Automattic / Automattic/dot-handy
How to smart navigate to `initialPath` when necessary?
- Dominant language
- JavaScript
- Stars
- 3
- Forks
- 2
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- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
Currently, an action uses `initialPath` property just for checking whether it's time to run the sequence of Playwright script in its function body. It's safe and reasonable when the action depends the previous action to navigate to the right path for it. e.g. the series actions for the signup flow, [pick-free-domain](https://github.com/Automattic/dot-handy/blob/trunk/actions/pick-free-domain.js), [checkout](https://github.com/Automattic/dot-handy/blob/trunk/actions/checkout.js), etc.
However, for cases that we just want to go right in the correct path, we will need to navigate there explicitly. e.g. [close-account](https://github.com/Automattic/dot-handy/blob/trunk/actions/close-account.js) has this line:
```
await page.goto( getRootUrlFromEnv( extra.config.env ) + '/me/account/close' );
```
The downside is that these actions with explicit navigation won't be able to chain with other actions, making them inflexible.
How could we make it smarter when necessary?
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Research direction
Start by reading the action handling around the `initialPath` property, then compare `actions/pick-free-domain.js`, `actions/checkout.js`, and `actions/close-account.js`. Trace how actions are chained and how Playwright navigation is currently performed. Done should mean the intended navigation behavior is defined for both chained and direct actions, with coverage for the relevant cases.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, playwright
- Domain
- testing, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100