Use environment variables in pactumjs

[vladparl]

Hello,

I am using pactum-cucumber-boilerplate project and I have following scenario:

Given base URL is "some URL"
When make a POST request with body to /auth/login
"""
{
"username": "[email protected]",
"password": "Password!"
}
"""

Instead of using username and password directly in gherkin json body, I am wondering is there any way to save them somewhere in file and call them here in Gherkin scenario?

[ASaiAnudeep]

We can use DataMaps to make common data available across test cases.

In global hooks:

const { stash } = require('pactum');
const { Before } = require('@cucumber/cucumber');

Before(() => {
  stash.addDataMap({
    'App': {
      'Username': process.env.APP_USERNAME || 'default-value',
      'Password': process.env.APP_PASSWORD || 'default-value'
    }
  });
});

In feature file:

Given base URL is "some URL"
When make a POST request with body to /auth/login
"""
{
  "username": "$M{App.Username}",
  "password": "$M{App.Password}"
}
"""

[vladparl]

What if for example want to save another value in DataMap?

I tried with 'Url': process.env.APP_URL || 'https://some_value'

In feature file:
Given base URL is "$M{App.Url}"

... and it returned error message "Invalid Url" set something like that.

[vladparl]

Thank you ASaiAnudeep, problem solved. Works like a charm 👍