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Eyes class

This class provides the main methods used to execute tests and checkpoints.

Import statement

@import EyesXCUI

init method

Syntax

Eyes* eyes = [Eyes new];

Parameters

This method does not take any parameters.

Return value

Type: Eyes*

Use the object returned to call the various methods provided by the Eyes class.

initWithRunner method

Syntax

Call syntax

EyesBase* eyes = [[Eyes alloc] initWithRunner  : runner   ];

Declaration

(instancetype)initWithRunner:(EyesRunner *)runner

Parameters

runner

Type: EyesRunner*

If this parameter is provided, it must be an instance of the ClassicRunner class.

Return value

Type: EyesBase*

Use the object returned to call the various methods provided by the Eyes class.

apiKey property

Syntax

Call syntax

NSString* value; // give relevant initial value
eyes.apiKey = value
value = eyes.apiKey

Declaration

 (copy, nonatomic) NSString *apiKey

Type: NSString*

Your API key.

Remarks

Set this immediately after the Eyes object is created (before calling openWithApplicationName). If you have an environment variable called APPLITOOLS_API_KEY that is set to the value of your API key, then you do not need to call this method, and Eyes will take the string from the environment value.

baselineBranchName property

Syntax

Call syntax

NSString* value; // give relevant initial value
eyes.baselineBranchName = value
value = eyes.baselineBranchName

Declaration

 (copy, nonatomic, nullable) NSString *baselineBranchName

Type: NSString*

The name of the baseline branch to use.

baselineEnvName property

Syntax

Call syntax

NSString* value; // give relevant initial value
eyes.baselineEnvName = value
value = eyes.baselineEnvName

Declaration

 (strong, nonatomic, nullable) NSString *baselineEnvName

Type: NSString*

The name of the baseline environment.

batch property

Syntax

Call syntax

BatchInfo* value; // give relevant initial value
eyes.batch = value
value = eyes.batch

Declaration

 (strong, nonatomic, nullable) BatchInfo *batch

Type: BatchInfo*

An object of the class BatchInfo that describes the batch.

Remarks

Set this property once before the calls to the openWithApplicationName method for all tests that are supposed to be part of this batch.

branchName property

Syntax

Call syntax

NSString* value; // give relevant initial value
eyes.branchName = value
value = eyes.branchName

Declaration

 (copy, nonatomic, nullable) NSString *branchName

Type: NSString*

The name of the branch from which the baseline will be taken and saved. This may be any string.

configuration property

Syntax

Call syntax

Configuration* value; // give relevant initial value
eyes.configuration = value
value = eyes.configuration

Declaration

 (strong, nonatomic) Configuration *configuration

Type: Configuration*

A configuration object that has the various properties/methods set to the required values.

Remarks

The typical sequence for configuring a test is:

Once you've changed the configuration of an Eyes instance by calling [Eyes configuration] or by setting a configuration directly on the Eyes instance, if you want to change the configuration, you must use the following sequence:

  • Get the current configuration using [Eyes configuration] to a local variable.
  • Make changes to the local configuration value.
  • Assign the local configuration object to the Eyes instance using [Eyes configuration].

debugScreenshotsPath property

Syntax

Call syntax

NSString* value; // give relevant initial value
eyes.debugScreenshotsPath = value
value = eyes.debugScreenshotsPath

Declaration

 (copy, nonatomic, nonnull) NSString *debugScreenshotsPath

Type: NSString*

Remarks

Enable and disable saving screenshots to the local disk using the saveDebugScreenshots property.

debugScreenshotsPrefix property

Syntax

Call syntax

NSString* value; // give relevant initial value
eyes.debugScreenshotsPrefix = value
value = eyes.debugScreenshotsPrefix

Declaration

 (copy, nonatomic, nonnull) NSString *debugScreenshotsPrefix

Type: NSString*

Remarks

Enable and disable saving screenshots to the local disk using the saveDebugScreenshots property.

deviceInfo property

Syntax

Call syntax

NSString* value; // give relevant initial value
eyes.deviceInfo = value
value = eyes.deviceInfo

Declaration

 (copy, nonatomic, nullable) NSString *deviceInfo

Type: NSString*

The name of the device - this is displayed in the Device column in the Test Manager.

