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Stoil Stoichev
Stoil Stoichev

Reputation: 41

Protractor adds a huge delay after downloading a file while test is running

I'm using Protractor and I'm trying to automate the process of downloading a file from my app to local system. Chrome has been configured to download files without any prompt dialog. The action of downloading a button is a simple click: element(by.css("#myDownloadLink")).click(); This works as expected. However, Protractor adds an unnecessary delay after this action. The download takes a second and the download request is resolved within 1-2 secs. But, Protractor will hang on this line of code for about a min before moving on to the next line - I guess it's syncing unnecessarily or something.

Does anybody have any ideas on how to resolve or at least work around the issue? Like maybe trigger the Download in a different way (but still through the UI?) and avoid the Protractor syncing/hanging

Thanks

Upvotes: 1

Views: 236

Answers (2)

Stoil Stoichev
Stoil Stoichev

Reputation: 41

I tried that but it did not work. As soon as you turn ignoreSynchronization back on - it continuities the waiting. Here's the solution:

You have to force angular to do things right away: var fixSyncScript = 'var el = document.querySelector("body"); angular.element(el).injector().get("$browser").$$completeOutstandingRequest(angular.noop); return true;'; browser.executeScript(fixSyncScript).then(function (result) { expect(result).toBe(true); });

Upvotes: 0

alecxe
alecxe

Reputation: 473873

I'd try to play around with ignoreSynchronization flag:

browser.ignoreSynchronization = true
// trigger download
browser.ignoreSynchronization = false

Upvotes: 0

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