Get current Step definition from of a Scenario in SpecFlow

Question

I'm contributing to a framework called CodeSpec and it is built on top of SpecFlow.

Using the ScenarioContext I could get the currently executing scenario's title. but I want to get the step definitions too.

Say the scenario is

Scenario: Google for Cats
Given I navigate to "http://google.com"
And I enter value "Cats" to the "searchBox" with the "id" of "lst-ib"
And I click on element "searchButton" with the "xpath" of "id('sblsbb')/button" and wait "4" seconds
Then The page contains text pattern "The domestic cat is"

I could get the title with the following code,

[AfterScenario("UIAutomationReport")]
public static void AfterScenario()
{
    var title = ScenarioContext.Current.ScenarioInfo.Title;
   //title now is "Google for Cats"
    
}

I want to get the step definitions too like Given I navigate to "http://google.com", And I enter value "Cats" to the "searchBox" with the "id" of "lst-ib", etc.

How can i do this?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 09 '15 at 09:02

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You can't get this in the current version of specflow, but in the next release (v2) the information about the step text and step type will be available from the ScenarioStepContext class

you can get a beta build of the new version from the CI build nuget feed.

answered Nov 09 '15 at 09:02

Sam Holder

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I'm not sure if there is a release schedule yet. but you can use the beta if you get it from the nuget feed I linked to above. – Sam Holder Nov 10 '15 at 10:15
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`ScenarioContext.Current.StepContext.StepInfo.Text` works.The answer is outdated now – Samjongenelen Jun 25 '17 at 08:29

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 22 '17 at 07:21

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You can use following code to get your step definition:

String title = ScenarioContext.Current.StepContext.StepInfo.Text; 

Console.WriteLine("Step Definition Title : " + title);

edited Mar 22 '17 at 07:21

Mukul Varshney

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answered Mar 22 '17 at 07:00

Ankesh Saha

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score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:25

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You can find a caller name and attributes of caller

StackFrame frame = new StackFrame(1);

MethodBase method = frame.GetMethod();

message = String.Format("{0}.{1} : {2}", method.DeclaringType.FullName, method.Name, message);

Console.WriteLine(message);

See C# Method Caller

In atributes is Specflow step description

edited May 23 '17 at 12:25

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answered Nov 07 '15 at 11:43

Jan Regent

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Get current Step definition from of a Scenario in SpecFlow

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