How to Use Command Line Arguments in Angularjs Protractor

How can I use command line arguments in Angularjs Protractor?

In the reference config this section can be interesting:

  // The params object will be passed directly to the protractor instance,
  // and can be accessed from your test. It is an arbitrary object and can
  // contain anything you may need in your test.
  // This can be changed via the command line as:
  //   --params.login.user 'Joe'
  params: {
    login: {
      user: 'Jane',
      password: '1234'
    }
  },

And you can access the params object like this in your code: browser.params.login.user

So in your case if you call protractor like this:

protractor ... --params.login.user=abc --params.login.password=123

You can access these variables in your code like this:

browser.params.login.user and browser.params.login.password

passing base url from command line in protractor

Protractor provides it by default. You just have to declare the correct variable.

exports.config = {
seleniumAddress: 'http://localhost:4444/wd/hub',

capabilities: {
    'browserName': 'chrome'
},
specs: ['HomePageCtrl_spec.js'],
chromeOnly: true,
jasmineNodeOpts: {
    onComplete: null,
    isVerbose: false,
    showColors: true,
    includeStackTrace: true
},
onPrepare: function() {
    browser.manage().window().setSize(1600, 1000);
},
  baseUrl: 'test'
};

and then, you run the tests:

protractor Conf.js --baseUrl="https://XXXXX/YYY"

To use this url within your tests:

browser.get(browser.baseUrl)

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