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site_name: Deltacloud API
title: Writing and running tests
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<h3 id="test">Writing and running tests</h3>

<p>
You should add a test to every new feature or new driver you create to make sure, that everything is running as expected. There are two different directories in the Deltacloud project, where the tests are stored: <strong>/deltacloud/server/tests</strong> for Unit tests for drivers and <strong>/deltacloud/tests</strong> for Cucumber tests.
</p>

<p>Initiate the Unit tests:</p>

<pre>
$ cd /path/to/deltacloud/server
$ rake test
</pre>

<p>This will invoke all Unit tests defined in <strong>/deltacloud/server/tests</strong> by inspecting the Rakefile in <strong>/deltacloud/server</strong>. To invoke a specific driver tests type:</p>

<pre>
$ cd /path/to/deltacloud/server
$ rake test:rackspace
  _OR_
$ rake test:mock
  _etc_
</pre>

<p>Initiate the Cucumber tests:</p>

<pre>
$ cd /path/to/deltacloud/server
$ rake cucumber
</pre>

<p>Alternatively, you can invoke the cucumber tests directly without using Rakefile: </p>

<pre>
$ cd /path/to/deltacloud/server
$ cucumber ../tests/mock
  _OR_
$ cucumber ../tests/ec2
  _etc_
</pre>

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