Protractor testing: Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong with Require?

Question

I'm trying to break my Protractor tests up into manageable files. Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong with Require?

Here is an example:

Variables: C:/tests/variables/signInVariables.js

var emailAddress = element(by.model('loginData.userName'));
var password = element(by.model('loginData.password'));
var signInButton = element(by.css('[data-auto-field="SignIn"]'));

Functions: C:/tests/functions/signInFunctions.js

var signInVariables = require ('../variables/signInVariables.js');

function signIn(a, b) {
    browser.get ('https://www.website.com');
    emailAddress.sendKeys(a);
    password.sendKeys(b);
    signInButton.click();
};

Tests: C:/tests/protractor/conf.js

var signInFunctions = require ('../functions/signInFunctions.js');

it(' should sign in ', function() {
    signIn("someusername", "somepassword");
});

I run it and this is what I get:

Failed: signIn is not defined

I'm sure this is a simple fix. I just don't really know what I'm doing.

I'm sure some of this logic doesn't make sense. I'm looking at it now and seeing things I've screwed up. But is the way I'm doing requires right or wrong? — Defpotec2020, Oct 20 '15 at 13:30

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 20 '15 at 13:29

you can read more about require and modules here, your mistake is that signInVariables is not a module, there is no exports object to use. you could do:

exports.emailAddress = element(by.model('loginData.userName'));
exports.password = element(by.model('loginData.password'));
exports.signInButton = element(by.css('[data-auto-field="SignIn"]'));

or define signInVariables as a module and export it as whole. hope i helped.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 20 '15 at 13:29

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require doesn't quite work how you are expecting. It does not simply inline the required file the way you are using it. require is looking for either a JSON file, or a module.exports object. Here is a simple example.

require_me.js

module.exports = {a: "foo", b: "bar"};

index.js

var imports = require('require_me.js');
console.log(imports); // Will produce {a: "foo", b: "bar"}

answered Oct 20 '15 at 13:29

Brian Glaz

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Based on answers by @vrachlin and Brian Glaz, I read about require and modules, threw a module.exports = { }; around the variables and functions in my separate files, and reformatted my equal signs to colons and my semicolons to commas. Now it's working. Thanks! – Defpotec2020 Oct 20 '15 at 14:54

Protractor testing: Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong with Require?

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