Confluence Protractor Base 
The Confluence® Protractor Base is a simple solution to implement und run UI tests for Atlassian® Confluence®. It provides basic functionality like creating pages, spaces, users and groups as well as login, authenticate as admin and open pages.
Installation
npm install confluence-protractor-base
First Steps
- Start a local Confluence instance
- Checkout the project and switch to the directory
- Install requirements\
npm install - Update webdriver manager\
webdriver-update - Start the webdriver manager\
./node_modules/.bin/webdriver-manager start --seleniumPort 4444 - run UI tests in another console window (e2e means End-to-End)\
npm run test-e2e
Local Confluence instance
First of all you need a local Confluence instance.
The instance should be locally available under http://confluence:8090\
Note: There may be changes needed in the /etc/hosts file\
127.0.0.1 confluence
This can be done via the Atlassian SDK or with a Docker container
Atlassian SDK
Start a local Confluence test instance using the Atlassian® SDK
atlas-run-standalone --product confluence --http-port 8090 --server confluence --context-path ROOT --jvmargs "-Xms4g -Xmx4g -server"
Docker container
Start a local Confluence® docker instance\
Supported Platforms
We have tested the confluence-protractor-base with
- Confluence 5.7 - 6.4
- PSQL, MYSQL, MSSQL
Troubleshooting
See Issues
Known issues
Page edit with synchrony (concurrent editing)
Page edit with synchrony enabled may be unstable. All page objects inheriting from ConfluenceBase have a
disableSynchrony() method to prevent problems. Example:
const upm = new UniversalPluginManager();
upm.disableSynchrony();