NoMethodError: private method `browser_name' called for {:browserName=>:firefox, :version=>nil}:Hash

Question

I am trying to learn selenium Grid, I followed a tutorial, but when I try to run my feature I got this error :

NoMethodError: private method `browser_name' called for {:browserName=>:firefox, :version=>nil}:Hash

here is the env.rb file :

   require 'watir-webdriver'
require 'cucumber'

def browser_path
  (ENV['BPATH'])
end

def browser_name
  (ENV['BROWSER'] ||= 'firefox').downcase.to_sym
end

def environment
  (ENV['ENV'] ||= 'grid').downcase.to_sym
end

def browser_version
  (ENV['VER'])
end

Before do
  def assert_it message, &block
    begin
      if (block.call)
        puts "Assertion PASSED for #{message}"

      else
        puts "Assertion FAILED for #{message}"
        fail('Test Failure on assertion')
      end
    rescue => e
      puts "Assertion FAILED for #{message} with exception '#{e}'"
      fail('Test Failure on assertion')
    end
  end
  if browser_path != nil
    Selenium::WebDriver::Firefox.path= "#{browser_path}"
  end
  if environment == :grid
    @browser = Watir::Browser.new(:remote, :url=>"http://10.196.60.38:4444/wd/hub", :desired_capabilities=> {browserName: browser_name,version: browser_version})
    @browser.window.maximize
  else
    @browser = Watir::Browser.new browser_name
    @browser.window.maximize
  end

end

After do
  @browser.close
end

Thanks, your help is appreciated.

Answer 1

watir-webdriver is deprecated and will not work with latest versions of Firefox. Please update to the latest version of watir.

Also with latest version of watir, you should be able to just do:

Watir::Browser.new(browser_name, url: "http://10.196.60.38:4444/wd/hub", version: browser_version