webdriverio/webdriverio

A Node.js bindings implementation for the W3C WebDriver protocol

Christian Bromann

@christian-bromann

@flaplid-jabberdack it doesn’t seem you are using WebdriverIO

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@soonhanlee

@christian-bromann Thank you!

Yedidya Weiner

@flaplid-jabberdack

silly me, eek. Thanks @christian-bromann

Rajendran Krishnamurthy

@rajukrish:matrix.org

[m]

Hi Team anybody has a solution for this [0-0] Error: Unable to load spec files quite likely because they rely on browser object that is not fully initialised.
browser object has only capabilities and some flags like isMobile.
Helper files that use other browser commands have to be moved to before hook.

Olga

@osmolyar

@nileshye yes, if you define it in the before hook, e.g.

    before: () => {
        // set up global context
        global.context = context

Olga

@osmolyar

@dmarimoutou , yes, the method using the cucumber 'world' object, accessible via 'this' in step definitions, (and via the 'world' parameter in hooks) is preferable as it's designed specifically for sharing state among steps within a scenario, as @erwinheitzman said. You can also customize the cucumber world constructor if you want to initialize it with something specific with each scenario. https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-js/blob/master/docs/support_files/world.md

@rajukrish:matrix.org after ~v6.4 of @wdio/mocha-framework you can't use browser outside of an 'it' block due to a change in the order of loading hooks and spec files.

Rajendran Krishnamurthy

@rajukrish:matrix.org

[m]

is there anyway I can implement to follow page object pattern?

Olga

@osmolyar

@dmarimoutou if you are using typescript you have to extend the Global interface as

declare module NodeJS {
    interface Global {
       mySharedData: any
    }
}

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@rajukrish:matrix.org yes you can use it in other classes, just not in spec files outside of an 'it' block is my understanding.

Rajendran Krishnamurthy

@rajukrish:matrix.org

[m]

ok thanks Olga

dmarimoutou

@dmarimoutou

Thanks a lot @osmolyar . Do you know why I'm facing this Typescript error: Object is possibly 'undefined'.ts(2532) when I declare my shared object in my step definition like that this.mySharedData = myvalue?

Federico Francia

@federicoitaly:matrix.org

[m]

hi everybody, does anyone use parallel testing with wdio cucumberjs appium and browserstack?

Erwin Heitzman

@erwinheitzman

that's a very generic question, if you have a specific question I suggest asking that instead

Federico Francia

@federicoitaly:matrix.org

[m]

@erwinheitzman: thanks, currently I use wdio with maxInstances: 1, so it runs features sequentially

since ios tests takes long time I am wondering to run test in parallel on different devices

my worry is related to the external report

i create a json for the cucumberjs report

it works for single thread

but I increase maxInstances let's say to 2

what will happen?

Erwin Heitzman

@erwinheitzman

I think that depends on the reporter

but you'd probably get two json files

Federico Francia

@federicoitaly:matrix.org

[m]

import cucumberJson from "wdio-cucumberjs-json-reporter";

Erwin Heitzman

@erwinheitzman

however, running it once and see what happens would have been faster and more reliable then to ask here :P

Federico Francia

@federicoitaly:matrix.org

[m]

import { generate } from "multiple-cucumber-html-reporter";

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Erwin Heitzman

@erwinheitzman

I have never used that reporter myself so I don't really know how it generates files

Federico Francia

@federicoitaly:matrix.org

[m]

hi Davide Mariani

Davide Mariani

@davide.mariani:matrix.org

[m]

Hi there!

Kirstin Walsh

@pyxis828

For someone still stuck on version 5, is there somewhere where I can find docs on the hooks as they were in that version? I know they have different params, and I can't seem to find reference docs now - the site will only take me to the version 7 docs for the hooks.

Erwin Heitzman

@erwinheitzman

https://webdriver.io/versions

Kirstin Walsh

@pyxis828

I have tried that - not helpful

Erwin Heitzman

@erwinheitzman

how is it not helpful? we have documentation for al versions back to v4

Kirstin Walsh

@pyxis828

the hook documentation doesn't seem to be there - at least I can't find it

Erwin Heitzman

@erwinheitzman

http://v4.webdriver.io/guide/testrunner/configurationfile.html

that's v4 sorry

Kirstin Walsh

@pyxis828

might be good though - I'll try it

Erwin Heitzman

@erwinheitzman

https://v5.webdriver.io/docs/options.html#hooks

all info should be available

Kirstin Walsh

@pyxis828

just gives a list of what hooks are available, no params

Federico Francia

@federicoitaly:matrix.org

[m]

thanks @dmarimoutou

I try to ask my question there

Erwin Heitzman

@erwinheitzman

@pyxis828 the documentation keeps updating, I suggest to take the latest documentation in cases where you feel you are missing some details

Clive Galway

@evilC

Hi, could anyone advise how I would use multiremote with wdio/cucumber-framework? To be more specific I am trying to do automated testing of a chat-type application (ie two browsers open, one for each side of a conversation)

Kirstin Walsh

@pyxis828

@erwinheitzman I appreciate your suggestion, but I know for a fact that the params were changed in version 7, and do NOT match what was there in v5 - it was a huge problem for me and 1 of the main reasons I have not yet updated to V7 (along with some other sync/async errors that I have occurring), along with the fact that I have 0 time to work on the upgrade. And now I am going to add another before hook to throw some more confusion into the mix for the future upgrade, lol

Federico Francia

@federicoitaly:matrix.org

[m]

@evilC: https://webdriver.io/docs/multiremote/

Clive Galway

@evilC

@federicoitaly:matrix.org Yes, I see that, but I am rather new to wdio/cucumber and have no idea how to do that in cucumber-framework

Federico Francia

@federicoitaly:matrix.org

[m]

ok, maybe there is a boilerplate with multiremote

Clive Galway

@evilC

in cucumber, you don't seem to have control over newing up of the browser object?

Christian Bromann

@christian-bromann

@evilC just define multiremote capabilities in your wdio conf that uses cucumber

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