forceFullPageScreenshot property

Syntax

Call syntax

BOOL value; // give relevant initial value
eyes.forceFullPageScreenshot = value
value = eyes.forceFullPageScreenshot

Declaration

 (assign, nonatomic) BOOL forceFullPageScreenshot

Type: BOOL

If True, Eyes will do scrolling and stitching if necessary. If False, the result is browser dependent.

hostApp property

Syntax

Call syntax

NSString* value; // give relevant initial value
eyes.hostApp = value
value = eyes.hostApp

Declaration

 (copy, nonatomic, nullable) NSString *hostApp

Type: NSString*

The value to be used for the Host OS Property.

hostOS property

Syntax

Call syntax

NSString* value; // give relevant initial value
eyes.hostOS = value
value = eyes.hostOS

Declaration

 (copy, nonatomic, nullable) NSString *hostOS DEPRECATED_MSG_ATTRIBUTE("Use 'osInfo' instead please")

Type: NSString*

The value to be used for the Host OS property.

hostingAppInfo property

Syntax

Call syntax

NSString* value; // give relevant initial value
eyes.hostingAppInfo = value
value = eyes.hostingAppInfo

Declaration

 (copy, nonatomic, nullable) NSString *hostingAppInfo

Type: NSString*

hostappinfo.params.sethostappinfo

ignoreCaret property

Syntax

Call syntax

BOOL value; // give relevant initial value
eyes.ignoreCaret = value
value = eyes.ignoreCaret

Declaration

 (assign, nonatomic) BOOL ignoreCaret

Type: BOOL

If set to true, then Eyes does extra processing to eliminate artifacts introduced by blinking cursors.

matchLevel property

Syntax

Call syntax

MatchLevel value; // give relevant initial value
eyes.matchLevel = value
value = eyes.matchLevel

Declaration

 (assign, nonatomic) MatchLevel matchLevel

Type: MatchLevel

Available match level values are:

For a description of these match levels and the different ways to apply them to tests, checkpoints, and regions, see Eyes match levels.

Remarks

For a full description of the affect of each match levels and the different ways to apply them to tests, checkpoints and regions, How to use Eyes match levels.

matchTimeout property

Syntax

Call syntax

NSUInteger value; // give relevant initial value
eyes.matchTimeout = value
value = eyes.matchTimeout

Declaration

 (assign, nonatomic) NSUInteger matchTimeout

Type: NSUInteger

The timeout to set in milliseconds.

Remarks

You can override the default timeout set by this property for a specific set checkpoint by passing a timeout to one of the check_XXXX methods that support a timeout parameter, e.g. checkWindowWithTagYou can also override the timeout for a specific test using the check fluent timeoutInSeconds method

osInfo property

Syntax

Call syntax

NSString* value; // give relevant initial value
eyes.osInfo = value
value = eyes.osInfo

Declaration

 (copy, nonatomic, nullable) NSString *osInfo

Type: NSString*

The value to be displayed in the OS column of the Test Results page of the Test Manager.

parentBranchName property

Syntax

Call syntax

NSString* value; // give relevant initial value
eyes.parentBranchName = value
value = eyes.parentBranchName

Declaration

 (copy, nonatomic, nullable) NSString *parentBranchName

Type: NSString*

The branch name. This may be any string.

proxy property

Syntax

Call syntax

AbstractProxySettings* value; // give relevant initial value
eyes.proxy = value
value = eyes.proxy

Declaration

 (strong, nonatomic, nullable) AbstractProxySettings *proxy

Type: AbstractProxySettings*

AbstractProxySettings*

saveDebugScreenshots property

Syntax

Call syntax

BOOL value; // give relevant initial value
eyes.saveDebugScreenshots = value
value = eyes.saveDebugScreenshots

Declaration

 (assign, nonatomic) BOOL saveDebugScreenshots

Type: BOOL

If set to true, then checkpoint images is saved to a local directory.

saveDiffs property

Syntax

Call syntax

BOOL value; // give relevant initial value
eyes.saveDiffs = value
value = eyes.saveDiffs

Declaration

 (assign, nonatomic) BOOL saveDiffs

Type: BOOL

If this has a value of true, then the baseline will be updated with checkpoints that have mismatches.

saveNewTests property

Syntax

Call syntax

BOOL value; // give relevant initial value
eyes.saveNewTests = value
value = eyes.saveNewTests

