MailboxAliasFunctions Function Type

MailBoxAlias Functions enable dynamic interaction with email data in testing and automation. Users can create, retrieve, and manipulate email aliases and their content during test execution. These functions enhance testing efficiency by facilitating seamless email testing and validation processes.

Prerequisites

Before utilising the different data generator functions, it's essential to understand basic concepts such as creating Test Cases and Test Steps and adding data generators in test steps. Additionally, familiarize yourself with MailBoxFunctions for accessing and manipulating email content and metadata.

Selecting MailboxAliasFunctions as a Function Type for Data Generator

1. Use NLP to create a new step in the test case and include a placeholder for test data.
2. Click on the test data placeholder. From the Test Data Types dropdown menu, select the ! Data Generator option.
3. On the ! Data Generators overlay screen, select the Type to Default. This will enable you to use a collection of built-in test data generators.
4. Select MailboxAliasFunctions from the Function Type dropdown list.

Generate Mailbox Alias

• Allows you to create a unique mailbox alias associated with your primary email account.
• Each alias creates a unique mailbox address, allowing multiple mailboxes to be directed to the same inbox for testing and automation.

Get Email Content

• Enables you to retrieve the entire content of an email in a variable. It fetches the body content of an email dynamically during test execution.

Get Email Subject

• Allows you to retrieve the subject of an email in a variable. It is used to capture email subjects dynamically during test execution.

Get OTP

• Enables you to extract the OTP sent to the mailbox into a variable based on a regex pattern.

URL with Text

• Allows you to extract a URL containing specific text from the email.

URL which Contains

• Enables you to extract a URL containing specific parameters from the email.

URL Matching Regex

• Allows you to extract a URL from the email that matches a specific regex pattern.

Get Sender Email

• Enables you to extract the sender's email address from an email for testing purposes.

Get Sender Name

• Allows you to extract the sender's name from an email for testing purposes.