Run API tests with a nested object store.

run_tests.sh

@@ -362,6 +362,8 @@ do
           fi
           ;;
       -a|-api|--api)
+          GALAXY_TEST_USE_HIERARCHICAL_OBJECT_STORE="True"  # Run these tests with a non-trivial object store.
+          export GALAXY_TEST_USE_HIERARCHICAL_OBJECT_STORE
           GALAXY_TEST_TOOL_CONF="config/tool_conf.xml.sample,test/functional/tools/samples_tool_conf.xml"
           test_script="pytest"
           report_file="./run_api_tests.html"

test/base/driver_util.py

@@ -240,6 +240,36 @@ def setup_galaxy_config(
     )
     config.update(database_conf(tmpdir, prefer_template_database=prefer_template_database))
     config.update(install_database_conf(tmpdir, default_merged=default_install_db_merged))
+    if asbool(os.environ.get("GALAXY_TEST_USE_HIERARCHICAL_OBJECT_STORE")):
+        object_store_config = os.path.join(tmpdir, "object_store_conf.yml")
+        with open(object_store_config, "w") as f:
+            contents = """
+type: hierarchical
+backends:
+   - id: files1
+     type: disk
+     weight: 1
+     files_dir: "${temp_directory}/files1"
+     extra_dirs:
+     - type: temp
+       path: "${temp_directory}/tmp1"
+     - type: job_work
+       path: "${temp_directory}/job_working_directory1"
+   - id: files2
+     type: disk
+     weight: 1
+     files_dir: "${temp_directory}/files2"
+     extra_dirs:
+     - type: temp
+       path: "${temp_directory}/tmp2"
+     - type: job_work
+       path: "${temp_directory}/job_working_directory2"
+"""
+            contents_template = string.Template(contents)
+            expanded_contents = contents_template.safe_substitute(temp_directory=tmpdir)
+            f.write(expanded_contents)
+        config["object_store_config_file"] = object_store_config
+
     if datatypes_conf is not None:
         config['datatypes_config_file'] = datatypes_conf
     if enable_tool_shed_check: