How to make a globally accessible variable?

Question

How can I make a globally accessible variable in nightwatch.js? I\'m using a variable to store a customized url (dependent on which store is loaded in our online product), b

Answer 1

Not sure it's the best way, but here is how I do it : you can define a variable in the browser.globals and access it in your different tests

For instance :

 module.exports = {
  before: function(browser) {
    console.log("Setting up...");

    // initialize global variable state
    browser.globals.state = {};
  },

  "first test": function(browser) {
    var settings = browser.globals,
        state = browser.globals.state;

    state.my_shared_var = "something";

    browser.
      // ...
      // use a shared variable
      .setValue('input#id', state.my_shared_var)
      // ...

      // ...
      // save something from the page in a variable 
      .getText("#result", function(result) {
        state.my_shared_result = result.value;
      })
      // ...
  },

  "second test": function(browser) {
    var settings = browser.globals,
        state = browser.globals.state;

    browser.
      // ...
      // use the variables
      .url("http://example.com/" + state.my_shared_result + "/show")
      .assert.containsText('body', state.my_shared_var)
      // ...
  }
}