expect-webdriverio

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WebdriverIO Assertion library inspired by expect

Key Features

• waits for expectation to succeed
• detailed error messages
• works in Mocha, Cucumber, Jest, Jasmine
• builtin types for TypeScript and JS autocompletion

Installation

1. npm install expect (Jasmine and Jest users should skip this step)
2. npm install expect-webdriverio

NOTE: WebdriverIO v5.16.11 or higher is required!

Usage

In your wdio.conf.js

beforeSession () { // before hook works as well
    require('expect-webdriverio')
},

In your test

const $button = $('button')
expect($button).toBeDisplayed()

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API

Please see API doc

Error messages

Error messages are informative out of the box and contain:

• full element selector, like $('form').$('input')
• actual and expected values
• highlight the difference (texts assertions)

What's next?

First of all, feel free to raise an issue with your suggestions or help with PR!

Planned

• css matcher
• size matcher
• cookie / localStorage matchers?
• text regex matchers
• multiremote support (if requested)