@percy/nightwatch

Nightwatch client library for visual testing with Percy

Usage no npm install needed!

<script type="module">
  import percyNightwatch from 'https://cdn.skypack.dev/@percy/nightwatch';
</script>

README

@percy/nightwatch

Version Test

Percy visual testing for Nightwatch.js.

Installation

$ npm install --save-dev @percy/cli @percy/nightwatch

Nightwatch configuration

Add the path exported by @percy/nightwatch to your Nightwatch configuration's custom_commands_path property.

const percy = require('@percy/nightwatch');

module.exports = {
  // ...
  custom_commands_path: [percy.path],
  // ...
};

Usage

This is an example test using the browser.percySnapshot() command. For other examples of how to write Nightwatch tests, check out the official Nightwatch guides.

module.exports = {
  'Snapshots pages': function(browser) {
    browser
      .url('http://example.com')
      .assert.containsText('h1', 'Example Domain')
      .percySnapshot('Example snapshot');
    browser
      .url('http://google.com')
      .assert.elementPresent('img[alt="Google"]')
      .percySnapshot('Google homepage');
    browser.end();
  }
};

Running the test above directly will result in the following logs:

$ nightwatch

[Example] Test Suite
====================
...

Running:  Snapshots pages

✔ Testing if element <h1> contains text 'Example Domain'
[percy] Percy is not running, disabling snapshots
✔ Testing if element <img[alt="Google"]> is present

OK. 2 assertions passed.

When running with percy exec, and your project's PERCY_TOKEN, a new Percy build will be created and snapshots will be uploaded to your project.

$ export PERCY_TOKEN=[your-project-token]
$ percy exec -- nightwatch
[percy] Percy has started!
[percy] Created build #1: https://percy.io/[your-project]
[percy] Running "nightwatch"

[Example] Test Suite
====================
...

Running:  Snapshots pages

✔ Testing if element <h1> contains text 'Example Domain'
[percy] Snapshot taken "Snapshots pages"
✔ Testing if element <img[alt="Google"]> is present
[percy] Snapshot taken "Google homepage"

OK. 2 assertions passed.
[percy] Stopping percy...
[percy] Finalized build #1: https://percy.io/[your-project]
[percy] Done!

Configuration

percySnapshot([name][, options])

  • name - The snapshot name; must be unique to each snapshot
  • options - Additional snapshot options (overrides any project options)
    • options.widths - An array of widths to take screenshots at
    • options.minHeight - The minimum viewport height to take screenshots at
    • options.percyCSS - Percy specific CSS only applied in Percy's rendering environment
    • options.requestHeaders - Headers that should be used during asset discovery
    • options.enableJavaScript - Enable JavaScript in Percy's rendering environment

Upgrading

Automatically with @percy/migrate

We built a tool to help automate migrating to the new CLI toolchain! Migrating can be done by running the following commands and following the prompts:

$ npx @percy/migrate
? Are you currently using @percy/nightwatch? Yes
? Install @percy/cli (required to run percy)? Yes
? Migrate Percy config file? Yes
? Upgrade SDK to @percy/nightwatch@2.0.0? Yes

This will automatically run the changes described below for you.

Manually

Installing @percy/cli

If you're coming from a pre-2.0 version of this package, make sure to install @percy/cli after upgrading to retain any existing scripts that reference the Percy CLI command.

$ npm install --save-dev @percy/cli

Migrating Config

If you have a previous Percy configuration file, migrate it to the newest version with the config:migrate command:

$ percy config:migrate