Given steps

Given steps in gherkin are used to describe the initial context of the system. In the LetsFlow test suite, the Given steps are used to define the processes and introduce the actors.

Define process

 Given the process is created from the "example" scenario
 Given the "main" process is created from the "example" scenario

Specify the scenario of the process. By default, this is the "main" process, but you can create multiple name processes.

The scenario file (.yaml or .json) is loaded from the scenarios directory. This directory can be changed using the LETSFLOW_SCENARIO_PATH environment variable.

Define person

 Given "Alice" is the actor
 Given "Alice" is the "client" actor
 Given "Alice" is the actor in the "main" process
 Given "Alice" is the "client" actor in the "main" process

Give the person a name and specify which actor they play. A person can only be one actor in a process.

If the scenario only has the default actor (with the key actor), you don't need to specify which actor the person is. However, in most cases, you need to specify the actor key.

If there's more than one process, specify the process name.

User properties

You can use with: to specify user properties for a person.

 Given "Alice" is the actor with:
   | name  | Alice Almond      |
   | email | [e-mail] |
  
 Given "Alice" is the actor with:
   """yaml
     name: Alice Almond
     email: [e-mail]
   """

You can use a data table, but this is limited to a shallow structure. Alternatively, you can use YAML or JSON.

User properties are not used to set the actor properties during instantiation but can be referenced in the scenario via events[*].actor.