly? Preferrably in real time rather than parsing the report afterwards.
In Squish this works perfectly fine
def main():
startApplication("AUT")
snooze(2)
test.imagePresent("image.png", {"tolerant": True, "threshold": 85},
waitForObjectExists(names.sceneContainer_GraphWidget))
but with Robot this is always passing
# In testSuite.robot
*** Settings ***
Library MySquishLib
*** Test Cases ***
Test Image
Start AUT
Verify Image image.png {"tolerant": True, "threshold": 85} names.sceneContainer_GraphWidget
# In MySquishLib.py
import squishtest
import names
def start_aut():
squishtest.startApplication("AUT")
def verify_image(imageFile, imageParams, imageArea):
squishtest.test.imagePresent(imageFile, imageParams, imageArea)

Have a look at the documented: bool testSettings.throwOnFailure flag.
In your robot you can set this and you would not have to patch / rewrite every test.vp, test.compare, ... method.
When running from within the Squish IDE, this flag can be unset. Probably robotframework provides some environment variables to detect wether the test case is running from within itself.
https://doc.froglogic.com/squish/latest/rgs-squish.html#rgs-testsettings

The test functions are not supposed to raise exceptions during execution in order to allow test to continue even if a single VP was failed. The function does however return a boolean value just as expected. By using
def verify_image(imageFile, imageParams, imageArea):
if not squishtest.test.imagePresent(imageFile, imageParams, imageArea):
raise Exception("Image was not found")
I'm able to fail the Robot test without any issues.

Unable to capture Behave logging events in a memory buffer for later display or query

I am trying to capture the logging in behave tests. The behave version I am using is 1.2.5. The documentation can be found here: https://media.readthedocs.org/pdf/python-behave/stable/python-behave.pdf
Unfortunately, I am not able to get the contents of the "buffer" attribute populated when instantiating an object from "class behave.log_capture.LoggingCapture(config, level=None)"
This the kind of layout I have for my current BDD:
environment.py
import behave
from behave import log_capture
from behave.log_capture import *
def before_all(context):
context.config.setup_logging()
context.config.log_capture = True
context.logging_level = "INFO"
# create the LoggingCapture object.
context.log_capture_data = log_capture.LoggingCapture(context.config)
#... rest of the code here.
# #capture
def before_scenario(context, scenario):
#... rest of the code here
def after_scenario(context, scenario):
#... rest of the code here
def after_all(context):
#... rest of the code here.
list_of_scenarios.feature
#... list of the scenarios.
# In one of the scenarios I need to access the "buffer" attribute which contains the captured data:
print("buffer contains {}".format(context.log_capture_data.buffer))
list_of_scenarios.py
#... implementation of steps for the scenarios
What am I missing? When I try to see the contents of the attribute "buffer" using print("buffer contains {}".format(context.log_capture_data.buffer))
I get an empty list: buffer contains []
I do see the "INFO:...." logging on the console. I believe this is captured on the "stdout". I am trying to get the same output on the attribute "buffer".
Please note: I have setup the behave in Linux. And I execute from the command line using command: behave test_setup. test_setup is a directory that houses environment.py, features and the implementation of steps files.
Thank you.

PyTest: Django transaction commit failure

I am using Pytest to implement unit test in my django project which has MySql as backend.
In combination with these I am making use of SQLAlchemy for data generation.
I have a python function call_my_flow() which executes two different flows depending upon conditions. First flow uses sqlalchemy connection and second flow uses django connection for database insert.
I have written two unit tests using pytest to check both the flows.
First flow (where sqlalchemy connection is used): Commits the process flow transaction in database and pytest runs as per expectation.
Second flow (where django database connection is used): The transaction commit fails thus resulting into the failure of test.
Demo code:
import pytest
from myflow import call_my_flow
#pytest.fixture(scope="class")
#pytest.mark.django_db(transaction=False)
def setup_my_flow():
call_my_flow()
#pytest.mark.usefixtures("setup_my_flow")
class TestGenerateOrder(object):
#pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
def setuporder(self):
self.first_count = 2
self.second_count = 5
#pytest.mark.order1
#pytest.mark.django_db
def test_first_flow_count(self):
db_count = get_first_count()
assert db_count == self.first_count
#pytest.mark.order2
#pytest.mark.django_db
def test_second_flow_count(self):
db_count = get_second_count()
assert db_count == self.second_count
Please suggest a solution on the same.

