Run protractor test in IE [Internet Explorer]

In our prev posts we have seen

Run protractor on chrome

Run protractor on firefox

Now we will be how we can run protractor tests on Internet Explorer

Prerequisites

• IE browser zoom level : 100%
• IE Security level : keep all tabs either checked / unchecked

• conf.js modification to run on IE

import {Config, browser} from 'protractor';

export let config: Config = {
    seleniumAddress: 'http://127.0.0.1:4444/wd/hub',
    specs: [ './IESpec.js' ],
    capabilities: {
        browserName: 'internet explorer',
    },
    jasmineNodeOpts: {
        showColors: true,
        defaultTimeoutInterval: 100000,
    },
    onPrepare: () => {
        //browser.manage().window().maximize();
        browser.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(5000);
    }
};

• Any sample spec IESpec.js file

import { ElementFinder, browser, by, element } from 'protractor';

describe('Run Protractor test ', () => {

    it('on IE browser', () => {
        browser.waitForAngularEnabled(false);
        browser.get("https://www.youtube.com");
        browser.sleep(3000);
    });
});

• Download IEDriver for protractor tests

Open terminal from project folder [VSCode : Ctrl + `] and enter

webdriver-manager update --ie

Note: if any particular version of IEDriver not working and you want to upgrade or downgrade

e.g :  IEDriver version 3.7.0 not working, you can downgrade to 3.4.0

webdriver-manager update --ie --versions.standalone=3.4.0 --versions.ie=3.4.0

• Start the selenium server

webdriver-manager start

Note : you can even start a particular version of selenium server

webdriver-manager start --versions.standalone=3.4.0

• Run the test using protractor conf.js