How to call global env variable for gulp protractor - protractor

Question

This is gulpfile:
gulp.task(
'protractor', function () {
var configObj = {
configFile: config.test + 'protractor.conf.js'
};
configObj['args'] =[];//to be able to add multiple parameters
if (argv.suite) {
configObj['args'].push (
'--suite',
argv.suite
);
}
if (argv.env) {
if(argv.env.includes("q")){//qa
argv.baseUrl = "http://xx.qa.yy.com:8080";
}
else{//prod
if(argv.env.includes("p")){
argv.baseUrl = "https://xx.yy.com";
}
else{//local
argv.baseUrl = "localhost:8080";
}
}
configObj['args'] .push(
'--baseUrl',
argv.baseUrl
);
}
return gulp.src([])
.pipe(plumber({errorHandler: handleErrors}))
.pipe(protractor(configObj))
.on(
'error', function () {
gutil.log('E2E Tests failed');
process.exit(1);
}
);
}
);
so, in protractor test classes, i can get baseurl with that for exaple
this.getBaseUrl = function () {
return browser.baseUrl;
};
,
because i set here
configObj['args'] .push(
'--baseUrl',
argv.baseUrl
);
but i cant get env. it is set here
from console command
gulp protractor --env l --suite logout
i can see in consloeoutput of that
argv.env
but i cant call from protractor it. I tried browser.env
but did not work. how can i do this?
also i use yargs
var argv = require('yargs')//setting default enviroment to qa for testing
.default({ env : 'qa' })
.argv;

Answer 1

There is no env global variable or command line option in protractor, You have to pass it as a paramater using params. You can do something like this-
if (argv.params.env) {
if(argv.params.env.includes("q")){//qa
argv.baseUrl = "http://xx.qa.yy.com:8080";
}
else{//prod
if(argv.params.env.includes("p")){
argv.baseUrl = "https://xx.yy.com";
}
else{//local
argv.baseUrl = "localhost:8080";
}
}
Now from console command you can invoke it
gulp protractor --params.env 'test' --suite logout
You can also access it calling browser.params.env
You can always set globals in protractor in config file:
exports.config = {
//other config options
params: {
env: 'qa'
}
};
And pass values to the global variables through command line as-
protractor conf.js --params.env 'dev'