How to use external function .js file in Protractor

Question

I have some repeating functions and I want to isolate them in another file for use in Protractor. I don't want to have them in the same file as the tests are. How would I do this? I run protractor against an external non-angular web site, like this:

protractor conf.js

So inside spec.js I have these kinds of functions that I simply want to reuse:

function someFunction() {
    console.log("We are in a function");
}

How can I put them aside in another .js file or something similar? Thanks for any advice!

Answer 1

my-module.js

module.exports = {
    custom_function: function() {
        console.log("whatever")
    }
};

spec.js

const custom_function = (require("./my-module.js")).custom_function;

describe("Suite: UCare - Provider Search - 'Places' tab", () => {

    it("1", async () => {
        custom_function();
    });
});