pa11y-ci-reporter-runner
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Pa11y CI Reporter Runner is designed to facilitate testing of Pa11y CI reporters. Given a Pa11y CI JSON results file and optional configuration it simulates the Pa11y CI calls to the reporter.
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Pa11y CI Reporter Runner
Pa11y CI Reporter Runner facilitates testing of Pa11y CI reporters. Given a Pa11y CI JSON results file and optional configuration it performs the Pa11y CI calls to the reporter, including proper transformation of results and configuration data. Functionally, it's an emulation of the Pa11y CI side of the reporter interface with explicit control over execution of each step.
Installation
Install Pa11y CI Reporter Runner via npm.
npm install pa11y-ci-reporter-runner
Usage
Pa11y CI Reporter Runner exports a factory function createRunner
that creates
a reporter runner. This function takes four arguments:
resultsFileName
: Path to a Pa11y CI JSON results file.reporterName
: Name of the reporter to execute. Can be an npm module, for examplepa11y-ci-reporter-html
, or a path to a reporter file.options
: Optional reporter options.config
: Optional Pa11y CI configuration file that produces the Pa11y CI JSON results.
Runner states
Pa11y CI Reporter Runner emulates calls from Pa11y CI to the given reporter for the given results file. There are five distinct states for the runner, as shown below:
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init-->beforeAll;
beforeAll-->beginUrl;
beginUrl-->urlResults;
urlResults-->beginUrl;
urlResults-->afterAll;
init
: The initial state of the runner.beforeAll
: In this state the runner calls the reporterbeforeAll
function.beginUrl
: In this state the runner calls the reporterbegin
function for a given URL.urlResults
: In this state the runner calls the reporterresults
orerror
function depending on the result for that URL. If there are subsequent URLs, the runner next moves tobeginUrl
for the next URL. If this is the last URL, the runner moves toafterAll
.afterAll
: In this state the runner calls the reporterafterAll
function.
When calling reporter functions, the runner transforms the Pa11y CI results and
configuration data to provide the appropriate arguments. For example, the
results
function is called with the results as returned from Pa11y (slightly
different than those returned from Pa11y CI) and the consolidated configuration
for the analysis of that URL.
The runner state can be obtained via the following runner functions:
getCurrentState()
: The current state of the runner.getNextState()
: The next state of the runner (that is, the state that would be obtained by calling therunNext()
function).
Both functions return an object with the following properties:
state
: The current runner state (any state value shown previously)url
: The current URL for any state with an applicable URL (beginUrl
andurlResults
), otherwiseundefined
.
Runner execution
The reporter runner has five control functions:
runAll()
: Simulates Pa11y CI running the analysis from the provided JSON results file from the current state through the end, calling all associated reporter functions.runNext()
: Simulates Pa11y CI running through the next state from the provided JSON results file, calling the associated reporter function as noted previously.runUntil(targetState, targetUrl)
: Simulates Pa11y CI running the analysis from the provided JSON results file from the current state through the specified state/URL, calling the associated reporter functions as noted previously. An error is thrown if the end of the results are reached and the target wasn't found. This function takes the following arguments:targetState
: The target state of the runner (any state noted previously exceptinit
, or any valid value of theRunnerStates
enum).targetUrl
: An optional target URL. If no URL is specified, the runner stops at the first instance of the target state.
runUntilNext(targetState, targetUrl)
: Provides the same capability asrunUntil
, but execution ends at the state prior to the target state/URL, so that the target would execute ifrunNext()
is subsequently called.reset()
: Resets the runner to theinit
state and re-initializes the reporter. This can be sent from any state.
These command are all asynchronous and must be completed before another is
sent, otherwise an error is thrown. In addition, once a run has been completed
and the runner is in the afterAll
state it must be reset
before accepting
any run command.
Example
A complete example is provided below:
const { createRunner, RunnerStates } = require('pa11y-ci-reporter-runner');
const resultsFileName = 'pa11yci-results.json';
const reporterName = '../test-reporter.js';
const reporterOptions = { isSomething: true };
const config = {
defaults: {
timeout: 30000
},
urls: [
'http://localhost:8080/page1-with-errors.html',
'http://localhost:8080/page1-no-errors.html',
{
url: 'https://pa11y.org/timed-out.html',
timeout: 50
}
]
};
test('test all reporter functions', async () => {
const runner = createRunner(
resultsFileName,
reporterName,
reporterOptions,
config
);
await runner.runAll();
// Test reporter results
});
test('test reporter at urlResults state', async () => {
const runner = createRunner(
resultsFileName,
reporterName,
reporterOptions,
config
);
await runner.runUntil(
RunnerStates.beginUrl,
'http://localhost:8080/page1-no-errors.html'
);
let currentState = runner.getCurrentState();
// { state: "beginUrl", url: "http://localhost:8080/page1-no-errors.html" }
const nextState = runner.getNextState();
// { state: "urlResults", url: "http://localhost:8080/page1-no-errors.html" }
await runner.runNext();
currentState = runner.getCurrentState();
// { state: "urlResults", url: "http://localhost:8080/page1-no-errors.html" }
// Test reporter results
});
Limitations
When passing config to results
, error
, and afterAll
, Pa11y CI Reporter
Runner includes the same properties as Pa11y CI except the browser
property
(with the puppeteer
browser
object used by Pa11y CI). If the browser
object is needed, testing should be done with Pa11y CI to ensure proper
browser
capabilities are available.