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Can I access parameters in my protractor configuration file?

rated 0 times [ 77] [ 5] / answers: 1 / hits: 25363 / 9 Years ago, thu, april 2, 2015, 12:00:00

I start my protractor tests by running the following:

protractor protractor.conf.js --params.baseUrl=http://www.google.com --suite all

I would like to run a 'before launch' function which is dependant of one parameter (in this case, the baseUrl). Is it that possible?

exports.config = {

    seleniumServerJar: './node_modules/protractor/selenium/selenium-server-standalone-2.45.0.jar',

    seleniumPort: 4455,

    suites: {

        all: 'test/*/*.js',

    },

    capabilities: {

        'browserName': 'firefox'

    },

    beforeLaunch: function() {

        console.log('I want to access my baseUrl parameter here: ' + config.params.baseUrl);

    },

    onPrepare: function() {



        require('jasmine-reporters');

        jasmine.getEnv().addReporter(

            new jasmine.JUnitXmlReporter('output/xmloutput', true, true));



    }

};

If I run that I get a ReferenceError because config is not defined. How should I do that? Is that even possible?

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answered 9 Years ago briannar · Accepted Answer

I am not completely sure if protractor globals are set at the beforeLaunch() stage, but they are definitely available at onPrepare() step.

Access the params object through the global browser object:

console.log(browser.params.baseUrl);

Update:
Using Jasmine 2.6+, protractor 4.x, browser.params was empty, but the following worked in onPrepare() step:

console.log(browser.baseUrl);