Writing a Skype listener using skpy

I implemented a Skype listener service that listens to messages posted on our common Skype channels. The Skype listener is written using an excellent Python module skpy. This listener serves as a building block for a few AI-based internal applications. This post outlines the implementation details. I hope it helps companies that still use Skype as their instant messaging tool. […]

Mocking an AWS SQS queue using moto

This post shows you a short example of how to use the Python module moto to mock a SQS queue. This technique is useful when writing code level tests for applications hosted on an AWS stack. We will work with a method that takes a string as an input, processes the string and then writes it to an SQS queue. […]

Hosting cars-api Flask app using Docker

This blog talks about hosting cars-api Flask app using Docker. Docker is a set of platform as a service to deliver software as packages, called Docker containers. These are the standalone, lightweight, executable packages that could include necessary packages to run an application. Docker Images would turn to containers when they run on the Docker Engine. In the below steps, […]

Hiring updates 2019….2020

This blog gives you an update on Hiring at Qxf2 from 2019 until now. We believe in trying out new things and keep evolving from these experiences. So we tried the popular job portal Indeed, a startup hiring consultant called Hiring Monk and we also updated our Careers page as Qxf2 has evolved over the past years. Indeed: I was […]

Compare json objects in AWS S3 bucket using deepdiff

Recently, I got a chance to work on the AWS S3 bucket, where I compared the JSON files stored in the S3 bucket with the pre-defined data structure stored as a dictionary object using deepdiff. I can’t actually replicate, the entire system, I had tested. For the blog purpose I have come up with the following prerequisites/setup/flow: Pre-requisite: 1. AWS […]

Returning repeatable data patterns from a HTTP endpoint

In this post, I outline a technique to create repeatable data patterns that I have used when testing algorithms that operate on streaming data. Imagine an API endpoint that returns the value of a real time metric. Examples of such metrics would be CPU load or stock price or the glucose levels of a patient. An application integrating with such […]

Filter Messages from the AWS SQS Queue using Python and asyncio

In message-oriented architectures, it is cumbersome for QA to gain visibility into where their test messages are flowing. Visibility usually involves looking at some browser-based monitor (AWS SQS Queue) and/or monitoring logs that might not even have the data QA wishes to check. Amazon Simple Queue Service(SQS), is a message queuing services, that allows user to send,receive, store and delete […]

Bad gateway error for a Flask app deployed using Elastic Beanstalk

This is a super short post that outlines one specific solution for anyone trying to deploy a simple Flask application using AWS Elastic Beanstalk and hitting a bad gateway error. Solution The Internet has some good stuff on helping you if you made a mistake elsewhere, but I did not find this basic check being mentioned anywhere. Make sure that […]

Capturing form loading time using HTTPwatch tool

Webform loading time depends on multiple factors such as hosting server, internet bandwidth, design of elements including type and number. As a tester, it is very difficult to find the root cause of the webform performance issue without using any tool. Using the HTTPwatch tool which is a simple extension to Google chrome, any tester can capture webform loading time very […]