Uirecordertest NPM

UI Recorder

UI Recorder is multi-platform UI test case recorder like Selenium IDE but more powerful than Selenium IDE!

UI Recorder is easy to use, even zero cost.

Official Site: http://uirecorder.com/
Language Switch: English, 中文
Change log: CHANGE
Video Tutorial：PC中文教程

Features

Support all user operation: key event, mouse event, alert, file upload, drag, svg, shadow dom
Support mobile native APP(Android, iOS) recorde, powered by Macaca
No interference when recording: the same as self test
Record test file saved in local
Support kinds of expect: val,text,displayed,enabled,selected,attr,css,url,title,cookie,localStorage,sessionStorage
Support image diff
Support powerful var string
Support common test case: one case call another
Support parallel test
Support i18n: en, zh-cn, zh-tw
Support screenshots after each step
Support HTML report & JUnit report
Support multi systems: Windows, Mac, Linux
Test file base on NodeJs: jWebDriver

Screenshots

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Video demo

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Quick start

Install

Install NodeJs (version >= v7.x)
https://nodejs.org/
sudo chown -R $(whoami) $(npm config get prefix)/{lib/node_modules,bin,share} (Mac, Linux)
Install chrome
https://www.google.com/chrome/
Install UI Recorder
npm install uirecorder mocha -g

PC record

Init test project
Create new folder
uirecorder init
Start record test case
edit hosts file
uirecorder sample/test.spec.js
Start WebDriver Server
Run test case
Run all case: source run.sh ( Linux|Mac ) or run.bat ( Windows )
Run single case: source run.sh sample/test.spec.js ( Linux|Mac ) or run.bat sample/test.spec.js ( Windows )
Get reports & screenshots
./reports/index.html
./reports/index.xml (JUnit)
./reports/index.json
./screenshots/

More Platform Support

Install & start macaca server:
Install Macaca
Connect your mobile or open emulator
macaca server --port 4444
Init test project
Create new folder
uirecorder init --mobile
Start record test case
uirecorder --mobile sample/test.spec.js
Run test case
Run all case: source run.sh ( Linux|Mac ) or run.bat ( Windows )
Run single case: source run.sh sample/test.spec.js ( Linux|Mac ) or run.bat sample/test.spec.js ( Windows )
Get reports & screenshots
./reports/index.html
./reports/index.xml (JUnit)
./reports/index.json
./screenshots/

Documentation Translations

中文使用手册

QA

How to debug test code

Install Visual Studio Code & open Visual Studio Code
Open the project root folder by vs code
Open test file, add break point
press F5 key to start, press F10 key to run next line

How to deploy WebDriver Server

How to run selenium standalone server?
npm run server
Selenium Grid: https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/wiki/Grid2
F2etest: https://github.com/alibaba/f2etest

How to change webdriver host & port by env temporary, debug for local?

export webdriver=127.0.0.1:4444 or set webdriver=127.0.0.1:4444 (Windows)

Tip: port is not required, For example: export webdriver=127.0.0.1

How to dock Jenkins?

Add commands
```
source ./install.sh
source ./run.sh
```
Add reports
JUnit: reports/index.xml
HTML: reports/index.html

How to filter unstable path

Because some attribute values are random or unstable, we can't record a stable CSS selector
We can filter the attributes with a blacklist. You can type uirecorder init and then input the blacklist from the command line

Tip: blacklist is a regex, you can use it like this: /attr_\d+/

How to record common test case?

Record commons/login.mod.js
Record sample/test.spec.js
1. please input login.mod.js in recorder start page or jump test case in page
2. After login.mod.js loaded, then recorder other steps
source run.sh ( Linux|Mac ) or run.bat ( Windows )

How to record file upload?

UI Recorder only support native file compont
direct click <input type="file"> or click <button role="upload">Upload file</button>, the placeholder button must mark as upload with role or data-role
File must save to uploadfiles/ directory

How to use vars

edit config.json

{
    "recorder": {
        ...
    },
    "webdriver": {
        ...
    },
    "vars": {
        "productId": "123456",
        "productName": "mp3"
    }
}

start with url: http://xxx.com/product?id={{productId}}
add new var with tool panel
update var with tool panel
jump url with tool panel: http://xxx.com/product?id={{productId}}
insert vars string with tool panel: {{productName}} or aaa{{productName}}bbb
expect to var string: {{productName}} or aaa{{productName}}bbb

Tip: All var string also support js template string, For example: {{productName}}, ${new Date().getTime()}, ${parseInt(testVars.a)+parseInt(testVars.b)}

How to add hover multiple or add expect after a hover?

Press down Ctrl or Command button
Click Add Hover Button, enter hover mode
Release Ctrl or Command button
Click the dom you want to hover (can add multiple)
Click Add Expect Button
Click the dom you want to expect
Press Esc button or click End Hover Button, exit hover mode

How to expect the value after js eval in front browser?

Add Expect, select type jscode
sync mode: return document.title

function mode:

function(){
    var str = "aaa";
    return str;
}

async mode:

function(done){
    setTimeout(function(){
        done(123);
    }, 100);
}

How to hide doms before expect?

uirecorder init
Input css selector when init Hide before expect
uirecorder start
UIRecorder will hide matched doms before expect, then you can expect the dom behind the mask div

How to record option click?

Some steps is not very important, but occasionally displayed, this steps will expect to success always.

Press 'Alt' button
Click the target DOM

How to use image diff?

Install GraphicsMagick
brew install graphicsmagick (Mac)
sudo apt-get install graphicsmagick (Linux)
http://www.graphicsmagick.org/download.html (Windows)
Add expect with imgdiff
select expect type: imgdiff
select target element
Rebuild the baseline image
source run.sh sample/test.spec.js --rebuilddiff (Mac | Linux)
run.bat sample/test.spec.js --rebuilddiff (Windows)