Geb: Run tests in multiple browsers in parallel in saucelabs

[meriya thomas]

Hello,

I've been trying to get a cucumber test scenario to run in multiple browsers in saucelabs but not successful so far. Here is my non parallel set up of everything:

In GebConfig.groovy:

environments {

    sauce {
        driver = {
            def username = System.getenv("SAUCE_USERNAME")
            assert username
            def accessKey = System.getenv("SAUCE_ACCESS_KEY")
            assert accessKey

            DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities()
            capabilities.setBrowserName(System.getProperty("BROWSER_NAME"))
            capabilities.setPlatform(Platform.fromString(System.getProperty("PLATFORM")))
            capabilities.setVersion(System.getProperty("VERSION"))
            capabilities.setCapability("build", System.getenv("BUILD_TAG"));

            new RemoteWebDriver(new URL("http://$username:$accessKey@ondemand.saucelabs.com:80/wd/hub"), capabilities)

        }
    }
}

I'm using cucumber tests so using I have cucumber hooks for Before and After executing a scenario.

This is my Before hook

Before() { scenario ->
    Logger.getInstance().updateScenarioReference((ScenarioImpl) scenario)
    theBrowser = new Browser()

}

After hook:

After() { scenario ->
    if (scenario.failed) {
        Logger.getInstance().addMessage(new ScenarioFailedMsg((String) scenario.name))
    }
    if (System.getProperty("geb.env").contains("sauce")) {
        updateSauceLabs(scenario, theBrowser)
    }

    if (theBrowser.config.autoClearCookies) {
        theBrowser.clearCookiesQuietly()
    }
    CachingDriverFactory.clearCacheAndQuitDriver()
}

void updateSauceLabs(Scenario scenario, Browser theBrowser) {
    String jobID = ((RemoteWebDriver)theBrowser.driver).getSessionId().toString()

    SauceREST client = new SauceREST(System.getenv("SAUCE_USERNAME"), System.getenv("SAUCE_ACCESS_KEY"))
    Map<String, Object> sauceJob = new HashedMap()
    sauceJob.put("name", scenario.getName() + " :: " + System.getProperty("BROWSER_NAME")+ " :: " + System.getenv("BUILD_TAG"))
    if (scenario.isFailed()) {
        client.jobFailed(jobID)
    } else {
        client.jobPassed(jobID)
    }
    client.updateJobInfo(jobID, sauceJob)
    printSessionId(scenario, theBrowser)

} 

To introduce parallel multi-browser testing in saucelabs, here is what i tried:

Updated sauce driver in GebConfig.groovy:

sauce {
    driver = {
        def username = System.getenv("SAUCE_USERNAME")
        assert username
        def accessKey = System.getenv("SAUCE_ACCESS_KEY")
        assert accessKey

        def browsers = System.getProperty("browsers").split(',')
        GParsPool.withPool {
            browsers.eachParallel { browser ->
                println "Browser name is "+browser.toString()
                DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities()
                capabilities.setBrowserName(browser.toString())
                capabilities.setPlatform(Platform.fromString(System.getProperty("PLATFORM")))
                capabilities.setVersion(System.getProperty("VERSION"))
                capabilities.setCapability("build", System.getenv("BUILD_TAG"));
                def driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new URL("http://$username:$accessKey@ondemand.saucelabs.com:80/wd/hub"), capabilities)
                println "Session id= " +driver.sessionId
                driver
            }
        }

    }
}

But this didn't work properly as whenever I do 

(RemoteWebDriver)theBrowser.driver, this return all the browsers I provided in System.getProperty("browsers") and that results in an error

Could you please help me understand how and where do I introduce parallelism here? Is it inside GebConfig or inside cucumber hooks?

Thanks,

Meriya

[meriya thomas]

Hi,

Wondering if this level of parallelism is possible to achieve in Geb?

I'm always using Browser.drive to do various steps inside one cucumber scenario,

and inside browser.drive, it always initializes a new browser which mean it will look at GebConfig.groovy to decide which browser to use for.

But in my non-parallel setup, it seems to use a single browser for an entire scenario. I have specified to quit the browser in the After hook. So it uses new browser for every scenario. 

I cannot seem to wrap my head around how to make parallelism work here. Any hints I can get on this would be great! Thank you!!