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Microcks CLI

Simple CLI for interacting with Microcks server APIs. It allows to launch tests or import API artifacts with minimal dependencies.

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Build Status

Latest release is 0.5.5

Current development version is 0.5.6. GitHub Workflow Status.

It is available as a container image named quay.io/microcks/microcks-cli:nightly.

Usage instructions

Usage is simply microcks-cli [command]

where [command] can be one of the following:

  • version to check this CLI version,
  • help to display usage informations,
  • test to launch new test on Microcks server.
  • import to import API artifacts on Microcks server.

Test command

The test command has a bunch of arguments and flags so that you can use it that way:

microcks-cli test <apiName:apiVersion> <testEndpoint> <runner>
        --microcksURL=<> --waitFor=5sec
        --keycloakClientId=<> --keycloakClientSecret=<>

The arguments:

  • <apiName:apiVersion> : Service to test reference. Example: 'Beer Catalog API:0.9'
  • <testEndpoint> : URL where is deployed implementation to test
  • <runner> : Test strategy (one of: HTTP, SOAP, SOAP_UI, POSTMAN, OPEN_API_SCHEMA, ASYNC_API_SCHEMA, GRPC_PROTOBUF, GRAPHQL_SCHEMA)

The flags:

  • --microcksURL for the Microcks API endpoint,
  • --waitFor for the time to wait for test to finish (int + one of: milli, sec, min),
  • --keycloakClientId for the Keycloak Realm Service Account ClientId,
  • --keycloakClientSecret for the Keycloak Realm Service Account ClientSecret.

Since 0.5.2 release, microcks-cli also works in unauthenticated mode, without Keycloak being deployed and configured with your Microcks instance. However, you still have to specify the Keycloak flags on the command even if you put random values there. For eg. --keycloakClientId=foo --keycloakClientSecret=bar.

Real life example command and execution:

$ ./microcks-cli test 'Beer Catalog API:0.9' http://localhost:9090/api/ POSTMAN \
        --microcksURL=http://localhost:8080/api/ \
        --keycloakClientId=microcks-serviceaccount \
        --keycloakClientSecret=7deb71e8-8c80-4376-95ad-00a399ee3ca1 \
        --waitFor=3sec
[...]
MicrocksClient got status for test "5c1781cf6310d94f8169384e" - success: false, inProgress: true
MicrocksTester waiting for 2 seconds before checking again.
MicrocksClient got status for test "5c1781cf6310d94f8169384e" - success: true, inProgress: false
Full TestResult details are available here: http://localhost:8080/#/tests/5c1781cf6310d94f8169384e 

Advanced options

The test command provides additional flags for advanced usages and options:

  • --verbose allows to dump on standard output all the HTTP requests and responses,
  • --insecure allows to interact with Microcks and Keycloak instances through HTTPS without checking certificates issuer CA,
  • --caCerts=<path1,path2> allows to specify additional certificates CRT files to add to trusted roots ones,
  • --secretName='<Secret Name>' is an optional flag specifying the name of a Secret to use for connecting endpoint,
  • --filteredOperations=<JSON> allows to filter a list of operations to launch a test for,
  • --operationsHeaders=<JSON> allows to override some operations headers for the tests to launch,
  • --oAuth2Context=<JSON> allows specification of an OAuth2 grant flow to execute before launching the test (starts with Microcks version 1.8.0).

Overriden test operations headers is a JSON strings where 1st level keys are operation name (eg. GET /beer) or globals for header applying to all the operations of the API. Headers are specified as an array of objects defining key and values properties.

