how to automate electron exe file using protractor framework - testing

Question

Please tell me in detail ..
I have an electron application and I have exe of that .. but want to automate using protractor framework.
Guide me in that .

Answer 1

You should try using Spectron
https://electronjs.org/spectron
Spectron is a testing tool for electron application. You can test it after packing into a exe file or straight away starting the test by mentioning the main.js
npm install --save-dev spectron
Install spectron via npm . Below example uses mocha for assertions.
To get up and running from your command line:
Install mocha locally as a dev dependency.
npm i mocha -D
create a spec file like below
const Application = require('spectron').Application
const assert = require('assert')
const electronPath = require('electron')
const path = require('path')
const chai = require('chai');
const chaiAsPromised = require('chai-as-promised');
global.before(() => {
chai.should();
chai.use(chaiAsPromised);
});
describe('Application launch', function () {
this.timeout(10000)
beforeEach(function () {
const opts = {
path: './your.exe'
};
const app = new Application(opts);
return app.start().then((app) => {
chaiAsPromised.transferPromiseness = app.transferPromiseness;
return app;
})
})
afterEach(function () {
if (this.app && this.app.isRunning()) {
return this.app.stop()
}
})
it('shows an initial window', function () {
return this.app.client.getWindowCount().then(function (count) {
assert.equal(count, 1)
// Please note that getWindowCount() will return 2 if `dev tools` are opened.
// assert.equal(count, 2)
})
})
})
Run the test by:
mocha spec.js