Testing File Download Functionality - WebdriverIO Wednesdays

In this WebdriverIO Automated Testing Tutorial, we will be learning how to test the functionality of a file download interface. This is something I've had to do twice recently and figured it was worth sharing.

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🔗 Links 🔗

Original blog post: https://blog.kevinlamping.com/downloading-files-using-webdriverio/

"The Internet" Test Page Suite http://the-internet.herokuapp.com/download

WebdriverIO 'call' Function http://webdriver.io/api/utility/call.html

NodeJS URL Docs: https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v8.x/docs/api/url.html

NodeJS Path Docs: https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v8.x/docs/api/path.html

NodeJS FS Docs: https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v8.x/docs/api/fs.html

JavaScript 'splice' function: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/splice

Stack Overflow 'wait for file exists' Q&A: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26165725/nodejs-check-file-exists-if-not-wait-till-it-exist/47764403#47764403

rmdir function: https://gist.github.com/tkihira/2367067

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