Table of Contents

• Intro
• Config
• Mailbox
  • constructor
  • createMailbox
  • deleteLatestMessage
  • getMailbox
  • getMailbox
  • getLatestMessage
  • getMailById
  • waitForMessage
• Example

Intro

Codecept Helper with that consumes the temp-mail.ru api for test scenarios that require email interaction. An example scenario can be found below

Config

Add to codecept.conf.js with:

exports.config = {
    helpers: {
        Nightmare: {
            url: "http://localhost"
            },
        Mailbox: {
            "require": "node_modules/codeceptjs-tempmail"
        }
    }
    /*...some config*/
}

or to codecept.json with:

{
  "helpers": {
    "Nightmare": {
      "url": "http://localhost"
    },
    "Mailbox": {
      "require": "node_modules/codeceptjs-tempmail"
    }
  }
}

Mailbox

Extends Helper

Helper with disposable mailbox api that is availible within test execution.

Parameters

• config

constructor

Parameters

• config Object configuration can be overridded by values found in codecept.json

createMailbox

Parameters

• name string? Optional string to be used in mainlbox address

Examples

I.createMailbox('testmail') //{address: "[email protected]", messages: {error: "there are no messages yet"}}
I.createMailbox() //{address: "[email protected]", messages: {error: "there are no messages yet"}}

Returns object Creates a mailbox object and checks for mail before returning.

deleteLatestMessage

Parameters

• mailbox object? Takes a mailbox object and detletes the last (i.e. most recent) value from messages and the mail server. (optional, default this.mailbox)

getMailbox

Parameters

• debug boolean Logs the mailbox out to the console to aid debugging. (optional, default false)

Returns any The mailbox object in it's current state, i.e. if you have called the methods elsewhere in this file without arguments, the Mailbox object is updated internally. This returns it.

getMailbox

Returns any The mailbox object in it's current state, i.e. if you have called the methods elsewhere in this file without arguments, the Mailbox object is updated internally. This returns it.

getLatestMessage

Parameters

• mailbox any {object=} mailbox - Takes a mailbox object and assigns a mailbox.latest object with the last (i.e. most recent) value in the messages array returned from the server. (optional, default this.mailbox)

getMailById

Parameters

• id string Takes a mail_id string and returns it from the mailbox.messages array

waitForMessage

Parameters

• mailbox object? Takes a mailbox object and makes 10 attempts at retrieving messages from the server. Once a suitible response is recieved the mailbox.messages and mailbox.latest are updated. (optional, default this.mailbox)

Example

Feature("Create Account");

Scenario("Create account email", function* (I) {
    // Process initiated from an email with a link to create an account.
    I.waitForMessage();
    mailbox = yield I.getMailbox();
    //I.grabRegex() should be replaced with a regex function that extracts a value from the supplied email text.
    createLink = yield I.grabRegex(null, mailbox.latest.mail_text_only);
});

Scenario("Create Account", (I) => {
    I.amOnPage(createLink);
    I.waitForText("Create a New Account");
    I.click("Create a New Account");
    I.fillField("password", "Som3Rand0mPa55");
    I.fillField("confirmPassword", "Som3Rand0mPa55");
    I.click("Create Account");
    I.waitForText("Activate Your Account");
    I.see("Activate Your Account");
    I.see(`An email has been sent to ${mailbox.address}`);
    
    I.deleteLatestMessage(mailbox);
    //Delete can take a few seconds to register with the temp-mail server, it's recommended that an arbitrary wait is used in your scenario.
    I.wait(10);
});

Scenario("Activation Email", function* (I) {
    // Wait for new activation email
    I.waitForMessage();
    mailbox = yield I.getMailbox();
    activationLink = yield I.grabRegex(null, mailbox.latest.mail_text);
});

Scenario("5862 Login", (I) => {
    I.amOnPage(activationLink);
    I.waitForText("Email Address Verified");
    I.see("Login");
    I.fillField("username", mailbox.address);
    I.fillField("password", "Som3Rand0mPa55");
    I.click("Login");

    I.deleteLatestMessage(mailbox);
    I.wait(10);
    I.getMessages();
});