@cypress/chrome-recorder
This repo provides tools to export Cypress Tests from Google Chrome DevTools' Recordings programmatically.
Install Cypress Chrome Recorder extension if you want to export the recordings directly from the Chrome DevTools' Recorder UI.
Prerequisites
In order to export JSON files from Chrome DevTools Recorder you will need to be on Chrome 101 or newer.
dblClick and rightclick require Chrome 103 or newer.
Installation
$ npm install -g @cypress/chrome-recorder
Usage
Via CLI
To use the interactive CLI, run:
$ npx @cypress/chrome-recorder
The CLI will prompt you to enter the path of the directory or file that you would like to modify as well as a path to write the generated Cypress test to.
If you prefer to enter paths via the CLI, you can run the following command to export individual recordings:
$ npx @cypress/chrome-recorder <relative path to target test file>
or for folders containing multiple recordings:
$ npx @cypress/chrome-recorder <relative path to target test folder>/*.json
By default the output will be written to cypress/integration with a fallback to cypress/e2e. If you do not have those folders, create them manually or install Cypress by running yarn add -D cypress or npm install --save-dev cypress in your project.
If you prefer a different output directory, specify that via CLI:
$ npx @cypress/chrome-recorder <relative path to target test folder>/*.json --output=folder-name
or via the interactive CLI prompts.
CLI Options
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| -f, --force | Bypass Git safety checks and force exporter to run |
| -d, --dry | Dry run (no changes are made to files) |
| -o, --output | Output location of the files generated by the exporter |
| -p, --print | Print transformed files to stdout, useful for development |
Via Import
import { cypressStringifyChromeRecording } from '@cypress/chrome-recorder';
const stringifiedContent = await cypressStringifyChromeRecording(
recordingContent
);
return stringifiedContent;
Supported Chrome Recorder Step Types
Below are the step types that are currently supported:
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| change | becomes cy.get("element").type("text") |
| click | becomes cy.get("element").click(); |
| click (right click) | becomes cy.get("element").rightclick(); |
| doubleClick | becomes cy.get("element").dblclick(); |
| hover | becomes cy.get("element").trigger(); |
| keyDown | becomes cy.type("{key}") |
| keyUp | not exported at this time |
| navigate | becomes cy.visit("url") |
| setViewport | becomes cy.viewport(width, height) |
| scroll | becomes cy.scrollTo(${step.x}, ${step.y}) |
If a step type is not listed above, then a warning message should be displayed in the CLI.
License
This project is licensed under the terms of the MIT license.