fixtures

Fixtures

Reusable test helpers and utilities for Playwright tests.

Purpose

Fixtures provide common functionality that can be shared across multiple tests, such as:

• Authentication helpers (login, logout, token management)
• Test data factories and generators
• API request helpers
• Database setup/teardown utilities

Planned Files

• auth.fixtures.ts - Authentication helpers

  • loginAs(page, username, password) - Browser login
  • getApiToken(request, username, password) - API token acquisition
  • logout(page) - Logout helper
  • isAuthenticated(page) - Check authentication state

• data.fixtures.ts - Test data factories

  • createEmployeeData(overrides) - Employee test data
  • createDepartmentData(overrides) - Department test data
  • createPositionData(overrides) - Position test data
  • createSalaryRangeData(overrides) - Salary range test data

• api.fixtures.ts - API helpers

  • createEmployee(request, token, data) - Create via API
  • deleteEmployee(request, token, id) - Cleanup via API
  • createDepartment(request, token, data) - Create via API
  • deleteDepartment(request, token, id) - Cleanup via API

• user-roles.fixtures.ts - Role management

  • Role-specific authentication
  • Permission testing helpers

Usage Example

import { test } from '@playwright/test';
import { loginAs } from '../fixtures/auth.fixtures';
import { createEmployeeData } from '../fixtures/data.fixtures';

test('Create employee as Manager', async ({ page }) => {
  await loginAs(page, 'ashtyn1', 'Pa$$word123');

  const employeeData = createEmployeeData({
    firstName: 'John',
    lastName: 'Doe'
  });

  // ... rest of test
});

Status

⏳ Not yet implemented - See IMPLEMENTATION_PLAN.md Phase 1, Week 2