protractor.conf.js

exports.config = {
  // The address of a running selenium server.
  seleniumAddress: 'http://localhost:4444/wd/hub',

  // Capabilities to be passed to the webdriver instance.
  capabilities: {
   // 'browserName': 'internet explorer', - special installation needed
   // 'version':'10',
   'browserName': 'chrome',
   //'browserName': 'firefox'
  },
  baseUrl:'http://127.0.0.1:8080',
  // Spec patterns are relative to the current working directly when
  // protractor is called.
  specs: ['test/protractor/protractor.js'],

  // Options to be passed to Jasmine-node.
  jasmineNodeOpts: {
    showColors: true,
    defaultTimeoutInterval: 30000
  }
};

setup

# -------------------------------------------
# 1. HTML website separate from API
# 2. HTML website is static HTML
# 3. API is mocked
# -------------------------------------------

# Install simple http server and protractor
npm install -g http-server protractor

# Download and install selenium webdrivers
webdriver-manager update

# Run web driver in background, keeping in mind it takes a few seconds to become responsive
nohup bash -c "webdriver-manager start 2>&1 &" && sleep 9

# Run local website, my website is contained within the ./app folder
http-server app > /dev/null &

# Run protractor tests
protractor protractor.conf.js