This project attempts to provide a quick working sample of Nightwatch tests.

Only tested with Chrome (58) and Firefox (54) on Windows.

About installation and configuration

Simply run :

npm install

Browser drivers

In case of issues with proxies or anything else when installing, you can provide the urls or paths of the drivers.

Chromedriver AND NOW geckodriver support CDN Urls :

• GECKODRIVER_CDNURL
  • GECKODRIVER_CDNURL=https://INTERNAL_CDN/geckodriver/download
  • more infos
• CHROMEDRIVER_CDNURL
  • CHROMEDRIVER_CDNURL=https://npm.taobao.org/mirrors/chromedriver npm install chromedriver
• with local file path : CHROMEDRIVER_FILEPATH=/path/to/chromedriver_mac64.zip
  • more infos

On other platforms than Windows, for local tests, the paths indicated in the options of the nightwatch.conf.js file need to be adapted with the linux equivalent (without the .cmd at the end of the filenames):

cli_args: {
      'webdriver.gecko.driver': './node_modules/.bin/geckodriver.cmd',
      'webdriver.chrome.driver': './node_modules/.bin/chromedriver.cmd',
    },

to be replaced with :

cli_args: {
      'webdriver.gecko.driver': './node_modules/.bin/geckodriver',
      'webdriver.chrome.driver': './node_modules/.bin/chromedriver',
    },

Launch the tests

By default on Chrome local in standalone mode (no selenium server, no java required) :

npm run test
# equivalent
npm run test:localchrome

local selenium server

for firefox :

npm run test:localfirefox

remote selenium server

npm run test:chrome

or

npm run test:firefox

Configure the Remote Selenium Server or Grid

those options are not used in case of localfirefox or localchrome profiles

Use env vars

SELENIUM_HOST=my_server_host SELENIUM_PORT=my_server_port npm test

or adapt the nightwatch.conf.js file with your settings for more persistent changes :

// remote selenium server
  nightwatchConf.test_settings.default.selenium_host = 'your_remote_selenium_server';
  nightwatchConf.test_settings.default.selenium_port = 4444;

Add some debug :

DEBUG=* npm run test