Preparing Professional-Level Test Data for Licensing Scenarios

Testing your plugin’s licensing logic against professional-level data prevents surprises in production. In this post, you’ll learn to craft entitlement records, simulate user profiles, and automate workflows that mirror real-world licensing scenarios.

Why Realistic Test Data Matters

• Validity: Ensure your entitlement API calls succeed with correct data shapes.
• Edge Cases: Simulate expired tokens, revoked seats, and network failures.
• Scalability: Test with dozens of user profiles and floating-seat pools.

Designing Entitlement Records

Structure your test JSON to reflect fields used by the API:

{
  "entitlementId": "ent-12345",
  "userId": "[email protected]",
  "productId": "com.mycompany.plugin",
  "expiration": "2025-12-31T23:59:59Z",
  "seats": {
    "allocated": 5,
    "inUse": 2
  },
  "status": "Active"
}

• entitlementId: unique license record.
• expiration: ISO 8601 UTC date.
• seats: floating-license pool details.

User Profiles & Workflow Simulations

Create profiles for different roles:

var testUsers = new[]
{
    new TestUser("[email protected]", "Admin"),
    new TestUser("[email protected]", "Editor"),
    new TestUser("[email protected]", "Viewer")
};

Simulate workflows:

1. Admin activates multiple seats.
2. Editor checks out a seat and performs operations.
3. Viewer attempts load, then hits validation failure.

Automating License Scenario Tests

Integrate with xUnit or NUnit:

[Theory]
[InlineData("ent-12345", true)]
[InlineData("ent-expired", false)]
public void ValidateToken_ReturnsExpected(string entitlementId, bool expected)
{
    var token = TestDataLoader.LoadToken(entitlementId);
    var result = _client.ValidateTokenAsync(token).Result;
    Assert.Equal(expected, result.IsValid);
}

• Use TestDataLoader to fetch JSON fixtures.
• Parameterize tests for various statuses and errors.

Next Steps

In Post #4, we’ll explore calling the Entitlement API from AutoLISP and integrating .NET backends in hybrid workflows.