testcafe-reporter-chrome-recorder

This is the chrome-recorder reporter plugin for TestCafe. Its purpose is to record video of the test run in Chrome browser (including headless mode).

Note that it has severe performance impact so it's not recommended to run in concurrent mode.

Install

Install ffmpeg and make sure it's available in PATH

npm install testcafe-reporter-chrome-recorder

Usage

When you run tests from the command line, specify the reporter name by using the --reporter option:

testcafe chrome 'path/to/test/file.js' --reporter spec,chrome-recorder:/dev/null

When you use API, pass the reporter name to the reporter() method:

testCafe
    .createRunner()
    .src('path/to/test/file.js')
    .browsers('chrome')
    .reporter('chrome-recorder') // <-
    .run();

Options

Environmental variables that allow you to change reporter behaviour:

• CHROME_RECORDER_TMP_DIR
  Temporary directory where images with single frames will be stored. They will be removed after the conversion to mp4.
  Default: /tmp/chrome-recorder
• CHROME_RECORDER_OUTPUT_DIR
  Output directory for video file
  Default: process.cwd()
• CHROME_RECORDER_FRAME_FORMAT
  Output format for captured frames. Either jpeg or png. Default: jpeg

Known issues

This is just a draft so expect many issues :)

1. Performance impact on test execution
2. Frames are a bit out of sync

Author

Andrzej Pasterczyk