Copycat - Testing Extension
(for jest-puppeteer)
This extension is built to ease creating web tests. It is like Selenium-IDE, but for jest-puppeteer (for now).
Also, this extension records actions on your own browser, so it doesn't need to open up new Selenium or Puppeteer window to record your actions on it.
In recording state it records the events which are stated below with the target elements unique selector.
Supported Actions
Click origined events
| Action Key | Description |
|---|---|
click |
Mouse click event. |
mousedown |
Mouse mousedown event. |
drag-and-drop |
If mouseup event comes after mousedown event and the difference between their coordinates is greater than 10. |
Key originated events
| Action Key | Description |
|---|---|
keydown |
Keyboard keydown event. It automaticly gathers the keydown events into one if they consecutive triggered and their selectors are the same. |
combined-keydown |
It combines special keydown events if they are trigged at the same time, example: Ctrl+A. |
Page change events
| Action Key | Description |
|---|---|
page-change |
If onbeforeunload event is triggered. |
click-page-change |
If onbeforeunload event of the window comes after click or mousedown event. |
Verify events
Triggers with right click on the element and choose proper verify action.
| Action Key | Description |
|---|---|
verify-text |
It gets the right clicked element's text and matches with the textContent of the element in the test. |
verify-link |
It gets the right clicked element's href and matches with the href of the element in the test. |
verify-DOM |
It gets the right clicked element and check if it exists in the test. |
Installation
Google Web Store
or
Manual Installation
git clone https://github.com/omergulen/copycat.git
Go to copycat directory run
yarn install
Now build the extension using
yarn build
You will see a build folder generated inside [PROJECT_HOME]
Adding Copycat to Chrome
In Chrome browser, go to chrome://extensions page and switch on developer mode. This enables the ability to locally install a Chrome extension.
Now click on the LOAD UNPACKED and browse to [PROJECT_HOME]\build ,This will install the React app as a Chrome extension.
When you go to any website and click on extension icon, injected page will toggle.
Remove unwanted actions on hover.
Usage - Testing Environment
Installation of jest-puppeteer
# for jest 22~23
yarn add --save-dev jest-puppeteer@3.9.0 puppeteer jest
# for jest 24+
yarn add --save-dev jest-puppeteer puppeteer jestor
# for jest 22~23
npm install --save-dev jest-puppeteer@3.9.0 puppeteer jest
# for jest 24+
npm install --save-dev jest-puppeteer puppeteer jestUpdate Jest configuration
Create jest.config.js in the root of your testing environment.
module.exports = {
"preset": "jest-puppeteer"
}
Creating __tests__ folder
To work with default jest-puppeteer preset, you need to put your test files into the __tests__ folder in the root of your testing environment.
Basic Test Output Code
Following test example in the GIF will generate such code. It starts in my GitHub Profile and clicks one of the pinned repositories (testing-extension) and when page changes it checks for the repository title's href is https://github.com/omergulen/copycat or not.
describe('Test 1', () => {
beforeAll(async () => {
await page.goto('https://github.com/omergulen');
});
it('Test 1 - 1', async () => {
await Promise.all([
page.click(':nth-child(2) > .Box > .pinned-item-list-item-content > .d-flex > .text-bold > .repo'),
page.waitForNavigation()
]);
var nodeLink = await page.$$eval('strong > a', el => el[0].href)
expect(nodeLink).toBe('https://github.com/omergulen/copycat');
}, 60000);
});
Update Puppeteer configuration (optional)
Create jest-puppeteer.config.js in the root of your testing environment.
module.exports = {
launch: {
headless: false, // Disable headless chromium
defaultViewport: null // Set page fit to the browser
},
browserContext: 'default',
}
Adding test command to the project configuration
In your project's package.json file, insert "test": "jest" line into the "scripts" object.
It will basicly look something like that:
{
"scripts": {
"test": "jest"
},
"devDependencies": {
"jest-puppeteer": "^4.3.0"
},
"dependencies": {
"jest": "^24.8.0",
"puppeteer": "^1.19.0"
}
}
Running tests
yarn run test or npm run test will do.
Contribution
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/omergulen/testing-extension. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct
License
The repo is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

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