cant pass browser for multiple browser

[galaxianape]

I cant pass a browser of my choice for serenity to manage.

I want to use multiple browser for my tests which will be read from serenity.properties file. I read it in my code and it sets up a driver. how can we set it for serenity to manage without mentioning @Managed(driver = "chrome")..can i pass a variable instead of chrome so that throughout the cucumber test serenit uses that driver ?

[wakaleo]

Use the webdriver.driver property:

mvn verify -Dwebdriver.driver=chrome

[longk15t]

Hi @wakaleo , can I run one test with parallel + multiple browser ?

[wakaleo]

This isn’t currently supported; typically you would do this at the CI level.

[galaxianape]

Use the webdriver.driver property:

mvn verify -Dwebdriver.driver=chrome

Thanks for your reply..but I am trying to run from intellij.. by right clicking on testrunner file

[wakaleo]

You can also set the property in the serenity.properties file.

[galaxianape]

Yes this is my serenity prop file looks like
browser = chrome
webdriver.driver=chrome
webdriver.chrome.driver=src\test\resources\drivers\chromedriver.exe
webdriver.ie.driver = src\test\resources\drivers\IEDriverServer.exe

this is how my base class looks like

static EnvironmentVariables variables = SystemEnvironmentVariables.createEnvironmentVariables();
public static String loginurl;
public static String browsername, browserFromCmdLine;
public WebEndUserSteps endUser;

@Managed
public static WebDriver driver;

public WebDriver manageDriver(){

    browserFromCmdLine = System.getProperty("browser");

    if (browserFromCmdLine == null) {
        browsername = variables.getProperty("browser");
    }
    else {
        browsername = browserFromCmdLine;
    }
    if(browsername == null) {
        System.out.println("browser is not specified in the environment.properties file or specified in mvn commandline arguments");
        System.exit(1);
    }

    switch (browsername) {
        case "firefox" :
            String firefoxdriverpath = variables.getProperty("firefoxDriverPath");
            variables.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver", firefoxdriverpath);
            break;
        case "chrome" :
            String chromedriverpath = variables.getProperty("chromeDriverPath");
            variables.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", chromedriverpath);

            break;
        case "ie" :
            String iedriverpath = variables.getProperty("ieDriverPath");
            variables.setProperty("webdriver.ie.driver", iedriverpath);
            //new WebDriverFacade("webdriver.ie.driver", iedriverpath, iedriverpath);
            break;
        case "edge" :
            String edgedriverpath = variables.getProperty("edgeDriverPath");
            variables.setProperty("webdriver.edge.driver", edgedriverpath);
            break;
        default :
            System.out.println("ERROR: Browser specified is not correct");
            System.out.println("Please mention one of the required browser as below \n\tbrowser = chrome \n\tbrowser = ie \n\tbrowser = edge \n\tbrowser = firefox \nin environment.properties file");
            System.out.println("\nOR if you run from command line then as below \n\tmvn test -Dbrowser=chrome \n\tmvn test -Dbrowser=ie \n\tmvn test -Dbrowser=edge \n\tmvn test -Dbrowser=firefox \n");
            System.exit(1);
    }

    return driver;
}

So when I use different browser in serenity prop file..and right click on my testrunner file in intellij ..correct driver should be picked up by serenity driver and act upon it throughout the test

Same thing should happen when run from commandline for given parameters in command and when right clicked on feature file in intellij

[wakaleo]

That is not how Serenity works, at multiple levels.

1. Never use statics
2. Dont try to manage the driver location programmatically (it can all be done within the properties file).
3. in fact, you probably don’t need to use a base class at all.

The correct configuration for multiple browsers is described in the documentation - I will post a link shortly.

[galaxianape]

yes please....

there are 3 possible ways to execute the test. one is right click feature file in intellij, right click test runner in intellij and giving command through maven. so I am able to get correct driver when executingthrough command line but not with other 2 options. I need to understand how can we do it so all possible ways work well?

[wakaleo]

See https://serenity-bdd.github.io/theserenitybook/latest/web-testing-in-serenity.html.

IntelliJ does not support running Serenity tests directly from the feature files (see https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/115000324710-Serenity-BDD-with-Cucumber-is-showing-a-lot-of-promise-and-improved-considerably-over-the-last-2-years-It-would-be-good-if-you-provide-a-individual-Feature-Scenario-Runner-within-Intellij-IDE-for-Serenity-BDD-just-like-it-is-available-with-Cucumber?flash_digest=40e97f0c9ba85268606bf43398ef0b23593f7dd8).

[galaxianape]

Thanks...so what I understand is after passing browser as parameter from the prop file......I wont be able to execute runner file on all the 3 browsers when right clicked on it through intellij.

[cvarshn-cloud]

See https://serenity-bdd.github.io/theserenitybook/latest/web-testing-in-serenity.html.

IntelliJ does not support running Serenity tests directly from the feature files (see https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/115000324710-Serenity-BDD-with-Cucumber-is-showing-a-lot-of-promise-and-improved-considerably-over-the-last-2-years-It-would-be-good-if-you-provide-a-individual-Feature-Scenario-Runner-within-Intellij-IDE-for-Serenity-BDD-just-like-it-is-available-with-Cucumber?flash_digest=40e97f0c9ba85268606bf43398ef0b23593f7dd8).

IntelliJ provides excellent integrated support for Cucumber feature files. You can even run features simply by right-clicking on the feature file. But this won't work when you are using Cucumber with Serenity, as Serenity needs to instrument the feature file before execution. Fortunately, this is easy to fix. Here's how:

Click on the feature file you want to run
In the Run menu Select Run...
In the contextual menu, select the feature, then "Edit..."
You should now see the 'Edit Configuration Settings' window. Set the main class to 'net.serenitybdd.cucumber.cli.Main'
Change the Glue field to the root package of your project (or of your step definitions)
Click Apply
Now you can run your feature directly by right-clicking on the feature file.