no action while trying to locate a link and click on it

[Maha2201]

Hi
I am a newbie to webdriver IO, I am trying a sample scenario to open the website "https://www.javatpoint.com/" and click on HTML and navigate to HTML link and verify the URL now is "https://www.javatpoint.com/html-tutorial"

home.page.js

class HomePage {
get htmlLink() {
return $('a[href="html-tutorial"]');
// link.click();
}
}

export default new HomePage();

Step definition file:

import HomePage from '../pageobjects/home.page.js';

Given(/^I am on the JavaTPoint website$/, () => {
browser.url('https://www.javatpoint.com/');
});

When(/^I click on the HTML link$/, () => {
HomePage.htmlLink.click();
});

Then(/^I should be redirected to the HTML page$/, () => {
const htmlUrl = 'https://www.javatpoint.com/html-tutorial';
expect(browser).toHaveUrl(htmlUrl);
});

Below is the error I am getting
[0-0] 2024-02-23T16:58:21.281Z INFO webdriver: RESULT {
[0-0] 'element-6066-11e4-a52e-4f735466cecf': 'B708DB55373AC860EB7812B28B655566_element_55'
[0-0] }
[0-0] 2024-02-23T16:58:21.298Z INFO webdriver: COMMAND elementClick("B708DB55373AC860EB7812B28B655566_element_55")
[0-0] 2024-02-23T16:58:21.298Z INFO webdriver: [POST] http://0.0.0.0:51295/session/ff61893b3770ab17afe368cfdf672652/element/B708DB55373AC860EB7812B28B655566_element_55/click
[0-0] 2024-02-23T16:58:21.311Z INFO webdriver: RESULT https://www.javatpoint.com/
[0-0] file:///C:/Users/MS00813019/Mahalakshmi/BT-POc/23FebEdge2PM%20-%20Bkup/features/step-definitions/steps.js:17
[0-0] expect(browser).toHaveUrl(htmlUrl);
[0-0] ^
[0-0]
[0-0] JestAssertionError: Expect window to have url
[0-0]
[0-0] Expected: "https://www.javatpoint.com/html-tutorial"
[0-0] Received: "https://www.javatpoint.com/"

I assume it able to locate an element and try to click on it, can someone help to throw some light on whats happening.

[christian-bromann]

@Maha2201 it seems you are not using async/await in front of every command and assertion. This is important because all WebdriverIO commands are asynchronous.

[Maha2201]

thanks you, and it worked!