How to perform beforeTest and afterTest method using typescript (protractor+cucumber) - protractor

Question

Framework used - Protractor
BDD - Cucumber
Language - Typescript
Now i have implemented the framework and a test scenario is also running fine with protractor.
But the problem i am facing is when i write another cucumber scenario my test fails saying 'A session is either terminated or not started'
The above failure is because when my first cucumber scenario starts the appium server starts with in my config and at the end i close the server/driver
Now i have written another test scenario, since cucumber is independent of each scenario , when the sec starts it does not do the config again. Now i need a beforeTest method to call.
So i am not sure how to implement that in typescript,as i am new to it.
Tried the same concept of java way but not working out. There where examples for javascript but still did not help me out.
Tried creating a new util folder and placing my beforeTest inside that but the function is not calling there
Tried to use beforeLaunch()with in my config file, but still does not work out
my config file: config.ts
export let config: Config = {
allScriptsTimeout: 40000,
getPageTimeout: 40000,
setDefaultTimeout: 60000,
defaultTimeoutInterval: 30000,
specs: [
// '../../utils/beforeEach.ts',
'../../features/*.feature',
],
onPrepare: () => {
Reporter.createDirectory(jsonReports);
tsNode.register({
project: './tsconfig.json'
});
},
multiCapabilities: [
androidPixel2XLCapability,
// iPhoneXCapability
],
framework: 'custom',
frameworkPath: require.resolve('protractor-cucumber-framework'),
cucumberOpts: {
compiler: "ts:ts-node/register",
glue: ["steps"],
format: [
"json:./reports/json/cucumber_report.json",
],
require: ['supports/timeout.js', '../../stepdefinitions/*.ts'],
tags: "#firstPurchasePopup",
},
seleniumAddress: serverAddress,
onComplete: () => {
Reporter.createHTMLReport();
},
// =====
// Hooks
// =====
beforeTest: function () {
},
beforeLaunch(){
console.log("Before");
seleniumAddress: 'http://localhost:4723/wd/hub';
},
afterLaunch() {
console.log("After");
},
};
my other beforeEach.ts:
This is not working but what i tired and was not working.
import {After, AfterAll, Before} from "cucumber";
const serverAddress = 'http://localhost:4723/wd/hub';
import {beforeEach, afterEach, describe} from "selenium-webdriver/testing";
beforeEach(function () {
console.log("Before");
});
// });
afterEach(function () {
console.log("Before");
});
// let beforeEach: () => void;
// beforeEach = () => {
// console.log("Before Test");
// // config.multiCapabilities;
// seleniumAddress: serverAddress;
// };
//
// let afterEach: () => void;
// afterEach = () => {
// console.log("After Test");
// };
This is my feature file: bonus.feature
this is my feature file:
Background:
Given I launch the app
Then I should see the popup window for the Bonus
And I verify the UI
Then I tap on ok button
And The popup window should not be seen
#firstPurchasePopup
Scenario: firstPurchasePopup new join button
When I tap on the 'New ' button
And The popup window should not be seen
Then I navigate back from join page to home page
Then The popup window should not be seen
Then I close the app
#firstPurchasePopup
Scenario: firstPurchasePopup login button
And I tap on log in button on the initial screen
Then I navigate back from login page to home page
And The popup window should not be seen
Then I close the app
I expect my the scenario what i have written to execute both one after the other , like execute Scenario: firstPurchasePopup new join button which it does . But when it launches the app again for the sec Scenario: firstPurchasePopup login button does not work as the driver is not started again, since it was closed in prev one.
to start it i need to create beforeTest which i am facing difficutly to write the code

Answer 1

I haven't used Protractor with Cucumber, but I have used Cucumber & Typescript together. I resolved the problem by having a file cucumber.js in a root that is being loaded at the very beginning by default and looks like that:
var settings = "features/**/*.feature -r step-definitions/**/*.ts -r hooks/**/*.ts -r support/**/*.ts "
module.exports = {
"default": settings
}
However, I think in your case the solution would be adding a path to hooks file to config.cucumberOpts.require list instead to config.specs one.
Did you try it?

Answer 2

#All
Thanks for your inputs #mhyphenated
I figured out that the rather than using inside the config, i tried using the before and after in the hooks.ts ,also other than calling the server i was not actually calling the android driver, as below and that worked
beforeTest: function () {
beforeTest: function () {
},
beforeLaunch(){
console.log("Before");
seleniumAddress: 'http://localhost:4723/wd/hub';
},
hooks.ts
import { AndroidDriver } from "appium/node_modules/appium-android-driver";
let driver:AndroidDriver, defaultCaps;
driver = new AndroidDriver();
Before(function () {
// This hook will be executed before all scenarios
browser.ignoreSynchronization = false;
browser.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(500);
let defaultCaps = config.multiCapabilities[0];
console.log("defaultCaps = ", defaultCaps );
driver.createSession(defaultCaps);
driver.defaultWebviewName();
});