From d1ee888d9f4760aee77a75df9a211265df0e8569 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Petr Šplíchal Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:57:26 +0100 Subject: Documentation (man page and coverage overview) --- documentation/nitrate.rst | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 62 insertions(+) create mode 100644 documentation/nitrate.rst (limited to 'documentation/nitrate.rst') diff --git a/documentation/nitrate.rst b/documentation/nitrate.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f32a1a6 --- /dev/null +++ b/documentation/nitrate.rst @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ + +================================================================== + nitrate +================================================================== + +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + Python API for the Nitrate test case management system +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +:Manual section: 1 + + +SYNOPSIS +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +nitrate + + +DESCRIPTION +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +python-nitrate provides a high-level Python interface to the +Nitrate test case management system. The package also provides +standalone script 'nitrate' which allows easy experimenting with +the interface directly from the Python interpreter by importing +all available objects and enabling the readline support. In short, +after setting your configuration you can directly manipulate all +nitrate objects, for example:: + + $ nitrate + >>> for case in TestRun(123): + ... print case + + +CONFIGURATION +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +To be able to contact the Nitrate server a minimal user config +file ~/.nitrate has to be provided in the user home directory:: + + [nitrate] + url = https://nitrate.server/xmlrpc/ + + +SEE ALSO +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +For more detailed and most up-to-date description of all available +nitrate module features see Python online documentation:: + + pydoc nitrate + + +AUTHORS +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Written by Petr Splichal . The Python xmlrpc +driver is based on the work of Airald Hapairai, David Malcolm +, Will Woods and Bill Peck + and was enhanced by Chenxiong Qi , +Tang Chaobin , Yuguang Wang and +Xuqing Kuang . -- cgit