(1) Move conftest.py to the top level test directory so that it applies to all test subfolders; (2) Move login() to helper.py so that it could be reused by other test scripts.

test/SeleniumMpiana/helper.py

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
+from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
+from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
+from selenium.common.exceptions import NoSuchElementException, UnexpectedAlertPresentException
+
+
+def login(driver, url, username, password):
+    try:
+        driver.get(url)
+
+        # Fill in the login form
+        user_input = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(
+            EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID, "user_name"))
+        )
+        user_input.send_keys(username)
+
+        password_input = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(
+            EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID, "user_password"))
+        )
+        password_input.send_keys(password)
+
+        # Click the login button
+        login_button = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(
+            EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID, "login_btn"))
+        )
+        login_button.click()
+
+        # Wait for the admin_tab to become clickable
+        admin_tab = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(
+            EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID, "admin_tab"))
+        )
+    except (NoSuchElementException, UnexpectedAlertPresentException) as e:
+        return f"Error: {str(e)}"

test/SeleniumMpiana/test_bug418_yaaqob.py

@@ -1,40 +1,10 @@
 import pytest
-from selenium import webdriver
 from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
 from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import Select
 from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
 from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
 from selenium.common.exceptions import NoSuchElementException, UnexpectedAlertPresentException
-
-
-def login(driver, url, username, password):
-    try:
-        driver.get(url)
-
-        # Fill in the login form
-        user_input = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(
-            EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID, "user_name"))
-        )
-        user_input.send_keys(username)
-
-        password_input = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(
-            EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID, "user_password"))
-        )
-        password_input.send_keys(password)
-
-        # Click the login button
-        login_button = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(
-            EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID, "login_btn"))
-        )
-        login_button.click()
-
-        # Wait for the admin_tab to become clickable
-        admin_tab = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(
-            EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID, "admin_tab"))
-        )
-    except (NoSuchElementException, UnexpectedAlertPresentException) as e:
-        return f"Error: {str(e)}"
-
+from helper import login
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("course_id, course_name, ta_name", [(1, "Teecloudy - Ashly Course Testing", "Mark")])
 def test_assign_a_new_ta_to_a_course(course_id, course_name, ta_name, driver, url, admin_username, admin_password, restore_database):

test/conftest.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ def restore_database():
         Benefit: we can reproduce the same test result.
     '''
 
-    PASSWORD = ''  # root password
+    PASSWORD = 'p-@va9'  # root password
     DB_NAME = 'lrr' # database name used for LRR
 
     # commands used to import data to DB_NAME
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def restore_database():
         f'mysql -u root -p{PASSWORD} -e "DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS {DB_NAME};"',        
         f'mysql -u root -p{PASSWORD} -e "CREATE DATABASE {DB_NAME};"',
         f'mysql -u root -p{PASSWORD} -e "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON {DB_NAME}.* TO lrr@localhost WITH GRANT OPTION;"',
-        f'mysql -u root -p{PASSWORD} {DB_NAME} < ../../lrr_database.sql']
+        f'mysql -u root -p{PASSWORD} {DB_NAME} < ../lrr_database.sql']
 
     for command in cmds:
         os.system(command)