Botium in a Nutshell, Part 4: Extending Botium

This is part 4 of the Botium in a Nutshell series of articles.

• Part 1: What is Botium ?
• Part 2: Writing Chatbot Tests
• Part 3: Automating Chatbot Tests
• Appendix A: Botium Wiki
• Appendix B: Botium Connectors

Part 4 of this article series is around some advanced topics.

Show me some code!

We prepared some code samples you can use directly in your browser.

• Botium Core Demo (on runkit.com)
• Botium Sandbox Demo (on codesandbox.io)

Usually, you don’t need to work on this level, as Botium provides several options to run your test cases (see Part 3 of this series).

Extending Botium

We often got requests like these:

• How can I validate that my bot actually accepted and processed the order ?
• One of my test cases requires some special setup routine
• How can I reset my chatbot after each test case ?

Botium provides several extension points for adding your own custom behaviour to BotiumScript:

• Custom Asserters will add your custom test case assertion logic to Botium
• Custom Logic Hooks will add your custom business logic to Botium

Please look at the Developer Section of the Botium Wiki.