I use C #, Selenium. Webdriver, framework Atata, PhantomJS.

I wrote a lot of autotests (library), now the question is how to make a working application out of it: it should be posted on the Internet, and periodically or by team to test customer sites.

What type of project to use for this? WebApi, or Asp.Net MVC, or something else? What to prefer, what else to improve the project?

And what decisions to do everything in C # have disadvantages, weaknesses, especially in terms of further development? Shouldn't you prefer a Python solution?

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I do not know how much this will help you, I will tell you how I coped with this task, this is one of the options.

Option number 1

There are 3 large sets of autotests, each set is a separate Windows application (console, .exe)
The admin assigned me a virtual machine inside our network that hosts these test suites.

I wrote a checker application (agent) that checks the database for new tasks. Tasks in the database are created via the web interface. The agent finds the tasks needed to run and runs a specific application (autotest).

The bottom line is that the agent hangs on the same machine where the tests are and just does

Process.Start("AutotestName.exe");

After completion, the autotest sends an HTML report to E-mail

Also, in the web interface, you can configure a schedule for each test for each test, so we take autotest at night =)

Option number 2

Use TeamCity to run tests.
For example, in my last job, all auto tests were presented in the form of a .dll using NUnit .
In TeamCity , the build and launch of the autotest was set up, the autotest was run by a button, and the results were viewed there as Passed / Failed.
But for TeamCity , an agent must also be installed on the build machine.