Webdriver.io does a great job providing intuitive Selenium bindings for NodeJS. It provides also a test runner allowing to write tests in a synchronous way. The problem with this test runner is that it does not work well with IntelliJ IDEA (e.g. you can't set a breakpoint and debug your code).
With this library you can write tests in a synchronous manner while still using your favourite test runner.
To preview how this library makes your life easier in IDE like IntelliJ IDEA or Webstorm watch this video.
Important: This package supports v4 of Webdriver.io. Version 5 is not supported.
const wdio = require('wdio');
const assert = require('chai').assert;
describe('Google web search engine', function() {
this.timeout(60000);
// Create a webdriver.io 'browser' object. Now you can call on this object every
// method described on http://webdriver.io/api.html
var browser = wdio.getBrowser({
desiredCapabilities: {
browserName: 'firefox'
}
});
// Initialize selenium standalone server if it is not started yet
before(wdio.initSelenium);
// Every code using the 'browser' object has to be wrapped by wdio.wrap
before(wdio.wrap(function() {
browser.init();
}));
after(wdio.wrap(function() {
browser.end();
}));
// If you use Mocha test framework then wrap every single test by wdio.wrap
// Important: Using wdio.wrap on 'describe' method is invalid.
// Use it only for: 'it', 'before', 'after', 'beforeEach' and 'afterEach'
it('Should return "Google" when asked about page title', wdio.wrap(function () {
browser.url('http://www.google.com');
assert.equal('Google', browser.getTitle());
}));
});/**
* Run selenium standalone server. If port 4444 is busy it does nothing.
* Otherwise it uses npm package `selenium-standalone` to run selenium
* standalone process. The parameter 'option' is optional. If it exists
* then options.install is passed to the method selenium.install and
* options.start is passed to the method selenium.start.
* Selenium.install and selenium.start are described on:
* https://www.npmjs.com/package/selenium-standalone
*/
wdio.initSelenium = function([options], callback) { ... }
/**
* Return a webdriver.io browser instance. The options object as described on
* http://webdriver.io/guide/getstarted/configuration.html
* Returned object has all methods described on http://webdriver.io/api.html
*/
wdio.getBrowser = function(options) { ... }
/**
* Wrapper for synchronous webdriver.io code. It returns another function
* taking a callback as an argument.
* The provided callback will be called once a test is done.
* In case of error it will be called with the error as an argument.
* This API makes wdio compatible with Mocha test framework.
*/
wdio.wrap = function(code) { ... }
/**
* Runs synchronous webdriver.io code and calls a callbkack when finished
*/
wdio.run = function(code, callback) { ... }Each call to webdriver.io API has to be wrapped by wdio.wrap. If you use Mocha check that it, before, after, beforeEach and afterEach calls are wrapped by wdio.wrap like on the example above.
It basically means you used wdio.wrap in a wrong place (like describe if you use Mocha). For Mocha ensure that wdio.wrap was used in it, before, after, beforeEach or afterEach.
If you use wdio.run you have to pass two parameters - the code to run and a callback to call once finished. Double check if you've passed both parameters.