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call

You can use call to execute any async action within your test spec. The command itself is treated like a synchronous function. It accepts promises and stops the execution until the promise has resolved.

Usage

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browser.call(callback);

Parameters

Param Type Details
callback Function function to be called

Example

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it('some testing here', function() {
    browser.url('http://google.com')

    // make an asynchronous call using any 3rd party library supporting promises
    // e.g. call to backend or db to inject fixture data
    browser.call(function () {
        return somePromiseLibrary.someMethod().then(function () {
            // ...
        })
    })

    // example for async call to 3rd party library that doesn't support promises
    browser.call(function () {
        return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
            someOtherNodeLibrary.someMethod(param1, function(err, res) {
                if (err) {
                    return reject(err)
                }

                resolve(res)
            })
        })
    })

    // continue synchronously
    browser.click('#elemA')
    browser.setValue('.firstname','webdriverbot')
});