Access MVC Areas in Seleno UI Testing

[Kalyan-Basa]

I have two modules in our Application and we have setup two areas for each of the module.

Ex: Area1

• Apply
• Accepted
• Rejected

Similarly for Area2

• Apply
• Accepted
• Rejected

The following are the routes

• Area1/Apply/ActionMethod
• Area2/Accepted/ActionMethod

Using Seleno, I'm able to access routes without the Areas. i.e., /Apply/ActionMethod

But I want to integrate Areas as well in the Seleno UI Functional testing project.

While initiating SelenoHost, I have configured routes as below

Instance.Run("ProjectName", portNumber,
                config => config.WithRouteConfig(RouteConfig.RegisterRoutes)
                );

Thanks in Advance.

[mwhelan]

Hi @Kalyan-Basa . Assuming your areas are registered in the RegisterRoutes method, there is an overload of NavigateToInitialPage that takes a dictionary of route values. This can be used to populate the area value.

var routeValues = new Dictionary<string, object> { { "area", "Area1" } };
SUT.NavigateToInitialPage<TestController, TestPage>(c => c.Details(23), routeValues);

Thanks

[Kalyan-Basa]

Hi @mwhelan , I have tried the above approach but this how my URL is getting formed (Got this from browser Developer Tools.)

http://localhost:519/Test/Details?area=Area1

whereas, I wanted it to be

http://localhost:519/Area1/Test/Details

Thanks

[mwhelan]

Not sure if 'area' should be case sensitive? Try

var routeValues = new Dictionary<string, object> { { "Area", "Area1" } };
SUT.NavigateToInitialPage<TestController, TestPage>(c => c.Details(23), routeValues);

[Kalyan-Basa]

No, it doesn't help.

[mwhelan]

Do you have the areas registered in RegisterRoutes method?

[Kalyan-Basa]

Yes, I've my areas registered in MVC application like the below.

public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
        {
            routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");

            routes.MapRoute(
                name: "Default",
                url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
                defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
            );
            routes.MapRoute(
                name: "Area1",
                url: "Area1/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
                defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
            );
            routes.MapRoute(
                name: "Area2",
                url: "Area2/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
                defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
            );
        }