tests/general/Help.Example.Tests.ps1
$excludeCommands = @( "Import-ModuleFile" , "Get-DeepClone" , "Test-TrustedConnection" ) $commandsRaw = Get-Command -Module ax2012.tools if ($excludeCommands.Count -gt 0) { $commands = $commandsRaw | Select-String -Pattern $excludeCommands -SimpleMatch -NotMatch } else { $commands = $commandsRaw } foreach ( $commandName in $commands) { # command to be tested #$commandName = 'New-D365Bacpac' #$commandName = 'Get-D365PackageLabelFile' # get all examples from the help $examples = Get-Help $commandName -Examples # make a describe block that will contain tests for this Describe "Examples from $commandName" { $examples.Examples.Example | foreach { # examples have different format, # at least the ones I used that MS provided # so you need to either standardize them, # or provide some hints about what to do # such as putting the code first # followed by # #output: the desired output # here I am simply taking the first line and removing 'PS C:\>' # which makes some of the tests fail $example = $_.Code -replace "`n.*" -replace "PS C:\\>" if ( ($example -like "*|*" ) -or (-not ($example -match $commandName)) ) { It "Example - $example" -Skip { $true } } else { # for every example we want a single It block It "Example - $example" { # mock the tested command so we don't actually do anything # because it can be unsafe and we don't have the environment setup # (so the only thing we are testing is that the code is semantically # correct and provides all the needed params) Mock $commandName { # I am returning true here, # but some of the examples drill down to the returned object # so in strict mode we would fail $true } # here simply invoke the example $result = Invoke-Expression $example # and check that we got result from the mock $result | Should -BeTrue } } } } } |