Are end-to-end tests better than unit tests, in situations where both are applicable?

unit-testing,integration-testing,end-to-end

I would consider future changes and complexity to decide which one to go: If A's behaviour is likely fixed (says it's an API), while B & C are likely to be replaced/changed in the near future (says they are internal components that use an external library that is near its...

Non-angular page opened after a click

javascript,angularjs,testing,protractor,end-to-end

You can set ignoreSynchronization to be false once your verification is done. However, note that ignoreSynchronization is synchronous while everything else (click/get/etc) is asynchronous, so you need to be careful with that. Probably the safest way is to set it to true in beforeEach and false in afterEach, and just...

protractor iframe inside an iframe inside an iframe

testing,iframe,protractor,angularjs-e2e,end-to-end

The problem is that after the login I basically need to return to the upper frame and click a button. From what I see in your code, you are switching to the default content, but, as you said, the button is inside the upper iframe, switch to it: browser.driver.switchTo().defaultContent();...

Protractor: get url of not angular page

javascript,angularjs,testing,protractor,end-to-end

You need to do 2 things Set browser.ignoreSynchronization = true; before trying to read the URL of the 3rd party page, so the browser doesn't wait for (and so require) Angular promises to resolve in the page (and set it to false afterwards); Use browser.getCurrentUrl() as opposed to browser.getLocationAbsUrl(), as...

Protractor - Get text from table

javascript,testing,selenium-webdriver,protractor,end-to-end

There is a relevant by.linkText() locator that should fit the use case: var link = element(by.linkText(global.caseNumber)); If it still doesn't find the desired element, try adding a wait: var EC = protractor.ExpectedConditions; browser.wait(EC.presenceOf(link), 5000); ...

Testing templates in Protractor?

javascript,angularjs,testing,protractor,end-to-end

First of all, for writing cleaner tests and having a better understanding of what your target site consists of, apply the Page Object pattern and split the parts of your web pages into different page objects. For instance, footer, header can and should be separate page objects that would be...

What line is causing this Protractor error?

error-handling,webdriver,jasmine,protractor,end-to-end

Here is a related issue at jasminewd project that protractor uses under-the-hood: Stack traces for Jasmine2 don't include asynchronous events The issue is now fixed, with jasmine upgrade to >=2.3.1. What you should do is to upgrade protractor to >=2.1.0. Old answer: As a workaround, get back to jasmine 1.x:...

Slider testing using protractor

angularjs,testing,protractor,end-to-end,e2e-testing

You should pass an element you found to dragAndDrop(): var slider = element(by.id('slider')); browser.actions().dragAndDrop( slider, {x:100, y:0} ).perform(); See other examples here: Drag and drop using protractor in dthmlx component How to simulate a drag and drop action in protractor? ...

mouseover element not working using protractor

javascript,angularjs,testing,protractor,end-to-end

One possible problem is that you need to make it wait for angular to load: it('should display the popover-content on mouseover', function() { browser.get('http://localhost:9000/'); browser.waitForAngular(); browser.actions().mouseMove(element(by.css('.popover'))).perform(); expect(element(by.css('.popover-content')).isDisplayed()).toBeTruthy(); }); I've also removed the find() call (not sure if you really need it here) and fixed the parenthesis closing order in the...

Cloning element finders

javascript,testing,selenium,protractor,end-to-end

Clone was introduced here: https://github.com/angular/protractor/issues/1303. And honestly now I think about it, it was a mistake to introduce it, as it offers no practical values. Originally, there was fear that subsequent chains of elementFinders would affect previous ones: var outerElement = element(by.abc...).all(by.def...).first().element(by.ghi...); var outerText = outerElement.getText(); var innerElement = innerElement.element(by.xyz...);...

Cleanup for running spec files in series in Protractor

protractor,end-to-end

I used a different approach and it worked for me. Inside my first spec I am adding Logout testcase which logouts from the app and on reaching the log in page, just clear the cookie before login again using following: browser.driver.manage().deleteAllCookies(); ...

Get attribute from table - Protractor

javascript,testing,protractor,end-to-end

xpath is your friend when you need exact value matching. This should do the trick: element.all(by.xpath('.//td[.="91" and @class="ultranarrow ng-binding"]')).click(); ...

Add two parameters in function into “then” protractor

javascript,angularjs,unit-testing,protractor,end-to-end

This is a classic closure problem that is described in detail in: Using protractor with loops In your case, just let expect() resolve the promise: var categories = ['1','2','3']; for (var i = 0; i < categories.length; i++) { var link = '/' + categories[i]; browser.get(link); browser.sleep(2000); expect(browser.driver.getCurrentUrl()).toMatch(link); } ...

