Runner - How to run the same test in different browsers

[anon425331]

Hi guys,
I need to run same testcase with different browsers, how to get different browsers' handles in same test like,

t.getChrome().click()
t.getfirefox().opennewtab

something like that

[MarinaRukavitsyna]

Hi @vigneshwar-v
Please use either the following command:

testcafe chrome,firefox tests/test.js

or the following running API:

return runner
           .browsers(['chrome', 'firefox'])

to run the same test in different browsers.

[anon425331]

Hi ,
@MarinaRukavitsyna..

I have a different need. I need two browsers inside same test case and need to switch between browsers in the same test case flow.

Like I want to choose, driver1 -> chrome,driver2->firefox and using both driver1 and driver2 in the same test case.

But for now i have only one test handle t

[MarinaRukavitsyna]

TestCafe is designed to emulate a user's actions. I cannot imagine a situation when a user opens a web site in one browser, perform some actions and then open another browser to complete working with the same site. Would you please describe your scenario in greater detail? What particular functionality do you wish to test by running a web site in different browsers? Do you want to perform stress testing?

[anon47180017]

I am currently in the process of creating some tests for using a shopping cart and potentially had some test plans that would use this type of functionality. In this case it would be that a user's shopping cart is correctly persisted from one authentication to another and back. So for example, a user will add items to their shopping cart at home. Later at work or on their mobile device they will log in and should see the items they added from home. They then proceed to add more items to their cart from these other devices. They get home at the end of the day and should be able to refresh their page at home and see these additions with all of the sessions intact.

Additionally on a previous system I tested, users were allowed to use coupons on purchases. Unfortunately the system allowed for race conditions to occur and the coupon to be used twice if the purchases occurred close enough together. Users would exploit this and have two browsers open to quickly make the purchase twice. Being able to automate two browsers to mimic this action to detect when this vulnerability is present would be very helpful.

Finally, if the website allows for two way communication between users. It could be useful to automate a test to confirm that two different users can successfully send chat messages back and forth in real time.

[AlexKamaev]

To resolve the first issue, you can use the User Roles mechanism.

As mentioned in the documentation:

After you create the roles, you can switch between users at any moment except for the role initialization code.

So, you can create two user roles. The first user will add some items to the shopping cart, then you switch the active role to the second user. The second user does not have any items in the shopping cart. Then switch back to the first role. In the end, the first role will be the active and all items in the shopping cart will be restored.

As for your second issue, your scenario is clear. But I think that this case can be tested in one browser. I suppose that you have some REST API which is used for the purchase operation. I think you can emulate the described behavior by sending two similar requests to the API at the same time.
I recommend using TestCafe Client Functions mechanism for these purposes. So, in the Client Function, you can make requests to your REST API twice. Please refer to this article.