How do I parameterize the baseUrl property of the protractor config file

Question

I need to run my protractor tests in different contexts with different baseUrls in the config files. I don\'t want to use separate config files for each situati

Answer 1

The other option is to use gruntfile.js and have it call the protractor config file.

//gruntfile.js

module.exports = function (grunt) {
    grunt.registerTask("default", "", function () {
    });

    //Configure main project settings
    grunt.initConfig({
        //Basic settings and infor about our plugins
        pkg: grunt.file.readJSON('package.json'),

        //Name of plugin
        cssmin: {
        },

        protractor: {
            options: {
                configFile: "conf.js", // Default config file
                keepAlive: true, // If false, the grunt process stops when the test fails.
                noColor: false, // If true, protractor will not use colors in its output.
                args: {
                    baseUrl: grunt.option('baseUrl') || 'http://localhost:6034/'
                }
            },
            your_target: {   // Grunt requires at least one target to run so you can simply put 'all: {}' here too.
                options: {
                    configFile: "conf.js", // Target-specific config file
                    args: {
                        baseUrl: grunt.option('baseUrl') || 'http://localhost:63634/'
                    }
                }
            },
        },

        //uglify
        uglify: {
        }
    });

    //Load the plugin
    grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-cssmin');
    grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-uglify');
    grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-protractor-runner');

    //Do the Task
    grunt.registerTask('default', ['cssmin']);
};

the Protractor config file: conf.js

exports.config = {
    directConnect: true,

    // Capabilities to be passed to the webdriver instance.
    capabilities: {
        'browserName': 'chrome',
        'chromeOptions': {
            args: ['--no-sandbox']
        }
    },

    chromeOnly: true,

    // Framework to use. Jasmine is recommended.
    framework: 'jasmine',

    // Spec patterns are relative to the current working directory when
    // protractor is called.
    specs: ['specs/*/*_spec.js'],

    suites : {
      abcIdentity : 'specs/abcIdentity/*_spec.js'  //picks up all the _spec.js files
    },

    params: {
        UserName: 'abc@test.com',
        Password: '123'
    },

    // Options to be passed to Jasmine.
    jasmineNodeOpts: {
        defaultTimeoutInterval: 30000,
        includeStackTrace: true
    },

    onPrepare: function () {
        browser.driver.manage().window().maximize();
        if (process.env.TEAMCITY_VERSION) {
            var jasmineReporters = require('jasmine-reporters');
            jasmine.getEnv().addReporter(new jasmineReporters.TeamCityReporter());
        }
    }
};

//To run with default url http://localhost:6034

grunt protractor

//To run with any other url

grunt protractor --baseUrl:"http://dev.abc.com/"