Edit ui-grid cell value using protractor

angularjs,testing,protractor,angular-ui-grid,end-to-end

Solved it. You need to focus cell and access input element: cell.click(); cell.element(by.css(".ui-grid-cell-focus input")).sendKeys("newCellValue"); EDIT: Has some issues on older browser versions, better to use: cell.click(); cell.element(by.css("input")).sendKeys("newCellValue"); EDIT: Another issue is with Firefox where cell.click() is not working properly. Workaround/hack: http://stackoverflow.com/a/23370177...

Is it possible to add a plugin to chromedriver under a protractor test?

javascript,angularjs,protractor,selenium-chromedriver,end-to-end

You need to configure extensions list inside chromeOptions: capabilities { 'browserName': 'chrome', 'chromeOptions': { 'extensions': ['base64 encoded extension'] } } Note that it in extensions, it is important to provide a list of base-64 encoded packed Chrome extension. To get a base64 encoded extension, you need to read the .ctx...

How to get the value from selectbox?

javascript,selenium,testing,protractor,end-to-end

You are closing the parenthesis in the wrong place and there is no expect(). Replace: element(by.cssContainingText('option', browser.params.lengthUnit).getAttribute("value")).toEqual(browser.params.lengthUnit); with: var option = element(by.cssContainingText('option', browser.params.lengthUnit)); expect(option.getAttribute("value")).toEqual(browser.params.lengthUnit); If you are dealing with select->option constructions a lot, consider using an abstraction over it that would make your tests cleaner and more readable, see: Select...

Asserting an element is focused

javascript,angularjs,testing,protractor,end-to-end

In my answer I'm going to assume activeElem and pageElem are both protractor element finders, and are pointing to the same web element. First to answer your question about why expect(activeElem).toEqual(pageElem); Gets into an infinite loop, it's because protractor patched jasmine's expect to resolve the promise before asserting, so that...

Testing link style changes

css,testing,selenium,protractor,end-to-end

This asynchrony in the CSS update seems like something that protractor/webdriver should be able to wait for. Is your app doing anything unusual to implement the CSS update on hover? Is it specifying an animation or update delay somehow? That said, I think there can be times when protractor cannot...

protractor click specific element in repeater by binding

javascript,testing,protractor,ng-repeat,end-to-end

There are multiple ways to locate the desired element, though I would chain element.all() and element() and use by.xpath() locator strategy: var a = element.all(by.repeater("app in userApps")).element(by.xpath(".//a[strong = 'appName1']")); a.click(); Or, using filter(): element.all(by.repeater("app in userApps")).filter(function (elm) { return elm.evaluate("app.displayName").then(function (displayName) { return displayName === "appName1"; }); }).then(function (elms) {...

How to simulate ctrl-click or shift-click with webdriver.io?

testing,end-to-end,webdriver-io

Edit: If you want to select different elements using ctrl key: client.elements(<css selector for your list of elements>, function(err, res) { client .moveTo(res.value[<index of element you want to select>].ELEMENT, 0, 0) .keys('Ctrl') #every action after this within the scope of `client.elements` will have the `ctrl` key depressed .buttonPress('left') .moveTo(res.value[<index of...

Are user acceptance test (UAT) and end-to-end (E2E) test the same thing?

testing,end-to-end,user-acceptance-testing

User Acceptance Test is a phase in a typical software development process. From the other side, End-To-End test is one of the approaches to testing the complex applications which involves all layers of the application to interact with each other during test execution. It means that you can execute End-to-End...

Click on a element with same class that matches text and exit in Protractor

javascript,testing,selenium,protractor,end-to-end

In this case, each() is not a good choice. It really sounds like filtering, example: element.all(by.repeater("test in tests")).filter(function (elm) { return elm.getText().then(function (text) { return text === "Desired text"; }); }).then(function(filteredElements) { filteredElements[0].click(); }); ...

E2E Protractor tests in firefox says 8 pending specs what does it mean?

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This is coming from your test framework (I assume jasmine): Pending specs do not run, but their names will show up in the results as pending. Any spec declared with xit is marked as pending. Any spec declared without a function body will also be marked pending in results. And...

Protractor - Storing a value for later use

javascript,selenium,protractor,end-to-end

You can use onPrepare in protractor's config file to execute some code once before all the tests (example). Keep in mind that you'll have to load a page of your application before being able to use getCookie....

Protractor: Testing multiple user logins for conflicts during updating

angularjs,testing,protractor,end-to-end

This should help you: https://github.com/angular/protractor/blob/master/docs/browser-setup.md#using-multiple-browsers-in-the-same-test and here's an example: https://github.com/angular/protractor/blob/master/spec/interaction/interaction_spec.js...

