Nightwatch.js - Can't figure out how to pass a local variable into a URL parameter

Question

I have tried both options, but nothing seems to work:

var webNum = browser.getText('selector');
var urlGo = 'https://gotourl.com/' + webNum;
browser.url(urlGo);

or

var webNum = browser.getText('selector');
browser.url('https://gotourl.com/' + webNum);

Any ideas?

Answer 1

.getText() is returning a WebElement JSON Object rather than string (the documentation on nightwatch api is misleading...)

The text you want is the value of the WebElement JSON Object, and you can access it by using .value

if you would like to get the text you have to do the following :

var webNum = 'nothing';
browser.getText('selector',function(text){
 webNum=text.value;
 var urlGo = 'https://gotourl.com/' + webNum;
 browser.url(urlGo);
});

This way should works.