fix: Add newAgent() helper

This means custom steps can create agents without directly requring superagent
harver-engineering · Jan 11, 2019 · 1ee2a9a · 1ee2a9a
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diff --git a/docs/world-api.md b/docs/world-api.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
         * [.getOAuthAccessToken(url, credentials)](#module_World..World+getOAuthAccessToken)
         * [.replaceVars(val)](#module_World..World+replaceVars)
         * [.replaceVariablesInitiator()](#module_World..World+replaceVariablesInitiator)
+        * [.newAgent()](#module_World..World+newAgent)
         * [.getAgentByRole(role)](#module_World..World+getAgentByRole)
         * [.setAgentByRole(role, agent)](#module_World..World+setAgentByRole)
         * [.getResponseBody(res)](#module_World..World+getResponseBody)
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ State and stateful utilities can be shared between steps using an instance of "W
     * [.getOAuthAccessToken(url, credentials)](#module_World..World+getOAuthAccessToken)
     * [.replaceVars(val)](#module_World..World+replaceVars)
     * [.replaceVariablesInitiator()](#module_World..World+replaceVariablesInitiator)
+    * [.newAgent()](#module_World..World+newAgent)
     * [.getAgentByRole(role)](#module_World..World+getAgentByRole)
     * [.setAgentByRole(role, agent)](#module_World..World+setAgentByRole)
     * [.getResponseBody(res)](#module_World..World+getResponseBody)
@@ -118,6 +120,12 @@ environemtn config and previous responses.
 Returns Super Agent middleware that replaces placeholders with
 variables
 
+**Kind**: instance method of [<code>World</code>](#module_World..World)  
+<a name="module_World..World+newAgent"></a>
+
+#### world.newAgent()
+Creates and gets a new superagent agent
+
 **Kind**: instance method of [<code>World</code>](#module_World..World)  
 <a name="module_World..World+getAgentByRole"></a>
 

diff --git a/src/world.js b/src/world.js
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class World {
      */
     get currentAgent() {
         if (!this._currentAgent) {
-            this._currentAgent = request.agent();
+            this._currentAgent = this.newAgent();
         }
         return this._currentAgent;
     }
@@ -176,6 +176,13 @@ class World {
         };
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Creates and gets a new superagent agent
+     */
+    newAgent() {
+        return request.agent();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get a Superagent agent for a specific authorization role
      * @param {string} role The role, such as 'admin'