tests/Help.Tests.ps1

<#
    .NOTES
        ===========================================================================
        Created with: SAPIEN Technologies, Inc., PowerShell Studio 2016 v5.2.119
        Created on: 4/12/2016 1:11 PM
        Created by: June Blender
        Organization: SAPIEN Technologies, Inc
        Filename: *.Help.Tests.ps1
        ===========================================================================
    .DESCRIPTION
    To test help for the commands in a module, place this file in the module folder.
    To test any module from any path, use https://github.com/juneb/PesterTDD/Module.Help.Tests.ps1
#>


$ModuleBase = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path
$FunctionHelpTestExceptions = Get-Content -Path "$ModuleBase\Help.Exceptions.ps1"

# For tests in .\Tests subdirectory
if ((Split-Path $ModuleBase -Leaf) -eq 'Tests') {
    $ModuleBase = Split-Path $ModuleBase -Parent
}

# Handles modules in version directories
$leaf = Split-Path $ModuleBase -Leaf
$parent = Split-Path $ModuleBase -Parent
$parsedVersion = $null
if ([System.Version]::TryParse($leaf, [ref]$parsedVersion)) {
    $ModuleName = Split-Path $parent -Leaf
}
# for VSTS build agent
elseif ($leaf -eq 's') {
    $ModuleName = $Env:Build_Repository_Name.Split('/')[1]
}
else {
    $ModuleName = $leaf
}

# Removes all versions of the module from the session before importing
Get-Module $ModuleName | Remove-Module

# Because ModuleBase includes version number, this imports the required version
# of the module
$Module = Import-Module $ModuleBase\$ModuleName.psd1 -PassThru -ErrorAction Stop
$commands = Get-Command -Module $module -CommandType Cmdlet, Function, Workflow  # Not alias


## When testing help, remember that help is cached at the beginning of each session.
## To test, restart session.

foreach ($command in $commands) {
    $commandName = $command.Name
    
    # Skip all functions that are on the exclusions list
    if ($script:FunctionHelpTestExceptions -contains $commandName) { continue } ## may not be correct check with a functionthat needs exceptions
    
    # The module-qualified command fails on Microsoft.PowerShell.Archive cmdlets
    $Help = Get-Help $commandName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    
    Describe "Test help for $commandName" -Tag Help{
        
        # If help is not found, synopsis in auto-generated help is the syntax diagram
        It "should not be auto-generated" {
            $Help.Synopsis | Should Not BeLike '*`[`<CommonParameters`>`]*'
        }
        
        # Should be a description for every function
        It "gets description for $commandName" {
            $Help.Description | Should Not BeNullOrEmpty
        }
        
        # Should be at least one example
        It "gets example code from $commandName" {
            ($Help.Examples.Example | Select-Object -First 1).Code | Should Not BeNullOrEmpty
        }
        
        # Should be at least one example description
        It "gets example help from $commandName" {
            ($Help.Examples.Example.Remarks | Select-Object -First 1).Text | Should Not BeNullOrEmpty
        }
        
        Context "Test parameter help for $commandName" {
            
            $Common = 'Debug', 'ErrorAction', 'ErrorVariable', 'InformationAction', 'InformationVariable', 'OutBuffer', 'OutVariable',
            'PipelineVariable', 'Verbose', 'WarningAction', 'WarningVariable'
            
            $parameters = $command.ParameterSets.Parameters | Sort-Object -Property Name -Unique | Where-Object Name -notin $common
            $parameterNames = $parameters.Name
            $HelpParameterNames = $Help.Parameters.Parameter.Name | Sort-Object -Unique
            
            foreach ($parameter in $parameters) {
                $parameterName = $parameter.Name
                $parameterHelp = $Help.parameters.parameter | Where-Object Name -EQ $parameterName
                
                # Should be a description for every parameter
                It "gets help for parameter: $parameterName : in $commandName" {
                    $parameterHelp.Description.Text | Should Not BeNullOrEmpty
                }
                
                # Required value in Help should match IsMandatory property of parameter
                It "help for $parameterName parameter in $commandName has correct Mandatory value" {
                    $codeMandatory = $parameter.IsMandatory.toString()
                    $parameterHelp.Required | Should Be $codeMandatory
                }
                
                # Parameter type in Help should match code
                It "help for $commandName has correct parameter type for $parameterName" {
                    $codeType = $parameter.ParameterType.Name
                    # To avoid calling Trim method on a null object.
                    $helpType = if ($parameterHelp.parameterValue) { $parameterHelp.parameterValue.Trim() }
                    $helpType | Should be $codeType
                }
            }
            
            foreach ($helpParm in $HelpParameterNames) {
                # Shouldn't find extra parameters in help.
                It "finds help parameter in code: $helpParm" {
                    $helpParm -in $parameterNames | Should Be $true
                }
            }
        }
    }
}