Today, I find myself in the midst of testing a web page that allows users to send messages to each other via a textinput. The process involves sending a POST request to the server which then saves the message in the var/mail/new folder on disk.
After automating the message sending process with Protractor, I utilize browser.waitForAngular() and browser.driver.sleep(4000) to allow enough time for the backend to write the mail on disk.
However, despite these efforts, the check for the email's presence fails. Upon inspecting the Unix shell, I can verify that the email was indeed sent. Furthermore, the following test marked within Jasmine using it confirms the existence of the email.
I am puzzled as to why browser.driver.sleep(4000) is proving ineffective in waiting for the backend to progress. How should I go about rectifying this issue within the code?
it("is possible to send a message", function() {
shared.loginContributor();
var mailsBeforeMessaging =
fs.readdirSync(browser.params.mail.queue_path + "/new");
console.log('mailsBeforeMessaging');
console.log(mailsBeforeMessaging.length);
console.log(fs.lstatSync(browser.params.mail.queue_path + "/new"));
var usersListing = new UserPages.UsersListing().get();
var annotatorPage = usersListing.getUserPage("annotator");
annotatorPage.sendMessage("title5", "content64");
exec("/tmp/check.sh");
// we expect the message widget to disappear
var button = element(by.css(".user-profile-info-button"));
console.log('waiting');
browser.wait(EC.elementToBeClickable(button), 5000);
console.log('waiting is finished');
expect(EC.elementToBeClickable(button)).toBeTruthy();
// wait for mail to be dumped on the disk?
browser.waitForAngular();
browser.driver.sleep(4000);
exec("/tmp/check.sh");
var mailsAfterMessaging =
fs.readdirSync(browser.params.mail.queue_path + "/new");
console.log('mailsAfterMessaging');
// ERROR: here the number of emails is NOT incremented
console.log(mailsAfterMessaging.length);
console.log(fs.lstatSync(browser.params.mail.queue_path + "/new"));
});
it("xyz", function() {
console.log(fs.lstatSync(browser.params.mail.queue_path + "/new"));
// here the number of emails is incremented
var mailsAfterMessaging =
fs.readdirSync(browser.params.mail.queue_path + "/new");
console.log('mailsAfterMessaging');
console.log(mailsAfterMessaging.length);
});