I am new to protractor and would like to test if a link is working. I understand trying to get the element id but what should i expect that the link equals?
Also has anyone got any good documentation on example protractor tests?
I have been through this http://angular.github.io/protractor/#/tutorial
which was helpful but i need more example of possible tests I could do.
i have this so far:
it('should redirect to the correct page', function(){
element(by.id('signmein').click();
expect(browser.driver.getCurrentUrl()).toEqual("http://localhost:8080/web/tfgm_customer/my-account");
});
would like to test if a link is working
This is a bit broad - it could mean the link to have an appropriate href
attribute, or that after clicking a link there should be a new page opened.
To check the href
attribute, use getAttribute()
:
expect(element(by.id('myLink')).getAttribute('href')).toEqual('http://myUrl.com');
To click the link use click()
, to check the current URL, use getCurrentUrl()
:
element(by.id('myLink').click();
expect(browser.getCurrentUrl()).toEqual("http://myUrl.com");
Note that if there is a non-angular page opened after the click, you need to play around with ignoreSynchronization
flag, see:
If the link is opened in a new tab, you need to switch to that window, check the URL and then switch back to the main window:
element(by.id('myLink')).click().then(function () {
browser.getAllWindowHandles().then(function (handles) {
browser.switchTo().window(handles[handles.length - 1]).then(function () {
expect(browser.getCurrentUrl()).toEqual("http://myUrl.com");
});
// switch back to the main window
browser.switchTo().window(handles[0]);
});
});