Here's below an example of using some of this flags:

$ ./microcks-cli test 'Beer Catalog API:0.9' http://localhost:9090/api/ OPEN_API_SCHEMA \                           
        --microcksURL=http://localhost:8080/api/ \
        --keycloakClientId=microcks-serviceaccount \
        --keycloakClientSecret=7deb71e8-8c80-4376-95ad-00a399ee3ca1 \
        --insecure --verbose  --waitFor=3sec \
        --filteredOperations='["GET /beer", "GET /beer/{name}"]' \
        --operationsHeaders='{"globals": [{"name": "x-api-key", "values": "my-values"}], "GET /beer": [{"name": "x-trace-id", "values": "xcvbnsdfghjklm"}]}' \
        --oAuth2Context='{"clientId": "microcks-test", "clientSecret": "ab54d329-e435-41ae-a900-ec6b3fe15c54", "tokenUri": "https://idp.acme.org/realms/my-app/protocol/openid-connect/token", "grantType": "CLIENT_CREDENTIALS"}'

MicrocksClient got status for test "64c25f7ddec62569f9a0ed95" - success: true, inProgress: false 
Full TestResult details are available here: http://localhost:8080/#/tests/64c25f7ddec62569f9a0ed95 

Import command

The import command has one argument and common flags with test command. You can use it that way:

microcks-cli import <specificationFile1[:primary],specificationFile2[:primary]>
	--microcksURL=<>
	--keycloakClientId=<> --keycloakClientSecret=<>

The arguments:

  • <specificationFile1[:primary],specificationFile2[:primary]> : Comma separated list of API specs to import with flag telling if it's a primary artifact. Example: 'specs/my-openapi.yaml:true,specs/my-postmancollection.json:false'

The flags:

  • --microcksURL for the Microcks API endpoint,
  • --keycloakClientId for the Keycloak Realm Service Account ClientId,
  • --keycloakClientSecret for the Keycloak Realm Service Account ClientSecret.

Since 0.5.2 release, microcks-cli also works in unauthenticated mode, without Keycloak being deployed and configured with your Microcks instance. However, you still have to specify the Keycloak flags on the command even if you put random values there. For eg. --keycloakClientId=foo --keycloakClientSecret=bar.

Real life example command and execution:

$ ./microcks-cli import 'samples/weather-forecast-openapi.yml:true,samples/weather-forecast-postman.json:false' \
        --microcksURL=http://localhost:8080/api/ \
        --keycloakClientId=microcks-serviceaccount \
        --keycloakClientSecret=7deb71e8-8c80-4376-95ad-00a399ee3ca1
Microcks has discovered 'WeatherForecast API:1.1.0'
Microcks has discovered 'WeatherForecast API:1.1.0'

Advanced options

The import command provides additional flags for advanced usages and options:

  • --verbose allows to dump on standard output all the HTTP requests and responses,
  • --insecure allows to interact with Microcks and Keycloak instances through HTTPS without checking certificates issuer CA,
  • --caCerts=<path1,path2> allows to specify additional certificates CRT files to add to trusted roots ones,

Installation

Binary

Binary releases for Linux, MacOS or Windows platform are available on the GitHub releases page. Just download the binary corresponding to your system and put the binary into the PATH somewhere ;-)

Container image

The microcks-cli is available as a container image. So that you'd be able to easily use it from a GitLab CI or a Tekton pipeline. The hosting repository is on Quay.io here.

Below a sample on how using the image without getting the CLI binary:

$ docker run -it quay.io/microcks/microcks-cli:latest microcks-cli test 'Beer Catalog API:0.9' http://beer-catalog-impl-beer-catalog-dev.apps.144.76.24.92.nip.io/api/ POSTMAN --microcksURL=http://microcks.apps.144.76.24.92.nip.io/api/ --keycloakClientId=microcks-serviceaccount --keycloakClientSecret=7deb71e8-8c80-4376-95ad-00a399ee3ca1 --waitFor=8sec  --operationsHeaders='{"globals": [{"name": "x-api-key", "values": "my-values"}], "GET /beer": [{"name": "x-trace-id", "values": "xcvbnsdfghjklm"}]}'

Tekton tasks

This repository also contains different Tekton tasks definition and sample pipelines. You'll find under the /tekton folder the resource for current v1beta1 Tekton API version and the older v1alpha1 under tekton/v1alpha1.