@wdio/chrome-recorder

WebdriverIO Chrome Recorder

This repo provide tools to convert JSON user flows from Google Chrome DevTools Recorder to WebdriverIO test scripts programmatically (WebdriverIO v7.24.0 or higher required).

✅ Converts multiple recordings to WebdriverIO tests in one go (out-of-the-box glob support)
🗂 User can pass their custom path to export tests.
💃 Users can also use a dry run to see the interim output of the recordings
👨‍💻 Programmatic API which users can use in their own project to create plugins or custom scripts.

Alternatively, you can export JSON user flows as WebdriverIO test scripts straight away from Chrome DevTools with our WebdriverIO Recorder Chrome extension.

🏗 Installation

npm install -g @wdio/chrome-recorder

🚀 Usage

To quickly run the interactive CLI, run:

npx @wdio/chrome-recorder

The CLI will prompt you to enter the path of directory or file of the chrome devtool recordings that you will modify and path to write the generated WebdriverIO tests

⚡️ Transform individual recordings

npx @wdio/chrome-recorder <path to the chrome devtools recording>

⚡️ Transform multiple recordings

npx @wdio/chrome-recorder <path to the chrome devtools recording>*.json

👉 By default output will be written to webdriverio folder. If you don't have these folders, tool will create it for you or install WebdriverIO by running npm init webdriverio in your project.

You can specify different output directory, specify that via CLI:

npx @wdio/chrome-recorder <path to the chrome devtools recording> --output=<folder-name>

⚙️ CLI Options

Option	Description
-d, --dry	Dry run the output of the transformed recordings
-o, --output	Output location of the files generated by the exporter

💻 Programmatic API

import { stringifyChromeRecording } from '@wdio/chrome-recorder';

const recordingContent = {
  title: 'recording',
  steps: [
    {
      type: 'setViewport',
      width: 1905,
      height: 223,
      deviceScaleFactor: 1,
      isMobile: false,
      hasTouch: false,
      isLandscape: false,
    },
  ],
};

const stringifiedContent = await stringifyChromeRecording(
  JSON.stringify(recordingContent),
);

console.log(stringifiedContent);
// Console Log output
//
// describe('recording', function () {
//   it('tests recording', function (browser) {
//     browser.setWindowRect({ width: 1905, height: 223 });
//   });
// });

🐛 Issues

Issues with this schematic can filed here

If you want to contribute (or have contributed in the past), feel free to add yourself to the list of contributors in the package.json before you open a PR!

👨‍💻 Development

Getting started

🛠️ Node.js and npm are required for the scripts. Make sure it's installed on your machine.

⬇️ Install the dependencies for the WebdriverIO chrome recorder tool

npm install

👷‍♂️ Build the tools using typescript compiler

npm run build

🏃 Run the tool

./bin/wdio-chrome-recorder.js

🧪 Unit Testing

Run the unit tests using mocha as a runner and test framework

npm run test

♻️ Clean build files

npm run clean

Supported Chrome Devtools Recorder Steps

WebdriverIO supports all existing StepTypes. If any step type seems to be missing, please raise an issue so we can add it. Thanks!

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For more information on WebdriverIO see the homepage. The initial implementation was inspired by Nightwatch Chrome Recorder