Get the current browser name in Protractor test

Question

I\'m creating users in some test. Since it is connected to the backend and create real users I need fixtures. I was thinking of using the browser name to create unique user.

Answer 1

Another case of rubber ducking :)

The answer was actually quite simple.

in my onPrepare function I added the following function and it works flawlessly.

browser.getCapabilities().then(function (cap) {
  browser.browserName = cap.caps_.browserName;
});

I can get access the name in my test using browser.browserName.

Answer 2

If you want to avoid the a browser, you may want to do this:

it('User should see a message that he has already been added to the campaing when entering the same email twice', function () {

    browser.getCapabilities().then(function (capabilities) {
        browserName = capabilities.caps_.browserName;
        platform = capabilities.caps_.platform;
    }).then(function () {
        console.log('Browser:', browserName, 'on platform', platform);
        if (browserName === 'internet explorer') {
            console.log('IE Was avoided for this test.');
        } else {
            basePage.email.sendKeys('bruno@test.com');
            console.log('Mande el mail');
            basePage.subscribe.click().then(function () {
                basePage.confirmMessage('Contact already added to target campaign');
            });
        }
    });

}); 

Answer 3

This has changed in version of protractor starting from 3.2 (selenium webdriver 2.52)

Now one should call:

browser.driver.getCapabilities().then(function(caps){
    browser.browserName = caps.get('browserName');
}