grunt-mocha-webdriver
A Grunt task that runs Mocha-based functional tests against a Webdriver-enabled source: specifically, PhantomJS for local testing and Sauce Labs for comprehensive cross-browser testing.
This plugin is a combination of mocha-cloud and grunt-saucelabs. The former library doesn't have Grunt integration built in, and is designed for running tests inside the browser; the latter library can launch a grid of browsers on Sauce Labs, but doesn't support Mocha.
Getting Started
This plugin requires Grunt >=0.4.0; connecting to Sauce Labs requires java.
Install the plugin with:
npm install grunt-mocha-webdriver --save-devThen add this line to your project's Gruntfile:
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-mocha-webdriver');Using grunt-mocha-webdriver with Phantomjs
In version 0.9.4 and later, phantom is included via its NPM module. In order
to run tests against phantom, simply add the usePhantom flag to the options hash.
The plugin defaults to hitting port 4444, but you can specify your own port via
the phantomPort option.
Using grunt-mocha-webdriver with your own Selenium server
In version 0.9.15 and later, You can run your tests against your own Selenium server instance.
To do so, use hostname and port options.
Don't forget to remove username and key.
Note that the Selenium server should be started and ready before starting the tests.
Documentation
Run this task with the mochaWebdriver grunt command. For this plugin, the Grunt
src property will specify which test files should be run with Mocha in
the mochaWebdriver multitask. These tests should be structured as normal
Mocha tests, but should use this.browser to refer to a WebDriver browser
which will be injected into the test's context. The browser can be driven
with the API specified in WD.js. The default
is to use the callback-enabled version of WD.js, but usePromises can be passed
as true to switch to the Promise-enabled version.
As of version 0.2.3 of WD.js, wd provides the ability
to add test methods to its default set of capabilities. grunt-mocha-webdriver
exposes the wd instance in the same way that browser is exposed, so that
you can easily add your own test methods to wd.
Also, Mocha options are exposed to tests. This is especially helpful if you want to reuse the defined Mocha timeout for your Webdriver tests. For example you can do this in your Webdriver based E2E tests:
this.browser.waitForElementByCss('.aClass', this.mochaOptions.timeout, cb);Please look at this project's Gruntfile and tests to see all that in action.
Options
The usual Mocha options are passed through this task to a new Mocha instance.
Please note that while it's possible to specify the Mocha reporter for
tests running on Phantom and when concurrency is 1 on saucelabs or selenium,
the task will default to a custom reporter if concurrency is more than 1
and the browser is not phantom. This restriction is in place to handle concurrent
Sauce Labs/Selenium testing sessions, which could pollute the log.
The following options can be supplied to the task:
usePhantom
Type: Boolean
Specifies whether the task should test against a PhantomJS instance instead of Sauce Labs. Defaults to false. If true, the tests will run against Phantom INSTEAD of running against Sauce Labs.
phantomPort
Type: Int (Default: 4444)
if testing against PhantomJS with the usePhantom flag, specify the port
to test against.
phantomCapabilities
Type: Object (Default: {})
if testing against PhantomJS with the usePhantom flag, specify the
browser capabilities.
phantomFlags
Type: array (Default: [])
if testing against PhantomJS with the usePhantom command-line options, specify start additional flags to use. Check here or type phantomjs -h for complete list of flags.
usePromises
Type: Boolean
Specifies whether to use the Promise chain version of the WD.js API. Defaults to false (the callback version).
ignoreSslErrors
Type: Boolean
A passthrough to the Phantom CLI runner to ignore errors with SSL certs.
require
Type: Array
An array of paths for requiring before running Mocha tests. Useful for pre-requires that manipulate Mocha's global environment (e.g.g making Sinon globally available).
username
Type: String
The Sauce Labs username to use. Defaults to value of env var SAUCE_USERNAME.
key
Type: String
The Sauce Labs API key to use. Defaults to value of env var SAUCE_ACCESS_KEY.
secureCommands
Type: Boolean (Default: false)
If true, it will use saucelabs, with default hostname set to 127.0.0.1 and port set to 4445
in order to send selenium commands through Sauce Connect tunnel (more info
here).
autoInstall
Type: Boolean
If true this will download Selenium and Chrome Driver to run tests locally.
hostname
Type: String
If specified, it will connect that selenium server instead of ondemand.saucelabs.com.
port
Type: Int
Selenium server port. Should be used in conjonction with hostname.
identifier
Type: Number
A Unique identifier for the generated tunnel to Sauce Labs. Will be automatically generated if not specified. Useful for connected to existing Sauce tunnels.
concurrency
Type: Int
The number of concurrent browser sessions to spin up on Sauce Labs. Defaults to 1.
tunneled
Type: Boolean A boolean value to indicate if the tunnel is to be created or not.
tunnelFlags
Type: Array An array of option flags for Sauce Connect. See the list of available options here.
testName
Type: String
The name of the test, as reported to Sauce Labs.
testTags
Type: [String]
An array of tags to associate with the test, as reported to Sauce Labs.
browsers
Type: [Object]
An array of objects specifying which browser options should be passed to Sauce Labs.
Unless a test is run against Phantom (e.g. usePhantom is true), this option
must be specified. Each browser hash should specify: browserName. For saucelabs tests, platform,
and version are also required.
Contributing
In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add
unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code using grunt.
Release History
See History.md
Contributors
- Author: Justin Reidy
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License
Copyright (c) 2014 Justin Reidy
Licensed under the MIT license.