how to create test helpers for selenium webdriver tests

[Ergo Saar]

Hi everyone,

all tutorials i have seen are done like this and they work:


file name:  test.js

driver = new webdriver.Builder().
    withCapabilities(webdriver.Capabilities.chrome()).
    build();
driver.get( 'go.to.some.page.com');

var searchBox = driver.findElement(webdriver.By.name('q'));
searchBox.sendKeys('simple programmer');
searchBox.getAttribute('value').then(function(value) {
    assert.equal(value, 'simple programmer');
});



Now after i have done this and now wanna move on with nicer and reusable test code I am facing with test helpers . I made following helper file:

file name:  helper.js

var webdriver = require('selenium-webdriver');

var By = require('selenium-webdriver').By;



exports.logIn = function(user,pass) {
    var loginForm = webdriver.WebElement.findElement(By.id('loginForm'));
    if(loginForm) {
        var login = webdriver.WebElement.findElement(By.name('user'));
        var pass = webdriver.WebElement.findElement(By.name('pass'));
        login.sendKeys(user);
        login.sendKeys(pass);
        webdriver.WebElement.findElement(By.id('login-button')).click()
    }
};



and  test.js looks like this:

var assert = require('assert'),
    test = require('selenium-webdriver/testing'),
    webdriver = require('selenium-webdriver'),
    login = require('./helper').logIn();


test.describe('Google Search', function() {
    this.timeout(15000);

    var driver;


    test.after(function() {
        driver.close();
        driver.quit();
    });

    test.it('Valdiate "Calls and messages"', function() {
        driver = new webdriver.Builder().
            withCapabilities(webdriver.Capabilities.chrome()).
            build();
        driver.get( 'to.login.page.com');
        driver.logina('blab','bla');

        var searchBox = driver.findElement(webdriver.By.name('q'));
        searchBox.sendKeys('simple programmer');
        searchBox.getAttribute('value').then(function(value) {
            assert.equal(value, 'simplekk programmer');
        });

    });
});


and when i run this test i get following:


    var loginForm = webdriver.WebElement.findElement(By.id('loginForm'));
                                         ^

TypeError: webdriver.WebElement.findElement is not a function



can someone please explain me how to do it correctly :)