How to parameterise specs in conf.js of Protractor Framework? - node.js

Question

I am new to protractor framework,working on parameterising specs in conf.js...seeked help,googled but didn't get a solution...if any one is aware kindly help me...

Answer 1

If you want to run multiple files in protractor better use the naming conventions.
For example if there are two files :
todo-spec.js
log.js
If both files are in D:/Folder
Better name it in following way:
todo-spec.test.js
log.test.js
And for the spec file use the following way:
exports.config ={ specs: ['D:/Folder/*test.js']};
These will make sure that all your files containing test.js as a part of file name will run.
So keep a habit of writing test after every file.
I hope you are clear now. :-)
You can use multicapabilities , if you can:
exports.config = {
specs: [
// keep this blank
],
multiCapabilities: [{
'browserName': 'chrome',
'specs': ['todo-spec.js']
}, {
'browserName': 'chrome',
'specs': ['log.js']
}, {
'browserName': 'chrome',
'specs': ['test.js']
}],
};

Answer 2

I'm not sure if you are familiar with tools like Grunt and Gulp but it sounds to me like you will probably need one of them to do this. If I had the same requirements as you I would setup a Gulp task that opened your excel/csv file and put the file names of the tests you want to run into a list. Then you can use that same gulp task to kick off your protractor tests by using a package like gulp-protractor to run the tests. You will need to work out the logic to get your list of files on your own but here is an example of how to use a gulp task to do this:
gulp.task("e2e", function() {
//logic to get list of spec files here
gulp.src([<array/list of spec files>])
.pipe(protractor({
configFile: "test/protractor.config.js"
}))
.on('error', function(e) { throw e })
})