Dredd: [feature request] wildcards in transaction names

[efavre]

Hi,

First of all, thanks for Dredd, it's an awesome tool and I enjoy using it more and more.

Here's a suggestion. I'd like to be able to use wildcards in my hooks, so that every transaction within a group or a URI is handled by the same hook. For instance:

hooks.before("Admin > Member actions > *", function(transaction) {
  transaction.request['headers']['Authorization'] = 'Basic ADMINBASICAUTH'
});

or

hooks.before("Admin > *", function(transaction) {
  transaction.request['headers']['Authorization'] = 'Basic ADMINBASICAUTH'
});

Is that already possible in a way I missed (aside from copy/pasting for each transaction)?
Is that a feature you plan to implement anytime soon?

Thanks!

Eric

[netmilk]

Hi @efavre,

this make perfect sense. Thank you very much for your suggestion! Much appreciated. 🍒

[ddelnano]

This is implemented in the php hooks although I am waiting to merge the PR. I would like to add this to all the other ones so the functionality is kept consistent across all of the hooks.

[aledeg]

As I mentioned in #622, it could be neat to also have this syntax supported in the --only command line option and in the config file as well.

[JViolante]

Hi,

this feature (wildcards in transaction names) is implemented only for the php hooks? or is already available for the other languages like node.js(JavaScript)?

Thanks!

João

[honzajavorek]

It's not in the JavaScript hooks yet. But you can easily code your own:

hooks.beforeEach(function(transaction, done) {
  if (transaction.name.match(/^Admin > Member actions > /)) {
    // do what you want
  }
  done();
}