SpecFlow · Schema

SpecFlow Scenario

Represents a BDD scenario definition in SpecFlow/Gherkin format with all associated metadata

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Properties

Name Type Description
title string The scenario title in natural language
description string Optional description providing additional context for the scenario
tags array Tags for categorizing and filtering scenarios (e.g., @smoke, @regression, @wip)
steps array Ordered list of Given/When/Then steps
examples array Example tables for Scenario Outlines
feature string Name of the feature this scenario belongs to
featureFile string Path to the .feature file containing this scenario
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JSON Schema

specflow-scenario-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/specflow/main/json-schema/specflow-scenario-schema.json",
  "title": "SpecFlow Scenario",
  "description": "Represents a BDD scenario definition in SpecFlow/Gherkin format with all associated metadata",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "title": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The scenario title in natural language"
    },
    "description": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Optional description providing additional context for the scenario"
    },
    "tags": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {"type": "string"},
      "description": "Tags for categorizing and filtering scenarios (e.g., @smoke, @regression, @wip)"
    },
    "steps": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Ordered list of Given/When/Then steps",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "keyword": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": ["Given", "When", "Then", "And", "But"],
            "description": "The Gherkin keyword for this step"
          },
          "text": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The step text in natural language"
          },
          "dataTable": {
            "type": "array",
            "description": "Optional data table rows",
            "items": {
              "type": "array",
              "items": {"type": "string"}
            }
          },
          "docString": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Optional multi-line string argument"
          }
        },
        "required": ["keyword", "text"]
      }
    },
    "examples": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Example tables for Scenario Outlines",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "tags": {"type": "array", "items": {"type": "string"}},
          "header": {"type": "array", "items": {"type": "string"}},
          "rows": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {"type": "array", "items": {"type": "string"}}
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "feature": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Name of the feature this scenario belongs to"
    },
    "featureFile": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Path to the .feature file containing this scenario"
    }
  },
  "required": ["title", "steps"]
}