@christian-bromann/webdriverio/lib/protocol/back.js

A nodejs bindings implementation for selenium 2.0/webdriver

/**
 *
 * Navigate backwards in the browser history, if possible.
 *
 * @see https://w3c.github.io/webdriver/webdriver-spec.html#back
 * @type protocol
 *
 */

let back = function () {
    if (this.desiredCapabilities.browserName === 'safari') {
        /*!
         * helper for safaridriver which doesn not support forward
         * Reason: "Yikes! Safari history navigation does not work. We can go forward or back,
         * but once we do, we can no longer communicate with the page"
         */
        return this.execute('history.go(-1)')
    }

    return this.requestHandler.create({
        path: '/session/:sessionId/back',
        method: 'POST'
    })
}

export default back