How can I pass arguments to the command line to run tests on a specific site?

[Mitchell Pyrtle]

I have found a lot of similar topics, but none quite explained fully how to go about passing a command line argument for tests.


Example) [In a command prompt window] (Using Win7 64bit)

node nightwatch -t tests/mysite/smoketests/thistest.js

I read that you can create a global.js file to execute specific commands into the command line and I have created one with the following properties:

module.exports = {
 
  "default" : {
    siteURL : ""
  },
  "envURL" : {
    site1: "https://site1.com",

    site2 : "https://site2.com",

    prod : "https://prodsite.com"
  }


};

I also read when executing on the command line, you could toss in the flag "--env" and set it equal to an environment you want to launch on.


So my question, let's say that I want to launch my tests against site2 for e2e testing; What would be passed to have that happen, or am I missing something?

node nightwatch --env=site2 -t tests/mysite/smoketests/thistest.js

I am definitely new to nightwatch, automation testing and using node + command line (I do have experience in javascript and scripting languages)

[MG D]

You can use "process.env", search for it on google.

[Andrei Rusu]

You should create a separate environment for each url in your
nightwatch.json, and define the "lauch_url" property. E.g.:

{
"default" : {
launch_url : "http://defaulturl"
},

"site1" : {
launch_url : "http://site2"
},

"prod" : {
launch_url : "http://prod"
}
}

See http://nightwatchjs.org/guide#test-settings for more details.

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[MG D]

Try this: node nightwatch --e testSite1

On Monday, 12 October 2015 10:43:46 UTC-5, Mitchell Pyrtle wrote:

I added the following to my nightwatch.json:

  "test_settings" : {
    "default" : {
      "launch_url" : "http://localhost",
      "selenium_port"  : 4444,
      "selenium_host"  : "localhost",
      "silent": true,
      "screenshots" : {
        "enabled" : true,
            "on_failure" : true,
            "on_error" : false,
        "path" : "tests/screenshots"
      },
    "testSite1" : {
      "launch_url" : "https://testSite1.com",
      "silent": true,
      "screenshots" : {
        "enabled" : true,
        "on_failure" : true,
        "on_error" : false,
        "path" : "tests/testSite1/screenshots"
      },
      "desiredCapabilities": {
        "browserName": "firefox",
        "javascriptEnabled": true,
        "acceptSslCerts": true,
            "handlesAlerts" : true
      }
    },

I went to a command window and tried executing: >node nightwatch --env testSite1


And got an error saying no testing environment was specified. Trying to make sense of all of this (apologies! :))

[Mitchell Pyrtle]

Figured out the issue; put the new object inside of another causing the json to fail. Everything is working correctly now! :)