Aerospike Python Client. UDF module to count records. Cannot register module

I am currently implementing the Aerospike Python Client in order to benchmark it along with our Redis implementation, to see which is faster and/or more stable.
I'm still on baby steps, currently Unit-Testing basic functionality, for example if I correctly add records in my Set. For that reason, I want to create a function to count them.
I saw in Aerospike's Documentation, that :
"to perform an aggregation on query, you first need to register a UDF
with the database".
It seems that this is the suggested way that aggregations, counting and other custom functionality should be run in Aerospike.
Therefore, to count the records in a set I have, I created the following module:
# "counter.lua"
function count(s)
return s : map(function() return 1 end) : reduce (function(a,b) return a+b end)
end
I'm trying to use aerospike python client's function to register a UDF(User Defined Function) module:
udf_put(filename, udf_type, policy)
My code is as follows:
# aerospike_client.py:
# "udf_put" parameters
policy = {'timeout': 1000}
lua_module = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), "counter.lua") #same folder
udf_type = aerospike.UDF_TYPE_LUA # equals to "0", which is for "Lua"
self.client.udf_put(lua_module, udf_type, policy) # Exception is thrown here
query = self.client.query(self.aero_namespace, self.aero_set)
query.select()
result = query.apply('counter', 'count')
an exception is thrown:
exceptions.Exception: (-2L, 'Filename should be a string', 'src/main/client/udf.c', 82)
Is there anything I'm missing or doing wrong?
Is there a way to "debug" it without compiling C code?
Is there any other suggested way to count the records in my set? Or I'm fine with the Lua module?

First, I'm not seeing that exception, but I am seeing a bug with udf_put where the module is registered but the python process hangs. I can see the module appear on the server using AQL's show modules.
I opened a bug with the Python client's repo on Github, aerospike/aerospike-client-python.
There's a best practices document regarding UDF development here: https://www.aerospike.com/docs/udf/best_practices.html
In general using the stream-UDF to aggregate the records through the count function is the correct way to go about it. There are examples here and here.

Python, ArcObjects, and .AppRef: how to get from IAppROT to IMxDocument?

I am writing an external Python/comtypes script (in PythonWin) that needs to get a reference to the current ArcGIS 10.0 ArcMap session (through the ArcObjects COM). Because the script is outside the application boundary, I am getting the application reference through the AppROT (running object table). The first code snippet below is the main Python driver module. In it is a function GetApp() to grab an application reference from the AppROT. This code works fine and returns IApplication on the singleton AppRef object. Makes sense, and that's what the ArcObjects reference seems to indicate. Now, my main goal is to get to an IMxDocument. In the main loop, I get to an IDocument successfully and can print the title. The next line, though, a Query Interface, throws an error - NameError: name 'esriArcMapUI' is not defined. The error occurs consistently, even after closing PythonWin and reopening (which you always want to try before you conclude that you have a problem). [BTW, the second code snippet is the CType() function for QI, defined in and imported from the SignHelpers.py module.] So, here are my questions:
(1) What COM object is the IDocument on?
(2) How do I get from my IDocument to the intended IMxDocument? Do I need to create a new MxDocument object first? [Sorry. Two questions there.]
(3) If I don't have to create a new object, then how do I do the QI?
I did a lot of ArcObjects work in VB6 quite a few years ago, so explicit QI's and namespaces are putting the screws to me at the moment. Once I can get to an IMxDocument I will be home free. I would appreciate any help anyone can give me with this.
Also, I apologize for the formatting of the code below. I could not figure out how to get Python code to format correctly. Indentation doesn't work, and some of the Python code is interpreted as formatting characters.
=== code: main py module ===
import sys, os
sys.path.append('C:\GISdata\E_drive\AirportData\ATL\Scripts')
import comtypes
from SignHelpers import *
def GetApp(app):
"""Get a hook into the current session of ArcMap; \n\
Execute GetDesktopModules() and GetStandaloneModules() first"""
print "GetApp called" ####
import comtypes.gen.esriFramework as esriFramework
import comtypes.gen.esriArcMapUI as esriArcMapUI
import comtypes.gen.esriCarto as esriCarto
pAppROT = NewObj(esriFramework.AppROT, esriFramework.IAppROT)
iCount = pAppROT.Count
print "appROT count = ", iCount ####
if iCount == 0:
print 'No ArcGIS application currently running. Terminating ...'
return None
for i in range(iCount):
pApp = pAppROT.Item(i) #returns IApplication on AppRef
if pApp.Name == app:
print "Application: ", pApp.Name ####
return pApp
print 'No ArcMap session is running at this time.'
return None
if __name__ == "__main__":
#Wrap needed ArcObjects type libraries (.olb)...
... code omitted ...
GetDesktopModules(dtOLB) #These force comtypes to generate
GetStandaloneModules(saOLB) #the Python wrappers for .olb's
#Connect to ArcMap
pApp = GetApp("ArcMap")
pDoc = pApp.Document #IDocument on current Document object
print pDoc.Title
pMxDoc = CType(pDoc, esriArcMapUI.IMxDocument) #QI to IMxDocument on MxDocument
=== code for CType() ===
def CType(obj, interface):
try:
newobj = obj.QueryInterface(interface)
return newobj
except:
return None

Scoping error (per the comments):
The import comtypes.gen.esriArcMapUI as esriArcMapUI statement needed to define the esriArcMapUI namespace was being run within the GetApp() function, so the namespace was local to the function.