Make it possible to run protractor with args

[Olgagr]

It will be great to make it possible to run protractor with args. For example it could be possible to run only one suite:

gulp protractor --suite signIn

or choose the browser:

gulp protractor --browser firefox

[zckrs]

I am not sure this issue is related to generator.
Maybe the plugin gulp-protractor should parse the cmd line.

/cc @mllrsohn

@Olgagr alternatively you can use node_modules/.bin/protractor protractor.conf.js --browser firefox with a gulp serve running in another terminal

[pdf13]

I had the same problem and solve then modifying gulp/e2e-tests.js to make function runProtractor() looks like this:

function runProtractor (done) {
    var params = process.argv;
    var args = params.length > 3 ? [params[3], params[4]] : [];

    gulp.src(options.e2e + '/**/*.js')
      .pipe($.protractor.protractor({
        configFile: 'protractor.conf.js',
        args: args
      }))
    // (...)
  }

This is not error proof, but allows me to make calls to gulp protractor, gulp protractor --suite suiteName, gulp protractor:src --someArg someValue. I hope it can help.

[zckrs]

Nice 👍
PR appreciate or wait I take time to implement it

[bondarewicz]

just ran into following issue when running protractor with args using teamcity gulp runner...

Usage: protractor [configFile] [options]
configFile defaults to protractor.conf.js
The [options] object will override values from the config file.

Error: more than one config file specified

/.../e2e-tests.js:44

throw in

.on('error', function (err) {
   // Make sure failed tests cause gulp to exit non-zero
   throw err;
})

I guess we should only be interested in args with --, teamcity additionally adds it's own args:

--no-color --teamcity.properties.all --teamcity.properties

hence replaced:

var args = params.length > 3 ? [params[3], params[4]] : [];

with

var args = [];
  for (var i = 0; i < params.length; i++) {
    if(params[i].substring(0, 2) == '--') args.push(params[i]);
  }

to make sure all args are passed through protractor
/cc @zckrs @pdf13

[furnace915]

var args = process.argv.slice(3) also works