Protractor in STS IDE -> Could not find update-config.json

Question

Currently I have Protractor v.5.1.1, Node.js v.6.10.0

All protractor tests work in window console but when I try to run them from STS IDE I get below error. Of cours

Answer 1

In my case

npm run webdriver-manager update

updates only app\node_modules\webdriver-manager and not app\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\webdriver-manager\. No matter if I run that command directly from console or as package.json script. I had to run

npx webdriver-manager update

inside app\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\webdriver-manager\.

Another solution would be this script:

"postinstall": "node ./node_modules/protractor/node_modules/webdriver-manager update"

Answer 2

It looks like you are either using directConnect or launching with a local driver provider (not having seleniumAddress or directConnect) in your configuration file. You need to run webdriver-manager update.

Previously I had extra flags to not download standalone or gecko with webdriver-manager update --standalone false --gecko false. This is no longer the case if you are starting via a local driver provider. You will need the selenium standalone jar file.

You could run this with a script in package.json. Something like:

"scripts": {
  "webdriver-update": "webdriver-manager update"
}

Then execute this with: npm run webdriver-update. How do you check if the binaries are there? In your project, navigate to node_modules/protractor/node_modules/webdriver-manager/selenium/. This is where the update-config.json and your downloaded binaries are located.

Answer 3

With this I am able to proceed further node node_modules/protractor/bin/webdriver-manager update

Answer 4

When I installed Java and updated Java Path in Windows 10, the problem was resolved.

Answer 5

On MacOS, I resolved this error by adding the seleniumAddress to my Protractor config file (I was previously using directConnect, so commented that out):

// directConnect: true,
// baseUrl: 'http://localhost:4000/',
seleniumAddress: 'http://localhost:4444/wd/hub/',

I now start Protractor server by running: $ webdriver-manager start

And in a different terminal window, I start tests with: $ ng e2e

Answer 6

Just execute webdriver-manager with npx command in your project folder;

npx webdriver-manager update