Using external file for suite names in protractor - selenium

Question

I need some help to parameterize my test suites.
I want to create a Json file Suites.json and define suites in this file
module.exports = {
Suites:
Smoke: 'File1.spec.js','File2.spec.js',
Main: 'File1.spec.js','File2.spec.js','File3.spec.js'
}
Now i want to use this Json file in protractor.conf.js
I imported JSON file:
var SuiteFile = require('../Suites.json')
Now if i want to us in my actual Conf file, i am not sure how to use it.
Should i just say:
suites: SuitesFile
Can someone please confirm?

Answer 1

Yes, it is definitely possible to do something like this.
Please refer my blog post for more info
Step 1: Create a js file with suites
module.exports = {
suitesCollection: {
smoke: ['File1.spec.js','File2.spec.js',],
sanity: ['File1.spec.js','File2.spec.js','File3.spec.js'],
demo: ['demo.js']
}
}
Step 2: Import the js file and point the exports.config.suites to use the info from this file
var suitesFile = require('./suites.js');
exports.config = {
suites: suitesFile.suitesCollection,
UPDATE: In case there is a need to use Json feed for suites, please refer below
Step 1: Create a JSON file with Key-Value pairs of suites
{
"smoke": "demo.js,demo2.js",
"sanity": "demo2.js,demo.js,demo3.js",
"demo": "demo.js"
}
Step 2: Import the JSON and edit the config file accordingly. In case you want the suite names also generated, create a custom function to iterate the JSON and build suites
var suitesJson = require('./suites.json');
exports.config = {
suites: {
smoke: suitesJson.smoke.split(","),
sanity: suitesJson.sanity.split(","),
demo: suitesJson.demo.split(",")
},
OR In case you need to completely construct Suites object out of JSON (when you dont even know suite names)
Protractor Config File
var suitesJson = require('./suites.json');
var suitesAll = {}
for(var myKey in suitesJson) {
suitesAll[myKey] = suitesJson[myKey].split(",");
}
exports.config = {
suites: suitesAll,