Nightwatch.js - Can't figure out how to pass a local variable into a URL parameter

Question

I have tried both options, but nothing seems to work:

var webNum = browser.getText('selector');
var urlGo = 'https://gotourl.com/' + webNum;
browser.url(urlGo);

or

var webNum = browser.getText('selector');
browser.url('https://gotourl.com/' + webNum);

Any ideas?

Answer 1

.getText() is returning a WebElement JSON Object rather than string (the documentation on nightwatch api is misleading...)

The text you want is the value of the WebElement JSON Object , and you can access it by using .value

if you would like to get the text you have to do the following :

var webNum = 'nothing';
browser.getText('selector',function(text){
 webNum=text.value;
 var urlGo = 'https://gotourl.com/' + webNum;
 browser.url(urlGo);
});

This way should works.