How do you handle data issue in your automation ?
The challenges :
1. Dynamic data
Type of data that changes often and can not be reused for next test.
2. Data is not sync between environment.
3. Data that exists in one environment does not
exists in another and casue test failure.
What's your approach to handle them ?
*If the data change often and you have access to DB
Query the database to get up to
date data and feed the data to your test.
*If you do not have access to DB but have access to API
Send the request to the endpoint that return your data
and get the fields that you want using jsonPath.
* If you do not have data : CREATE IT FIRST
then use that new data for your test.
You may create it from the UI Directly if the flow is available.
* If UI is not ready, but you have access to the
API endpoint to create data, you may send POST request
to add randomized data and use it for the test.
* last option(probably you will never have access to) is ,
inject the data directly from the database,
you may ask for DBA help if that's the option.