externalLog

Instructs the Actor to collect arbitrary static values and answers to answerables, so that they can be sent to the stage crew members and printed to the terminal by the ConsoleReporter or attached to the HTML report by the SerenityBDDReporter.

Logging static and Answerable values

import { actorCalled, Log } from '@serenity-js/core'
import { Page } from '@serenity-js/web'

await actorCalled('Laura').attemptsTo(
  Log.the('Current page', Page.current().title(), Page.current().url()),
)

Hierarchy

• Interaction
  • Log

Index

Methods

• the
• instantiationLocation
• performAs
• describedBy
• toString

Methods

staticexternalthe

• the(...items: any[]): Interaction

• Instantiates a new interaction to Log

  Note that this method accepts variable number of arguments, so that you can easily log several values at the same time.

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  Parameters

  • externalrest...items: any[]

    The items to be logged

  Returns Interaction

externalinstantiationLocation

• instantiationLocation(): FileSystemLocation

• Inherited from Interaction.instantiationLocation

  Returns the location where this Activity was instantiated.

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  Returns FileSystemLocation

externalperformAs

• performAs(actor: UsesAbilities & AnswersQuestions & CollectsArtifacts): Promise<void>

• Overrides Interaction.performAs

  Instructs the provided Actor to perform this Interaction.

  Learn more

  • Actor
  • PerformsActivities
  • UsesAbilities
  • AnswersQuestions

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  Parameters

  • externalactor: UsesAbilities & AnswersQuestions & CollectsArtifacts

  Returns Promise<void>

externaldescribedBy

• describedBy(actor: AnswersQuestions & UsesAbilities & { name: string }): Promise<string>

• Inherited from Interaction.describedBy

  Resolves the description of this object in the context of the provided actor.

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  Parameters

  • externalactor: AnswersQuestions & UsesAbilities & { name: string }

  Returns Promise<string>

externaltoString

• toString(): string

• Inherited from Interaction.toString

  Returns a human-readable description of this object.

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  Returns string