Testify

Testify package in Go is a popular and widely used library that extends the standard Go testing package, providing a more expressive and convenient API for writing unit tests. It offers a comprehensive set of tools to simplify testing in Go applications. Gotestsum package can generate standard format JUnit-style XML files which can be submited to Testfiesta or Testrail using taco truck cli. You just need to install the popular Go testify , Gotestsum and install tacotruck cli or use Github action. Check out simple testify example.

Configuration

To generate the XML test result, see the following steps:

1. Install gotestsum (only needed once)

go install gotest.tools/gotestsum@latest

  1. Make sure ~/go/bin is in your PATH

export PATH=$PATH:~/go/bin

  1. Generate JUnit XML report

gotestsum --junitfile test-results.xml -- ./test/...

Install Tacotruck CLI

$ npm install -g @testfiesta/tacotruck

Submit test results

tacotruck testfiesta \
  run:submit \
  --token testfiesta_... \
  --handle orgHandle \
  --project projectKey \
  --name runName \
  --data results-path/*.xml

Github Action

name: Go Tests with Testify
on:
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - main
  push:
    branches:
      - main
jobs:
  test:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: 📦 Set up Go
        uses: actions/setup-go@v4
        with:
          go-version: "1.24.2"

      - name: 📦 Install dependencies
        run: go mod download

      - name: 📦 Install gotestsum
        run: |
          go install gotest.tools/gotestsum@latest
          export PATH=$PATH:~/go/bin

      - name: 🧪 Run tests
        run: gotestsum --junitfile test-results.xml -- ./test/...

      - name: Report Results
        uses: testfiesta/tacotruck-action@v1
        with:
          provider: testfiesta
          handle: handle
          project: project
          run-name: Go Testify testing CI run

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