How do I parameterize the baseUrl property of the protractor config file

Question

I need to run my protractor tests in different contexts with different baseUrls in the config files. I don\'t want to use separate config files for each situati

Answer 1

I know, old one. but if anyone is still looking for a way to define a url based on capability (I had to do this because Ionic 5 will run in browser on port 8100, but in the app - unchangable - without port declaration on port 80, I use Appium)

add a baseUrl parameter inside your capability declaration.

{
    browserName: 'chrome',
    baseUrl: 'http://localhost:8100' //not required but as example
}

{
    ...
    app: 'path to app.apk',
    baseUrl: 'http://localhost'
    ... 
}

and then configure your onPrepare method as follows.

 async onPrepare() {
    const config = await browser.getProcessedConfig();

    if(config.capabilities.hasOwnProperty('baseUrl')) {
        browser.baseUrl = config.capabilities.baseUrl;
    }
}

OnPrepare runs for each capability you define in your multiCapabilities array. the getProcessedConfig returns the config as you defined it, with the addition of the current capability. Since that method returns a promise, I use async/await for readability.

This way, you can have multiple capabilities running, with each different a different host.