What line is causing this Protractor error? - error-handling

Question

Is there a way for Protractor to show in the console log what line the error occurred on? I just get this type of message:
Message:
Failed: Cannot call method 'click' of undefined
Stack:
Error: Failed: Cannot call method 'click' of undefined
at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/jasminewd2/index.js:104:16
at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/goog/base.js:1582:15
at [object Object].webdriver.promise.ControlFlow.runInNewFrame_ (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/webdriver/promise.js:1654:20)
at notify (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/webdriver/promise.js:465:12)
1 spec, 1 failure
It's hard to figure out if I have so many click commands. I'm running Protractor 1.8.0.
Here is my protractor.conf.js :
exports.config = {
framework: 'jasmine2',
seleniumAddress: 'http://11.111.1.11:4444/wd/hub',
multiCapabilities: [{
'browserName': 'chrome',
'chromeOptions': {
args: ['--test-type']
}
}],
specs: ['./tests/my_test/*_spec.js'],
onPrepare: function(){
global.EC = protractor.ExpectedConditions;
browser.manage().window().maximize();
var jasmineReporters = require('jasmine-reporters');
jasmine.getEnv().addReporter(new jasmineReporters.JUnitXmlReporter({
consolidateAll: true,
filePrefix: 'tests_xmloutput',
savePath: './test_results_report'
}));
},
jasmineNodeOpts: {
showColors: true,
defaultTimeoutInterval: 30000
}
};
The complete error message would be:
Failures:
1) test name description
Message:
Failed: Cannot call method 'click' of undefined
Stack:
Error: Failed: Cannot call method 'click' of undefined
at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/jasminewd2/index.js:104:16
at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/goog/base.js:1582:15
at [object Object].webdriver.promise.ControlFlow.runInNewFrame_ (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/webdriver/promise.js:1654:20)
at notify (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/webdriver/promise.js:465:12)
1 spec, 1 failure
Finished in 3.206 seconds
[launcher] 0 instance(s) of WebDriver still running
[launcher] chrome #1 failed 1 test(s)
[launcher] overall: 1 failed spec(s)
[launcher] Process exited with error code 1
The content of the spec file/test would be:
HeaderNavigationPartialPage.myAppButton.click();
LeftNavigationPartialPage.myAppToolsLink.ERROR-ON-PURPOSE.click();
browser.wait(EC.elementToBeClickable(LeftNavigationPartialPage.myAppSearchLink), 10000);
LeftNavigationPartialPage.myAppSearchLink.click();

Answer 1

Here is a related issue at jasminewd project that protractor uses under-the-hood:
Stack traces for Jasmine2 don't include asynchronous events
The issue is now fixed, with jasmine upgrade to >=2.3.1.
What you should do is to upgrade protractor to >=2.1.0.
Old answer:
As a workaround, get back to jasmine 1.x:
exports.config = {
framework: 'jasmine',
...
}