Getting Error while trying to run example test of Selenium Webdriver (WebdriverJS)

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I am trying to run example test in file `google_search_test.js` located at ` ode_modules\selenium-webdriver\example`. I am using WebdriverJS and only installed the `selenium-webdriver` NPM package in my system. I have moved to that path location in command prompt and ran the following command: `node google_search_test.js` I received the following error: Error Description: ``` Path ode_modules\selenium-webdriver\example>node google_search_test.js Path ode_modules\selenium-webdriver esting\index.js:184 exports.describe.skip = global.describe.skip; ^ TypeError: Cannot read property 'skip' of undefined at Object. (C:\Users\kanasra\Desktop\Jaguars\Automation Testing\N odeJs ode_modules\selenium-webdriver esting\index.js:184:40) at Module._compile (module.js:456:26) at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10) at Module.load (module.js:356:32) at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12) at Module.require (module.js:364:17) at require (module.js:380:17) at Object.

Accepted Answer

WebDriverJS (distributed as the npm package `selenium-webdriver`) uses Mocha as its test driver. Assuming you are in the directory where `node_modules` is located, you must run the test in Mocha:

```
mocha -t 5000 node_modules/selenium-webdriver/example/google_search_test.js
```

The above will work if you have Mocha installed globally (with `npm -g install mocha`). If you install it locally (with `npm install mocha`), you have to give the path to the local binary. On Unix systems you'd do:

```
node_modules/.bin/mocha -t 5000 node_modules/selenium-webdriver/example/google_search_test.js
```

I don't know where npm puts local binaries on Windows systems.

I suggest using `-t 5000` to increase the timeout from the default 2 seconds to 5 seconds. On my system, the default timeout is too short and the test fails in the `before` hook while waiting for Firefox to start.

If you wonder why `selenium-webdriver` does not just list Mocha as a dependency this is because it is quite possible to use this package without using Mocha. So it is up to users of the package to install Mocha themselves, if they want to use it.

Getting Error while trying to run example test of Selenium Webdriver (WebdriverJS)

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