The browser object is not accessible outside the step definitions in Cucumber

[ituradastra]

I want to have the page objects defined once and then just use them in the step definitions (I am trying to migrate from nightwatch-api with cucumber (https://github.com/mucsi96/nightwatch-api) where it works). But that doesn't work with nightwatch v2 I am getting error "browser is not defined".

Example:

const {Given} = require('@cucumber/cucumber');
let loginPage = browser.page.login(); // here doesn't work


Given(/^user is logged in$/, async () => {
//do something
// let loginPage = browser.page.login(); // here is does work
}

Error: ReferenceError: browser is not defined

Does anyone know if it is possible to achieve this?

[gravityvi]

This is not possible as of now. The browser object is created once the session has been created. Session creation happens in Before hooks so you can access the browser object afterward.