Config file in Protractor

All the Protractor configuration we need to maintain in file named as config file or protractor.config file

The configuration file tells Protractor how to set up the Selenium Server, which tests to run, how to set up the browsers, and which test framework to use. The configuration file can also include one or more global settings.

The execution of protractor start form config file like below from command prompt.
Example: C:\WINDOWS\system32>preotractor conf.js

var Jasmine2HtmlReporter = require('protractor-jasmine2-html-reporter');

let SpecReporter = require('jasmine-spec-reporter').SpecReporter;

exports.config = {

// launch locally when fields directConnect and seleniumAddress are not 

provided

// for testing directly against a browser without using a Selenium Server. 

applies only to chrome and firefox.

directConnect:true,

// Framework to use. Jasmine is recommended.

framework: 'jasmine2',

// Spec patterns are relative to the current working directly when

// protractor is called.

specs: ['JSFiles/specs/*.js'],

// Capabilities to be passed to the webdriver instance.

capabilities: {

browserName: 'chrome'

/*

//Using headless Chrome

chromeOptions: {

args: [ "--headless", "--disable-gpu", "--window-size=800,600" ],

// disable "chrome is being controlled by automated software"

'args': ['disable-infobars=true'],

}*/

//Using headless Firefox

/*

capabilities: {

browserName: 'firefox',

'moz:firefoxOptions': {

args: [ "--headless" ]

}

}

*/

/*

// allows different specs to run in parallel.

// If this is set to be true, specs will be sharded by file

// (i.e. all files to be run by this set of capabilities will run in parallel).

// Default is false.

shardTestFiles: true,

// Maximum number of browser instances that can run in parallel for this

// set of capabilities. This is only needed if shardTestFiles is true.

// Default is 1.

maxInstances: 2,

*/

},

//Testing Against Multiple Browsers

/*

multiCapabilities: [{

'browserName': 'firefox'

}, {

'browserName': 'chrome'

}]

//Paraller Testing

multiCapabilities: [

{

shardTestFiles: true,

maxInstances: 1,

sequential: true,

browserName: 'chrome',

specs: ['specs/spec1.js','specs/spec2.js','specs/spec3.js']

},

{

shardTestFiles: true,

maxInstances: 1,

sequential: true,

browserName: 'chrome',

specs: ['specs/spec4.js', 'specs/spec5.js','specs/spec6.js',

]

}

*/

//Multiple Suits

/*

suites: {

smoke: 'tests/e2e/smoke/*.js',

performance: 'tests/e2e/performance/*.js'

regression: 'tests/e2e/regression/*.js',

full: 'tests/e2e/*.js'

},

//Run the smoke test and performance test suites:

//protractor conf.js --suite smoke, performance

*/

// Options to be passed to Jasmine.

jasmineNodeOpts: {

showColors: true, // Use colors in the command line report.

defaultTimeoutInterval: 30000 //Default time to wait in ms before a test fails.

},

//onPrepare: () => {

onPrepare: function () {

let globals = require('protractor');

let browser = globals.browser;

browser.manage().window().maximize();

// set implicit time to 5 seconds

//browser.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(5000);

//protractor-jasmine2-html-reporter

jasmine.getEnv().addReporter(

new Jasmine2HtmlReporter({

savePath: 'target/screenshots',

screenshotsFolder: 'images',

//inlineImages: true

})

);

//jasmine-spec-reporter for console

jasmine.getEnv().addReporter(new SpecReporter({

spec: {

displayStacktrace: true

}

}));

},

// Specifying global beforeEach and afterEach jasmine2 hooks.

beforeEach:function() {

// Adding .toAppear() and .toDisappear() into available matchers.

// https://github.com/Xotabu4/jasmine-protractor-matchers

let matchers = require('jasmine-protractor-matchers')

jasmine.addMatchers(matchers);

},

afterEach:function() {

// Clearing browser data after each test

browser.manage().deleteAllCookies();

browser.executeScript('window.sessionStorage.clear(); 

window.localStorage.clear();')

}

}