I would like to make a POST request (with JSON payload) to a database server prior to running a Protractor test, in order to inject test data. How can I do this, if at all possible?
I found a way to do it, with the help of Andres D. The gist of it is to run a script in the browser via browser.executeAsyncScript and inject the $http service in there. The $http service is then told to make a POST request. Here's example CoffeeScript of how it's done:
browser.get('http://your-angular-app.com')
browser.executeAsyncScript((callback) ->
$http = angular.injector([ng]).get($http)
$http(
url: http://yourservice.com
method: post
data: yourData
dataType: json
)
.success(->
callback([true])
).error((data, status) ->
callback([false, data, status])
)
)
.then((data) ->
[success, response] = data
if success
console.log(Browser async finished without errors)
else
console.log(Browser async finished with errors, response)
)
