How to use custom_steps.js in gherkin steps?

Hello,

i’ve made a custom fonction to extend the I

custom_steps.js

'use strict';
module.exports = function () {
    return actor({
        waitForLoading: function (seconds = 10) {
            this.waitForInvisible('div.loading', seconds);
        }
    });
}

codecept.json "include": { "I": "./custom_steps.js" },

loginSteps.js

Given('i login with username {string} and password{string}', (username, password) => {
    I.amOnPage('/');
    I.fillField('input#username', username);
    I.fillField('input#password', password);
    I.click('#login-btn');
    I.waitForLoading();
});

I got : I.waitForLoading is not a function

It work when i do a classic scenario :

login_test.js

Feature('Toast');
Scenario('test something', (I) => {
    I.amOnPage('/');
    I.fillField('input#username', 'eeee');
    I.fillField('input#password', 'xxxx');
    I.click('#login-btn');
    I.waitForLoading();
});

How can i make it work in gherkin steps ? Thank you !

Details

• CodeceptJS version: 1.4.6
• NodeJS Version: 10.14.0
• Operating System: windows 7 64 bits

[kaievns]

this was a frustrating few hours of poking at the thing only to realise that none of the dependency injection features work in the BDD mode 😦

you could at least mention that in the docs

[AdamOakman]

I worked it around by including customSteps at the top of step definition file (in your case loginSteps.js):

const customSteps = require('../custom_steps.js');
const I = customSteps();

But in this case Gherkin steps are not displayed in console (and also in allure report) after running: codeceptjs run --features --steps which is not really cool.

Please advise.