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Page object best practice
- Use
data-testid
selectors to locate your UI elements - Use an unambiguous name for your page object class
- The page class should only contain methods for interacting with the HTML page or component
- The page class should only contain properties and methods
- Don't create an assertion on the page object level
- A page object doesn't have to be an entire HTML page and can be a small component
Waits best practice
Avoiding hard waits in Playwright.
js
await page.waitFor(1000); // hard wait for 1000ms
Never use hard waits in production tests. However, you can use them for testing or debugging purposes. Replace them with playwright methods like waitForNavigation
, waitForLoadState
, waitForSelector
.
Pages
Follow the PageObjects pattern for the suite template to encapsulate each internal page structure and responsibilities inside its highly cohesive class file. This allows you to define a new page object for each page as per your needs.
Don't confuse the page objects you create with actual pages in the application. Pages are a lightweight concept of a view, a set of cohesive elements living under a known browser location.
Page objects
Each page must contain a cohesive set of locators and actions.
Structure
Structure e2e-tests
|- page-objects # Set of pages for the applications |- tests # Set of tests |- utils # Predefined helpers and their factory functions
For a page object to be as readable as possible, you must follow the below structure:
js
import { expect, Locator, Page } from "@playwright/test";
export class LoginForm {
// Define selectors
readonly page: Page;
readonly usernameInput: Locator;
readonly passwordInput: Locator;
readonly submitButton: Locator;
readonly closeLoginPopup: Locator
// Init selectors using constructor
constructor(page: Page) {
this.page = page;
this.usernameInput = page.locator("[data-testid='login-email-input']");
this.passwordInput = page.locator("[data-testid='login-password-input']");
this.submitButton = page.locator("[data-testid='login-submit-button']");
this.closeLoginPopup =page.locator('text=close')
}
// Define login page methods
async login(username: string, password: string) {
await this.usernameInput.type(username);
await this.passwordInput.type(password);
await this.submitButton.click();
}
};
data-testid attribute
You are recommended to add the custom data attributes data-testid for:
- Active elements (buttons, links, forms etc.)
- Passive elements (essential elements like price, product options etc.)
The main benefit of adding those attributes is that you can easily get elements in E2E tests.
Naming convention
data-testid="{scope}-{name}-{type}"
data-testid="header-search-input"
Scope - indicates where the element is placed. For example - page Name - defines the element. For example - input name Type - indicates the type of element. For example - input
Usage in tests
js
import { test, expect } from "@playwright/test";
test("failed login", async ({ page }) => {
await page.goto("/");
await Promise.all([
page.waitForNavigation(),
page.click("[data-testid='header-sign-in-link']"),
]);
await page
.locator("[data-testid='login-email-input']")
.fill("test@shopware.com");
await page
.locator("[data-testid='login-password-input']")
.fill("Password123!@#");
await Promise.all([await page.click("[data-testid='login-submit-button']")]);
await expect(
page.locator("data-testid='login-errors-container']")
).toBeVisible();
});