Context

The context contains the data (state) from previous steps.

Passing data between steps

The context holds all the data from previously executed steps. They are accessible by Context.GetX(key interface{}) functions:

• Context.GetInt(key interface{}) (int, error)
• Context.GetFloat32(key interface{}) (float32, error)
• Context.GetFloat64(key interface{}) (float64, error)
• Context.GetString(key interface{}) (string, error)
• and so on…

When you want to share some data between steps, use the Context.Set(key, value interface{}) function

// in the first step
ctx.Set(name{}, "John")

// in the second step
val, err := ctx.GetString(name{})
fmt.Printf("Hi %s\n", val) // prints "Hi John"

When the data is not provided, the whole test will fail.

Predefined keys

The context holds current test state testing.T. It is accessible by calling Context.Get(TestingTKey{}). This is useful if you need access to the test state from scenario or step hooks.

Good practices

It’s a good practice to use custom structs as keys instead of strings or any built-in types to avoid collisions between steps using context.