As npm package sample is wrong about node-saucelabs HOT 3 CLOSED

I'm not sure whether I miss something but I guess instead of user it's meant to be used as

Yes exactly. This is a bug in the documentation.

Is there a reason for not picking up the provided username (options/env). Does that stem from saucelabs sub-accounts perhaps?

Yes, as you mention you could technically also fetch the details of a subaccount.

from node-saucelabs.

I think this is just not properly documented. I you create you create an instance like this:

const myAccount = new SauceLabs()

it gets username and password from the environment (SAUCE_USERNAME and SAUCE_ACCESS_KEY). You can also pass in an option object:

const myAccount = new SauceLabs({ user: 'foo', key: 'bar' })

from node-saucelabs.

thats true, but if neither of the ENV is set you end up with an error of something along the lines "slice of undefined bla bla bla ..." which most likely points to this section here. So proper error could be thrown instead to tell the user to either provide the options or define the ENV. Routes themselves do reject with no auth mechanism defined

Still, even when that is set, the shown sample pretty much can't run as the global user variable is not available.

import SauceLabs from 'saucelabs';
// if imports are not supported by your Node.js version, import the package as follows:
// const SauceLabs = require('saucelabs').default;

(async () => {
    const myAccount = new SauceLabs();

    // get job details of last run job
    const job = await user.listJobs(   // <---------- where comes this user from? no window global defined
        process.env.SAUCE_USERNAME,
        { limit: 1, full: true }
    );

I'm not sure whether I miss something but I guess instead of user it's meant to be used as

const job = await myAccount.listJobs()

Last but not least, with listJobs as an example, to cover my last question, you need to again pass on the username. Is there a reason for not picking up the provided username (options/env). Does that stem from saucelabs sub-accounts perhaps?

from node-saucelabs.