BankID

What is BankID

BankID is a digital identification system widely used in countries like Sweden, Norway, and Finland. It allows individuals to securely prove their identity online and authorize electronic transactions.

How to test BankID

You need to stub or circumvent BankID in your testing environment to use QA.tech.

From BankID’s official documentation:

How do I test my BankID implementation? How about automation?

Testing can’t be automated. Passwords/Security codes have to be manually entered in the BankID clients. We recommend building a so-called test stub that simulates the BankID service web service. It can also be used to perform load tests on your services. https://developers.bankid.com/support

What is stubbing?

Stubbing is the process of replacing a component (like BankID integration) with a placeholder used within a testing environment. This has to be done by your development team.

In the case of BankID it can be that you ask the user to provide a specific personal identity number, like 199001011234, and always grant that user access. Note that this should only be permitted in a testing environment, never in production.

On the client:

if (environment === 'testing') {
  // Show stub UI for BankID
} else {
  // Show real BankID
}

and on the server:

if (environment === 'testing') {
  if (personalNumber === '199001011234') // Send a auth success response
  else // send a auth failed response
} else {
  // Auth using real BankID
}