How can I use global functions in Angularjs Protractor?

Question

I have about 20 spec files and most of them use the same functions repeated in each one. Can I put global functions in the conf.js file that each spec file can use? I read this page http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21320400/protractor-angularjs-global-variables, but it wasn't very helpful and I can't get it working. I tried putting a function in onPrepare, but the spec files can't find it. I also tried doing global.viewByAds = function () {...};

If anyone can help me I'd really appreciate it!

Alex Arvanitidis · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-04 14:17:06Z

9

you could simply add a js file and use require

helper.js:

module.exports = {
  foo: 'bar',
  doSomething: function () {
    return 1+1;
  }
};

in your specs:

//require helper.js at specs
var helper = require('./helper.js');
helper.doSomething()

edited Dec 4, 2015 at 14:17

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3 Comments

Brendan Over a year ago

Thanks a lot for the help, but I can't seem to get it working. I made a file in the same directory called helper.js and added the var helper = require('helper'); line to my spec file, but it says it can't find the helper module. Any ideas?

nilsK Over a year ago

@Brendan try require('../helper'); if you dont want it there. depends how you set up your project ...

map7 Over a year ago

I had to use require("../helper.js.coffee") but that could just be a coffeescript thing.

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