Using await, with an I object function, inside of a helper, causes the scenario to exit.

[Jtech42]

What are you trying to achieve?

I need a Helper function to read some data:

  async processAllOptions(locator, selectDropdownsArr, uniqueMenuItem, I) {
  let priceCaloriesArr = [];
    for(let x = 0; x < selectDropdownsArr.length; x++){
          let result = await I.selectOption(locator, selectDropdownsArr[x]);
          priceCaloriesArr[x] = await selectDropdownsArr[x] + ":";
          priceCaloriesArr[x] += await this.getElementsText({"xpath":".//*[text()=\"" + uniqueMenuItem + "\"]/following::*[@class=\"productPrice ng-scope\"][1]"}) + ", ";
          priceCaloriesArr[x] += "Calorie Info: " + await this.getElementsText({"xpath":".//*[text()=\"" + uniqueMenuItem + "\"]/following::*[@class=\"caloriesInfo ng-scope\"][1]"}) + ", ";
        }
    return priceCaloriesArr;
  }

Without the await, I am seeing it read the pricing and calories text before the selectOption function completes, thus they are not changed yet. I need to wait on the I.selectOption function to complete, then check the text. Using a hard wait after I.selectOption also did not read the text correctly and showed again as if no option was selected.

What do you get instead?

Console just stops at the await I.selectOption step and exits the whole scenario.

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   './/*[text()="PEPSI"]//following::*[@class="productControllers custom-product-ctrls"][1]/div/div/select' }
    Emitted | step.before (I select option {"xpath":".//*[text()=\"PEPSI\"]//following::*[@class=\"productControllers custom-product-ctrls\"][1]/div/div/select"},...
    Emitted | step.after (I select option {"xpath":".//*[text()=\"PEPSI\"]//following::*[@class=\"productControllers custom-product-ctrls\"][1]/div/div/select"}, ...

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Details

• CodeceptJS version: latest
• NodeJS Version: latest
• Operating System: Windows
• Protractor

[Jtech42]

I resolved this by writing a protractor function that selects options from dropdowns instead.