The basic problem is here is that I was trying to login initially, launch my app, then run ALL specs. It turned out to NOT be a good approach.
What I couldn't figure out is the following:
Why navpanel-spec.js below was running first - before the login and launch js files. In other words, if I add a browser.pause() in navpanel-spec.js, it pauses immediately - PRIOR to even running my login-spec.js code. CONFUSING !
In my Protractor.config.js file I have a few specs :
specs: [
'spec/login.js',
'spec/launch-awesome-app.js',
'spec/navpanel-spec.js',
'spec/another-spec.js',
'spec/yet-another-spec.js'
]
login.js and launch-awesome-app.js work fine. They log into the menu system, then click thru the menus in order to launch myAwesomeapp - no problem.
BUT, I'm having issues launching these files sequentially. Something to do with the Selenium Control-flow I assume, as it appears to be parsing all spec files and executing any browser. commands immediately.
I'm looking for a solution, or perhaps a better approach to :
1) Logging into the menu framework
2) Clicking thru the menus to launch the the appropriate URL
3) And finally running the spec.js files which target the URL in step 2
Here's my original navpanel-spec.js version:
describe('Testing My Awesome App', function () {
var panelObj = new PanelObjects();
var urlDefault = 'https://server/apps/Default.aspx?r=1';
var urlApp = 'https://server/apps/MyAwesomeApp.html';
browser.get(urlApp); // Runs my AwesomeApp tests okay, HOWEVER it launches a new browser window.
browser.get(urlDefault); // Launches app framework with top nav menus and embedded <iframe>,
// HOWEVER I cannot select iframe and successfully run tests here.
beforeEach(function () {
browser.sleep(5000);
browser.waitForAngular();
});
// USE-CASE OBJECT !!
var items = browser.params.useCaseJsonFile["navigatePanels"];
browser.getAllWindowHandles().then(function (handles) {
handles.map(function (win, idx) {
browser.driver.getCurrentUrl().then(function (curr) {
if (curr.indexOf('Default.aspx') >= 0) {
browser.driver.switchTo().window(handles[idx]);
}
});
});
});
browser.switchTo().frame(element(by.id('1')).getWebElement());
var testId = element(by.id('middle'));
console.log(testId);
items.map(function (item) {
if (item.enableTest) {
var specItem = it(item.name, function () {
console.log('------------------------------');
console.log('---- ' + item.describe);
browser.waitForAngular();
// select panels, etc..
panelObj.panelClick(item.panelName).then(function () {
// ...
});
panelObj.getPanelText(item.panelName).then(function (title) {
expect(title).toContain(item.panelTitle);
});
});
}
});
});UPDATE: After much discussion, I moved my login and launch logic into a page objects file. And now I call login/launch at the beginning of each, independent test spec.
Here's my updated navpanel-spec.js test:
var LoginObjects = require('../pageObjects/login-objects.js');
describe('Testing My Awesome App', function () {
var panelObj = new PanelObjects();
var loginObj = new LoginObjects();
//var urlDefault = 'https://server/apps/Default.aspx?r=1';
//browser.get(urlApp); // USING PAGE OBJECTS NOW...
browser.ignoreSynchronization = true;
// LOGIN AND LAUNCH APP !!!
loginObj.Login();
loginObj.Launch();
beforeEach(function () {
browser.sleep(5000);
browser.waitForAngular();
});
// USE-CASE OBJECT !!
var items = browser.params.useCaseJsonFile["navigatePanels"];
// SWITCH TO iframe ELEMENT
loginObj.switchWindowAndFrame();
items.map(function (item) {
if (item.enableTest) {
var specItem = it(item.name, function () {
console.log('------------------------------');
console.log('---- ' + item.describe);
browser.waitForAngular();
// select panels, etc..
panelObj.panelClick(item.panelName).then(function () {
// ...
});
panelObj.getPanelText(item.panelName).then(function (title) {
expect(title).toContain(item.panelTitle);
});
});
}
});
});and my page objects :
module.exports = function(){
this.Login = function(){
var url = browser.params.loginUrl;
browser.driver.get(url);
browser.sleep(200);
var userName = browser.params.credential.userId;
var password = browser.params.credential.password;
element(by.id('username')).clear().then(function(){
element(by.id('username')).sendKeys(userName);
element(by.id('password')).sendKeys(password);
});
browser.sleep(1000);
var that = this;
var submitElement = element(by.id('bthLogin'));
submitElement.click().then(function () {
browser.getAllWindowHandles().then(function (handles) {
// LOGIN MESSAGE WINDOW
browser.driver.getCurrentUrl().then(function(curr){
if (curr.indexOf('LoginMsg.aspx') >= 0){
// Do we really need to close the login successful browser ???
browser.driver.close();
}
});
browser.driver.switchTo().window(handles[1]);
});
});
},
this.Launch = function(){
var sel = '#TheMenu1 > ul > li:first-child';
var elem = element(by.css(sel));
elem.click().then(function(){
browser.sleep(1000);
var elem2 = element(by.cssContainingText('.rmLink', 'The First Menu Item'));
elem2.click();
// Select menu item; sleep before attempting to click().
var subElem = element(by.cssContainingText('.rmLink', 'My Awesome App'));
browser.sleep(1000);
subElem.click();
browser.waitForAngular();
});
},
this.switchWindowAndFrame = function(){
browser.getAllWindowHandles().then(function (handles) {
handles.map(function(win, idx){
browser.driver.getCurrentUrl().then(function(curr){
if (curr.indexOf('Default.aspx') >= 0){
browser.driver.switchTo().window(handles[idx]);
}
});
});
});
browser.switchTo().frame(element(by.css('[name="1"]')).getWebElement());
}
};
