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Peter Tesler

@vptes1

or alternatively you can use js in a code block

Craig Waite

@craigvl

ok yes but the test just fails as soon as the alert is shown

Peter Tesler

@vptes1

Is clicking deleteButton what triggers the alert to open?

And if so, what's the whole stack trace on that?

Craig Waite

@craigvl

yes when you click on deleteButton and stack is:

  (Session info: chrome=78.0.3904.108)
  (Driver info: chromedriver=2.43.600210 (68dcf5eebde37173d4027fa8635e332711d2874a),platform=Windows NT 10.0.18362 x86_64)
    at Object.checkLegacyResponse (smashtest\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\error.js:593:13)
    at parseHttpResponse (smashtest\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\http.js:554:13)
    at Executor.execute (smashtest\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\http.js:489:26)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:68:7)

Peter Tesler

@vptes1

Did a google and in the first result they say how there's a bug in selenium where it throws that error if an alert is open and a screenshot is taken. Do you have screenshots on? If so, does disabling them (temporarily) fix this?

Peter Tesler

@vptes1

Also, according to http://garajeando.blogspot.com/2014/06/protractor-how-to-avoid.html if you immediately dismiss the alert right after the click, it should make the problem go away. Not sure why this would work but they say it does haha

Try using built-in steps Accept alert or Dismiss alert

DWTUTS

@dwtuts

Hey is there a way to set return responses from API tests as a variable to use in another API test?

Peter Tesler

@vptes1

You can return anything in a code block and then use the js variable prev to access it in a subsequent code block

Hope that answers your ques!

Or you can just set a variable with g('varname', value) and access it as js variable with varname in subsequent code blocks

DWTUTS

@dwtuts

So say I have an API test like so

await post({
    url: 'https://api.com/endpoint',
    headers: {
        'content-type': 'text/plain'
    },
    body: `body goes here`,
    timeout: 1500
});

would I just need to call the response.verify inside of that with the body set to a variable?

Peter Tesler

@vptes1

Oh you have to call response.verify() in any subsequent step's code block, just like in the documentation. No need to set variables, it handles passing the response to the next step.

Craig Waite

@craigvl

Peter, thanks for the ideas, same with screenshots off and errors on click so unable to use Accept alert, don't waste any more time on this, I will let you know if I figure something out.

DWTUTS

@dwtuts

Does anyone have an example maybe of calling an api and then assigning the body value to a variable? I am still having some issues trying to figure it out.

Peter Tesler

@vptes1

@craigvl Please upgrade to 1.6.15. The problem should be solved there.

@dwtuts I think I understand what you mean. You can access the response body via response.response.body, or, if you upgrade to 1.6.15 you should be able to access it via response.body. The response object is available in any step following the step where the request was made from. It is also the return value of the request function call. So....

Make a request {
    await get(`https://site.com/endpoint`);
}
    Make another request {
        await get(`https://site.com/endpoint2/${response.body.value1}`);
    }

Make requests {
    let response = await get(`https://site.com/endpoint`);
    let response2 = await get(`https://site.com/endpoint2/${response.body.value1}`);
}

Craig Waite

@craigvl

Peter thanks, it now fails with the same error on the next step after the Click step:

Click 'deleteButton' (was failing here)
        Accept alert (fails here now)

Peter Tesler

@vptes1

Are you in debug mode or normal mode?

Craig Waite

@craigvl

debug

Peter Tesler

@vptes1

@craigvl ok try 1.6.16

apparently you cannot inject js into the browser while an alert is open

Craig Waite

@craigvl

Well done, it's working.

so you updated to not write out the console logs if alert open as per the commit

Peter Tesler

@vptes1

Yup. You got it

id7digital

@id7digital

Hey Guys, I am running my smashtest using the firefox geckodriver.exe, I have multiple branches. Each time I run my tests there are lots of instances of firefox.exe in the taskmanager taking up memory and staying there, even after the tests are complete, is there any way to get rid of this?

Peter Tesler

@vptes1

That's a selenium bug as far as I know.

There are commands you can run to kill off all the zombie processes. For example, on windows taskkill /F /IM geckodriver.exe (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40702478/how-to-kill-many-geckodriver-exe-processes/40704072#40704072)

Peter Tesler

@vptes1

I wish I had a better answer for you, but selenium has to take care of its own bugs 😓

Peter Tesler

@vptes1

Some of you were having trouble with sequential step blocks like these:

..
Open Chrome
Navigate to 'site.com'

There was an issue that was fixed in the latest version, so please upgrade

Also, hope everyone has a happy and healthy new year! 🎉🎉Thank you for your continued support!

id7digital

@id7digital

Hi guys, i;m experiencing problems with the recursive flag, whenever I run my smashtest using the recursive syntax I seem to get the following error when generating branches - FATAL ERROR: Ineffective mark-compacts near heap limit Allocation failed - JavaScript heap out of memory (Has anyone experienced this at all)?

Peter Tesler

@vptes1

Make sure you aren't generating too many branches

i.e., enough to max out your memory

id7digital

@id7digital

ah I see, I have one branch but it keeps generating 4 for some reason. That is just with Open Chrome when ran recursive it generates 4 branches for some reason, this is when i navigate to the main.smash file folder and just run smashtest --recursive

Peter Tesler

@vptes1

You may have other files hiding somewhere in there

Or post exactly what you're trying to run, your smashtest version, OS, your exact command, etc. for help troubleshooting

Peter Tesler

@vptes1

I threw together a bunch of lessons on Smashtest. Please let me know what you think!
https://smashtest.io/lessons

Craig Waite

@craigvl

Great videos thanks heaps! I wonder if on the 4th video at around the 20 minute mark if the prop for 'login box' should be shown along with the usage to reinforce the link between the prop definition and usage, does this make sense? not major though. Thanks again.

Peter Tesler

@vptes1

I think I do show it at around 19:30 :)

Craig Waite

@craigvl

Yes was thinking that they should be shown at the same time so that it is obvious how they relate, but thinking about this some more I think that someone who is watching the 4th video would already have this understanding.

id7digital

@id7digital

Thanks @vptes1

RoyceTheBiker

@RoyceTheBiker_gitlab

I like that I can use REPL to .load and run a smash script but when the script is done it disconnects. How can I stay connected so that I can use the smashtest shell to run more commands and then .save them?

Peter Tesler

@vptes1

@RoyceTheBiker_gitlab I'm having trouble reproducing the issue - it doesn't disconnect for me

RoyceTheBiker

@RoyceTheBiker_gitlab

Running this on a Mac Book Pro. This is the command I use smashtest --test-server=http://localhost:4444/wd/hub -r. It exits with a zero value and no errors. Each command shows as passed. webdriver has messages about session starting and ending but no errors.

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