Where to put extra step definitions in Apickli?

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I have a simple Then clause that is not covered by Apickli common expressions but not sure where to put the steps. I’ve tried putting it in support/init.js right after the defineSupportCode block and also tried putting it in step_definitions/apickli-gherkin.js but every time it gets to

Then response body path self should not exist

it shows as undefined. Am I missing a export statement somewhere? Here’s my apickli-gherkin.js

module.exports = require("apickli/apickli-gherkin");

const {Then} = require("cucumber");

Then(/^Then response body path (.*) should not exist$/, function(path, callback) {

  const assertion = this.apickli.evaluatePathInResponseBody(path);

  callbackWithAssertion(callback, assertion);
});
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HI @Vicente Lee - create a js file under the “step_definitions” directory and add your expression. For example, a file called check.js

module.exports = function() {
    this.Then(/^response body path self should not exist$/ function(callback) {
        //your code here
        callback();
    }
}
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I’m still unable to prevent the undefined error. Here’s my feature:

    Then response body path self should not exist

I’ve got under features/step_definitions/othersteps.js with this

const {Then} = require("cucumber");

module.exports = function() {
  this.Then(/^response body path (.*) should not exist$/, function(path, callback) {
    console.log("---------->");
    const assertion = this.apickli.evaluatePathInResponseBody(path);
    callbackWithAssertion(callback, assertion);
  });
}

I am pretty sure the spelling is correct, but for some reason it keeps showing up as undefined.

4

Can you paste the complete error you are getting ? Still not clear where you are getting “undefined”

5

It’s not an error, but it’s a warning that causes the “Then” to be skipped.

 ✔ When I GET /directory/v1/customers # node_modules/apickli/apickli-gherkin.js:91

   ? Then response body path partner should not exist

       Undefined. Implement with the following snippet:

Then('response body path partner should not exist', function () {

  // Write code here that turns the phrase above into concrete actions

  return 'pending';

 });
6

Can you try removing

const {Then} = require("cucumber");

from your js file and try.

7

Ok, I finally got it to work with this variation.

module.exports = require("apickli/apickli-gherkin");

const {Then} = require("cucumber");

module.exports =  Then(/^response body path (.*) should not exist$/, function(path, callback) {
    // code here
  });

not sure why your variation didn’t work for me.

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haa.. looks like a module issue. Can you confirm you have apickli-gherkin.js in your step_definition directory ? If you didn’t, that could be the reason.

However, glad its resolved.

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So that’s the strange part. apickli-gherkin.js is in my step_definition directory. My hypothesis is doing module.exports = function … does not immediately expose “Then”.