Ability to get Cucumber.js output instead of Nightwatch.js about nightwatch-cucumber

[mucsi96]

The output format depends on which framework is actually running the tests. Nightwatch or Cucumber. Both contains a command line runner feature.

The latest commit with Cucumber output was https://github.com/mucsi96/nightwatch-cucumber/tree/8cf10ae2ffdc9ae3f9bbf140a8696daa119893a4. Where Nightwatch was used like an API.
The problem with this approach was that you manually need to take care of nightwatch .end function call it the last step of scenario. This function is used start the execution and then close the selenium session and browser. Also you need to manually start selenium server.

Other solution could be to run using nightwatch runner but get an output similar to cucumber. But I have no idea how to make it. :) The best would be if both frameworks expose all functionality as an API.

[RSsimranjeetsingh]

Is there any update on this?

[mucsi96]

No. This needs a total rewrite :(

[mucsi96]

The easier solution is to run using nightwatch runner but get an output similar to cucumber. But I have no idea how to make it. :)

[Garethp]

A better solution which I came across is to try and decouple the NightwatchJS client from the NightwatchJS Test Runner, and pass it in to Cucumber directly. I made an example here https://github.com/Garethp/cucumber-nightwatch

[mucsi96]

Thanks for the comment. Its the opposite solution to the Nightwatch-Cucumber problem :)

[mucsi96]

Initially I started with a very similar solution.

[Garethp]

Maybe some documentation in the main nightwatch project could be added to make it clearer how to separate the API client from the Test Runner itself. Being able to do that would give Nightwtch more flexibility in how and where it can be run

[mucsi96]

+1 I also think that Cucumber.js should also separate the API client from the Test Runner itself.