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chai-webdriverio

Provides webdriverio sugar for the Chai assertion library. Allows you to create expressive integration tests:

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expect('.frequency-field').to.have.text('One time')
expect('.toggle-pane').to.not.be.visible()

What sorts of assertions can we make?

All assertions start with a WebdriverIO-compatible selector, for example:

  • expect('.list') (CSS selector)
  • expect('a[href=http://google.com]') (CSS Selector)
  • expect('//BODY/DIV[6]/DIV[1]') (XPath selector)
  • expect('a*=Save') (Text selector)

Then, we can add our assertion to the chain.

  • expect(selector).to.be.there() - Test whether the element exists.
  • expect(selector).to.be.visible() - Test whether or not the element is visible.
  • expect(selector).to.have.text('string') - Test the text value of the dom element against supplied string. Exact matches only.
  • expect(selector).to.have.text(/regex/) - Test the text value of the dom element against the supplied regular expression.
  • expect(selector).to.have.count(number) - Test how many elements exist in the dom with the supplied selector

You can also always add a not in there to negate the assertion:

  • expect(selector).not.to.have.text('property')

Setup

Setup is pretty easy. Just:

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var chai = require('chai');
var chaiWebdriver = require('chai-webdriverio').default;
chai.use(chaiWebdriver(browser));

// And you're good to go!
browser.url('http://github.com');
chai.expect('#site-container h1.heading').to.not.contain.text("I'm a kitty!");

Contributing

so easy.

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npm                # download the necessary development dependencies
npm transpile      # compile ES6 into javascript
npm test           # build and run the specs

Contributors:

  • @mltsy : exist, text assertions, documentation & test adjustments

License

Apache 2.0

Thanks

Thanks to goodeggs for creating: chai-webdriver which inspired this module.