wdio-static-server-service v1.0.1

WDIO Static Server Service

Some projects are front-end assets only and don't run on more than a static server. This service helps you to run a static file server during testing.

Installation

The easiest way is to keep wdio-static-server-service as a devDependency in your package.json.

{
  "devDependencies": {
    "wdio-static-server-service": "^1.0.0"
  }
}

You can simple do it by:

npm install wdio-static-server-service --save-dev

Instructions on how to install WebdriverIO can be found here.

Configuration

In order to use the static server service you need to add static-server to your service array:

// wdio.conf.js
export.config = {
  // ...
  services: ['static-server'],
  // ...
};

Options

staticServerFolders (required)

Array of folder paths and mount points.

Type: Array<Object> Props:

• mount {String} - URL endpoint where folder will be mounted.
• path {String} - Path to the folder to mount.

 // wdio.conf.js
 export.config = {
   // ...
   staticServerFolders: [
     { mount: '/fixtures', path: './tests/fixtures' }
     { mount: '/dist', path: './dist' },
   ],
   // ...
 };

staticServerPort

Port to bind the server.

Type: Number

Default: 4567

staticServerLog

Debugging logs, will print mount points and requests. When staticServerLogs is set to true it will print into the console. Otherwise a string will be treated as the log folder.

Type: Boolean or String

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