Integrating TestLink with Contour

[RvdP2012]

Does someone in this forumcommunity have any experience in linking Contour (JamaSoft) as Requirement Management Tool to the requirements module of TestLink 1.9?
We're going to use of Contour in our company, but it would be nice if we could get the requirements from Contour into the requirements module of TestLink, without having to go through several file conversions.

Any experiences would be greatly appreciated.

[fman]

no experience.
remember that we have only 'light integration', i.e. we import info, trying to follow same path used for integration with BTS is not feasible => too much work

[RvdP2012]

I understand. We're looking for some light integration. We only need the requirementlabels from the Contour environment and possibly some "structure" like requirementspecs, not a complete two-way traceability solution. Also, it does not have to be realtime. We only need the labels that will be in a certain release, not the latest-greatest of what the architects have thought of now. So exporting / importing baselines of requirements from Contour to TestLink requirements. Seems we will be heading towards an XML-file intermediate.

[RvdP2012]

For those interested: We're currently modifying TestLink 1.9.3 to be able to import requirement specifications directly through the API from Contour. Status per today: we can read the requirements and folders from a baseline and re-create them into the TestLink requirements module. Left to do: being able to interactively select project and baseline from Contour.

Once the 1.9.3 modifications have been made, we're going to look into 1.9.4.

[RvdP2012]

Job done! Now we're officially able to import requirements and the related section-structure from Contour into the requirements part of TestLink. Though it is only for TestLink 1.9.3 at this moment, 1.9.4 will follow in due time.
The import is done using the API of Contour (Jamasoft) and retrieves the requirements that are in a (selectable) baseline in Contour. Just like we testers like it: baseline your requirements for a release and we'll be happy to test them .

[Xsharp]

Hi,
I am interested on what you did guys, could you give more details on how to do it. I Am using TestLink 1.9.3 and I am looking if I can interface it with Contour to manage requirements.
Thanks.
HM.

[fman]

http://mantis.testlink.org/view.php?id=5319
TICKET 5319: Allow import of requirements from Contour (Jamasoftware)