How to count total number of option of drop-down in protractor

javascript,angularjs,testing,protractor,end-to-end

Define a separate field in your page object: this.statusDropDownItems = function () { return element.all('select.form-control option'); } or relying on the model and chaining element and element.all: this.statusDropDownItems = function () { return element(by.model('campaign.lifeStage')).element.all('option'); } Then, in your test spec you can use expect to assert the count: expect(page.statusDropDownItems.count()).toEqual(4); where...

Protractor synchrozation - timeout

javascript,angularjs,testing,protractor,end-to-end

You need to let protractor know that the login page is non-angular and it doesn't need to wait for angular to "settle down". Set the ignoreSynchronization to true before login and set it back to false after: describe('Login #1', function() { afterEach(function () { browser.ignoreSynchronization = false; }); it('should pass...

Testing tab navigation order

javascript,testing,selenium,protractor,end-to-end

I think the PageObject should define a tab order list, since that is really a direct property of the page, and should be expressible as simple data. An array of items seems like a sufficient representation, so something like: this.tabOrder = [ this.registrationCode, this.rememberRegistrationCode, this.requestCode, this.cancelButton ]; Then you need...

How to change URL in protractor

javascript,testing,protractor,end-to-end

Why don't actually let the browser navigate to the new URL on click, get it via browser.getCurrentUrl(), modify it and navigate to the modified URL, e.g. button.click(); var url = browser.getCurrentUrl(); url = url + "?a=b"; browser.get(url); ...

protractor-html-screenshot-reporter not showing all the tests executed in the reporter file

javascript,angularjs,testing,protractor,end-to-end

I was able to reproduce it - this is always the latest it block that is missing in the final HTML report. This should be reported to the protractor-html-screenshot-reporter bug tracker. As a current workaround, downgrade to protractor 1.4.0 (tested, worked for me). Or, add an empty it() block to...

How to determine if is disabled

html,angularjs,testing,protractor,end-to-end

You need to get the attribute directly like this: expect(myelement.getAttribute('disabled')).toBeTruthy(); I use this in my Protractor testing daily without issue....

Custom message on wait timeout error

testing,selenium,jasmine,protractor,end-to-end

I believe browser.wait() takes 3 parameters: a condition, an optional timeout, and an optional description message. (I'm pretty sure this is the doc: http://angular.github.io/protractor/#/api?view=webdriver.WebDriver.prototype.wait, but I'm having a hard time verifying that the WebDriver shows up as browser in protractor). So you should be able to do: var EC =...

How to setup endless testing with Protractor with SauceLabs?

angularjs,testing,protractor,saucelabs,end-to-end

This is something you should not solve on the protractor level. Use jenkins or other continuous integration servers, or simply schedule it in cron....

Protractor + angular error - Element is not clickable at point

javascript,angularjs,testing,protractor,end-to-end

It turned out that the test before the one causing problems was opening the modal and leaving it open, and then when this test tried to open a new modal, couldn't find the button to do so because the modal was already open. I didn't realize that the very first...

when i am try to get text of a binding element, it gives the total text of the div element

angularjs,google-chrome,selenium-webdriver,protractor,end-to-end

element() call here refers to an ElementFinder which represents a single element. In other words, you are getting an element containing the binding (div), not the value of the binding itself. You should assert the complete element text in this case: expect(element(by.exactBinding('input.visaValidFrom')).getText()).toBe('2015-01-03 - 2015-12-01'); Or, you can manually split the...

Protractor testing a specific cell in ng-grid

angularjs,jasmine,protractor,angularjs-e2e,end-to-end

Scrolling into view should help here: var elm = rows[6].element(by.className('colt14')); browser.executeScript("arguments[0].scrollIntoView(true);", elm.getWebElement()); cell = elm.getText().then(function (data) { return data.replace(/ /g,''); }); ...

How to cange the date and time of my computer device, using protractor

angularjs,google-chrome,selenium-webdriver,protractor,end-to-end

Think about it differently. Mock the HTTP response that your app sends containing announcements and set the desired date using protractor-http-mock library. In other words, let the frontend think there is an expired announcement. Alternative options would include mocking the time with the help of Sinon.js or TimeShift.js, but, personally,...

Element is not clickable at point - Protractor

javascript,testing,protractor,end-to-end

The combo-box from the error message is still open when you are trying to click on the vehicle-condition element - most probably due to its closing/fade-out animation. You can try to disable animations for your tests globally, locally or wait for the overlaying element to disappear: var EC = protractor.ExpectedConditions;...

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