Could this be used in an async function?

[skullz03]

Hi,

I am trying to use this library the way it is described here:- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42020911/i-am-finding-trouble-using-log4js-protractor-appender
for my protractor-cucumber-typescript framework. And I have remodeled the appenders as per this article:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45153599/error-with-log4js-configuration-must-have-a-property-appenders-of-type-object/45167568#45167568

Here is how I am using the logger in my step defs

    Given(/^I am on the Google site for "(.*?)"$/, async (text) => {
        await toplinks.navigate_SearchImages();
        let textUI = await toplinks.getText_Search();  
        browser.logger.info("This is what I am looking for");        
        await expect(textUI).equal('Feeling Lucky');
    });

When the code runs this does not print out anything in the console or in the file. 1) Can this library be used with async functions 2) Am I using it the right way 3) Could someone please add an example for protractor in documentation?

Thanks

[FrenchDilettante]

Hi!

There is no reason why async should be different, since this plugin only wraps the console call within Protractor's controlFlow.
Can you try this code and tell me if you're having the same issue?

    Given(/^I am on the Google site for "(.*?)"$/, (text) => {
        toplinks.navigate_SearchImages()
            .then(() => toplinks.getText_Search())
            .then((textUI) => {
                browser.logger.info("This is what I am looking for");
                expect(textUI).equal('Feeling Lucky');
            });
        });
    });

[skullz03]

    toplinks.navigate_SearchImages()

Hi,
I think, I have at least found the problem. I think the logger works as it is. A config file setting is causing problem and I am not sure how to resolve it. The property "shardTestFiles:" when set to "true" helps in parallel execution but the log info doesn't get printed to console. but when it is set to "false" I see the log info getting printed. below is the snippet from my config.ts

 beforeLaunch: () => {
        console.log("inside beforeLaunch");        
        if (fs.existsSync('./logs/ExecutionLog.log')) {
            fs.unlinkSync('./logs/ExecutionLog.log')
        }
        log4js.configure({
            appenders: {
                fileLog: { type: 'file', filename: './logs/ExecutionLog.log' },
                console: { type: 'log4js-protractor-appender' }
            },
            categories: {
                file: { appenders: ['fileLog'], level: 'info' },
                another: { appenders: ['console'], level: 'info' },
                default: { appenders: ['console', 'fileLog'], level: 'info' }
            }
        });
    },

onPrepare: () => {
        console.log("inside onPrepare");
        browser.logger = log4js.getLogger('another');
        browser.ignoreSynchronization = true;
        browser.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(12000);
        browser.manage().window().maximize();
        Reporter.createDirectory(jsonReports);
    },

The reason why I am initiating this in config.ts is it have to globally attached to the browser object. The OnPrepare() function gets executed before every test and beforeLaunch() function gets executed only once before all tests. I am not sure why "shardTestFiles:true" would not print logs to console.