CLI commands: vendor/bin/mftf

The Magento Functional Testing Framework (MFTF) introduces the command line interface (CLI) tool vendor/bin/mftf to facilitate your interaction with the framework.

Note that mftf commands replace the robo commands that were used in previous releases.

Command format

In the project root directory (where you have installed the framework as a composer dependency), run commands using the following format:

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vendor/bin/mftf command [options] [<arguments>] [--remove|-r]

Useful commands

Use the following commands to run commonly performed tasks.

Apply the configuration parameters

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vendor/bin/mftf build:project

Upgrade the project

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vendor/bin/mftf build:project --upgrade

Upgrades the existing MFTF tests after the MFTF major upgrade.

Generate all tests

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vendor/bin/mftf generate:tests

Generate tests by test name

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vendor/bin/mftf generate:tests LoginAsAdminTest LoginAsCustomerTest

Generate and run the tests for a specified group

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vendor/bin/mftf run:group product -r

This command cleans up the previously generated tests; generates and runs tests for the product group (where group="product").

Generate and run particular tests

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vendor/bin/mftf run:test LoginAsAdminTest LoginAsCustomerTest -r

This command cleans up the previously generated tests; generates and runs the LoginAsAdminTest and LoginAsCustomerTest tests.

Generate and run previously failed tests

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vendor/bin/mftf run:failed

This command cleans up the previously generated tests; generates and runs the tests listed in dev/tests/acceptance/tests/_output/failed. For more details about failed, refer to Reporting.

Generate documentation for action groups

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vendor/bin/mftf generate:docs

This command generates documentation for action groups.

Reference

build:project

Description

Clone the example configuration files and build the Codeception project.

Usage

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vendor/bin/mftf build:project [--upgrade] [config_param_options]

Options

You can include options to set configuration parameter values for your environment since the project build process also sets up the environment.

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vendor/bin/mftf build:project --MAGENTO_BASE_URL=http://magento.local/ --MAGENTO_BACKEND_NAME=admin214365

generate:tests

Description

Perform XML schema validation and generate PHP code from the tests defined in XML files. The path is set in the TESTS_MODULE_PATH configuration parameter.

Usage

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vendor/bin/mftf generate:tests [option] [<test name>] [<test name>] [--remove]

Options

Examples of the JSON configuration

The configuration to generate a single test with no suites:

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{  
   "tests":[
      "general_test1"  //Generate the "general_test1" test.
      ],
   "suites": null
}

The configuration to generate a single test in the suite:

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{  
   "tests": null,       // No tests outside the suite configuration will be generated.
   "suites":{  
      "sample":[        // The suite that contains the test.
         "suite_test1"  // The test to be generated.
      ]
   }
}

Complex configuration to generate a few non-suite tests, a single test in a suite, and an entire suite:

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{  
   "tests":[  
      "general_test1",
      "general_test2",
      "general_test3"
   ],
   "suites":{           //Go to suites.
      "sample":[        //Go to the "sample" suite.
         "suite_test1"  //Generate the "suite_test1" test.
      ],
      "sample2":[]      //Generate all tests in the "sample2" suite.
   }
}

The command that encodes this complex configuration:

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vendor/bin/mftf generate:tests --tests "{\r\n\"tests\":[\r\n\"general_test1\",\r\n\"general_test2\",\r\n\"general_test3\"\r\n],\r\n\"suites\":{\r\n\"sample\":[\r\n\"suite_test1\"\r\n],\r\n\"sample2\":null\r\n}\r\n}"

Note that the strings must be escaped and surrounded in quotes.

generate:suite

Description

Generates one or more suites based on XML declarations.

Usage

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vendor/bin/mftf generate:suite <suite name> [<suite name>] [--remove]

Options

Example

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vendor/bin/mftf generate:suite suite1 suite2

generate:urn-catalog

Description

Generates a URN catalog, enabling PhpStorm to recognize and highlight URNs. It also enables auto-completion in PhpStorm.

Usage

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vendor/bin/mftf generate:urn-catalog [--force] [<path to the directory with misc.xml>]

misc.xml is typically located in <project root>/.idea/.

Options

Example

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vendor/bin/mftf generate:urn-catalog .idea/

generate:docs

Description

Generates documentation that lists all action groups available in the codebase. The default path is <projectRoot>/dev/tests/docs/documentation.md.

Usage

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vendor/bin/mftf generate:docs [--clean] [--output=/path/to/alternate/dir]

Options

Example

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vendor/bin/mftf generate:docs --clean

reset

Description

Cleans any configuration files and generated artifacts from the environment. The .env file is not affected.

Usage

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vendor/bin/mftf reset [--hard]

Options

Example

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vendor/bin/mftf reset --hard

run:group

Generates and executes the listed groups of tests using Codeception.

Usage

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vendor/bin/mftf run:group [--skip-generate|--remove] [--] <group1> [<group2>]

Options

Examples

Clean up after the last test run; generate from XML and execute the tests with the annotations group="group1" and group="group2":

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vendor/bin/mftf -r -- run:group group1 group2

Execute previously generated tests with the annotations group="group1" and group="group2", skipping the regeneration of the test:

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vendor/bin/mftf run:group -k -- group1 group2

run:test

Generates and executes tests by name using Codeception.

Usage

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vendor/bin/mftf run:test [--skip-generate|--remove] [--] <name1> [<name2>]

Options

Examples

Generate the LoginCustomerTest and StorefrontCreateCustomerTest tests from XML and execute all the generated tests:

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vendor/bin/mftf run:test LoginCustomerTest StorefrontCreateCustomerTest

run:failed

Regenerates and reruns tests that previously failed.

This command cleans up previously generated tests. It generates and runs the tests listed in dev/tests/acceptance/tests/_output/failed. For more details about failed, refer to Reporting.

Usage

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vendor/bin/mftf run:failed

Options

Examples

Run the tests that failed in the previous run:

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vendor/bin/mftf run:failed

setup:env

Updates the configuration parameter values in the [.env] file. Creates the .env file if it does not exist.

Usage

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vendor/bin/mftf setup:env [config_param_option1=<value>] [config_param_option2=<value>]

config_param is a configuration parameter from the .env file. The command consumes the parameters in a format of options assigned with values, for example --MAGENTO_BASE_URL=http://magento.local/. If you specify a parameter that the .env file does not contain, the command returns an error.

You can also update configuration parameter values when you use the build:project command.

Examples

To change values for the MAGENTO_BASE_URL and BROWSER:

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vendor/bin/mftf setup:env --MAGENTO_BASE_URL=http://magento.local/ --BROWSER=firefox

To create a .env file with example parameters:

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vendor/bin/mftf setup:env

The example parameters are taken from the etc/config/.env.example file.

static:checks

Runs all MFTF static:checks on the test codebase that MFTF is currently attached to.

Existing static checks

• Test Dependency: Checks that test dependencies do not violate Magento module’s composer dependencies.

Usage

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vendor/bin/mftf static:checks

upgrade:tests

Applies all the MFTF major version upgrade scripts to test components in the given path (test.xml, data.xml, etc).

Usage

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vendor/bin/mftf upgrade:tests <path>

<path> is the path that contains MFTF test components that need to be upgraded. The command searches recursively for any *.xml files to upgrade.

Examples

To upgrade all test components inside modules in the dev/tests/acceptance/tests/ directory:

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vendor/bin/mftf upgrade:tests /Users/user/magento2/dev/tests/acceptance/tests/

To upgrade all test components inside the Catalog module:

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vendor/bin/mftf upgrade:tests /Users/user/magento2/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Test/Mftf/