Question: On the new version 7, is it still supported to have context with World?

[zmimi-lael]

I do have this before and able to utilize the CustomWorld that I have created.

• world.js

const { BddWorld } = require('playwright-bdd');

class CustomWorld extends BddWorld {
  constructor(options, page) {
    super(options);
    this._context = {};
  }


}

setWorldConstructor(CustomWorld);

• Then in my steps, I can set and share the _context values this._context = {};

When(
  "a valid search request",
  async function ({ page, request }) {
    const tests = new SearchText(page);
    this._context["order_search_response"] =
      await tests.searchAPI.callSearchRequest(
        request,
        this._context["valid_token"],
      );
  }
);

Then(
  "the API  returned all  the search criteria",
  async function ({ page }) {
     const tests = new SearchText(page);

    tests.cartSearchAsserts.assertValidResponseWithSchema(
      this._context["order_search_response"]
    );
  }
);

With the use of context, for each worker that I used, they are unique during run time.

[vitalets]

I've noticed that you use mixed steps style: rely on this and pass fixtures as a first argument to step functions. In general, it's better to follow pure Playwright-style or pure Cucumber-style steps. There are more details here #208 (comment).

If using playwright-style, you can share context between steps by defining _context as a fixture:

import { test as base } from 'playwright-bdd';

export const test = base.extend({
  _context: async ({}, use) => {
    await use({}); // <- _context initialized with empty object
  }
});

Then in steps:

When(
  "a valid search request",
  async function ({ page, request, _context }) { // _context passed as argument
    const tests = new SearchText(page);
    _context["order_search_response"] =
      await tests.searchAPI.callSearchRequest(
        request,
        _context["valid_token"],
      );
  }
);

Or, you can set up full world via fixture, check out this guide.

Alternatively, you can use existing approach. Playwright-bdd provides a fallback for mixed steps style: it always initializes this as empty object, so you can attach _context to it:

When(
  "a valid search request",
  async function ({ page, request }) {
    const tests = new SearchText(page);
    this._context = this._context || {}; // ensure this._context is initialized, because by default `this` is empty object
    this._context["order_search_response"] =
      await tests.searchAPI.callSearchRequest(
        request,
        this._context["valid_token"],
      );
  }
);

In that case, you don't need to define CustomWorld at all.

[zmimi-lael]

Thank you @vitalets , I will try all these options. I am keen to have one entry, and initialize this._context = this._context || {}; this once.