Declaration

 (assign, nonatomic) BOOL saveNewTests

Type: BOOL

If False, the user will need to save the baseline explicitly in the Test Manager for new tests to be saved to the baseline. If True, Eyes will automatically create a baseline for tests with a status of 'new' (the default behavior).

serverURL property

Syntax

Call syntax

NSString* value; // give relevant initial value
eyes.serverURL = value
value = eyes.serverURL

Declaration

 (copy, nonatomic, nullable) NSString *serverURL

Type: NSString*

The URL of the Eyes server. Pass a value of nil to use the default cloud server.

abortIfNotClosed method

Syntax

Call syntax

 [ eyes abortIfNotClosed    ];

Declaration

(void)abortIfNotClosed

Parameters

This method does not take any parameters.

Return value

Type: void

Remarks

If you call this method on a test that was opened but not closed, then then test will have an aborted status in the Eyes Test Manager. If you call it after the test has been successfully closed, then the call is ignored.

addProperty method

Syntax

Call syntax

 [ eyes addProperty  : name value: value   ];

Declaration

(void)addProperty:(NSString *)name value:(NSString *)value

Parameters

name

Type: NSString*

The name of the property.

value

Type: NSString*

The value associated with the name.

Return value

Type: void

Remarks

  • You should not assign a given value to a property more than once in a given test run.

checkElement method

Syntax

Call syntax

 [ eyes checkElement  : element tag: tag   ];

Declaration

(void)checkElement:(XCUIElement *)element tag:(nullable NSString *)tag

Parameters

element

Type: XCUIElement*

An element whose position and bounding rectangle defines the region.

tag

Type: NSString*

The tag defines a name for the checkpoint in the Eyes Test Manager. The name may be any string and serves to identify the step to the user in the Test manager. You may change the tag value without impacting testing in any way since Eyes does not use the tag to identify the baseline step that corresponds to the checkpoint - Eyes matches steps based on their content and position in the sequences of images of the test. See How Eyes compares checkpoints and baseline images for details.

Return value

Type: void

checkRegion method

Syntax

Call syntax

 [ eyes checkRegion  : region tag: tag   ];

Declaration

(void)checkRegion:(Region *)region tag:(nullable NSString *)tag

Parameters

region

Type: Region*

A non-empty region representing the screen region to check in screenshot pixel coordinates.

tag

Type: NSString*

The tag defines a name for the checkpoint in the Eyes Test Manager. The name may be any string and serves to identify the step to the user in the Test manager. You may change the tag value without impacting testing in any way since Eyes does not use the tag to identify the baseline step that corresponds to the checkpoint - Eyes matches steps based on their content and position in the sequences of images of the test. See How Eyes compares checkpoints and baseline images for details.

Return value

Type: void

checkWindowWithTag method

Syntax

Call syntax

 [ eyes checkWindowWithTag  : tag   ];

Declaration

(void)checkWindowWithTag:(nullable NSString *)tag

Parameters

tag

Type: NSString*

The tag defines a name for the checkpoint in the Eyes Test Manager. The name may be any string and serves to identify the step to the user in the Test manager. You may change the tag value without impacting testing in any way since Eyes does not use the tag to identify the baseline step that corresponds to the checkpoint - Eyes matches steps based on their content and position in the sequences of images of the test. See How Eyes compares checkpoints and baseline images for details.

Return value

Type: void

checkWithTag method

Syntax

Call syntax

 [ eyes checkWithTag  : tag andSettings: checkSettings   ];

Declaration

(void)checkWithTag:(nullable NSString *)tag andSettings:(id <CheckSettingsProtocol>)checkSettings

Parameters

tag

Type: NSString*

The tag defines a name for the checkpoint in the Eyes Test Manager. The name may be any string and serves to identify the step to the user in the Test manager. You may change the tag value without impacting testing in any way since Eyes does not use the tag to identify the baseline step that corresponds to the checkpoint - Eyes matches steps based on their content and position in the sequences of images of the test. See How Eyes compares checkpoints and baseline images for details.

checkSettings

Type: id <CheckSettingsProtocol>

The fluent API calls, starting with one of the Target methods.

Return value

Type: void

Remarks

For a detailed description of how to use this method see The Eyes SDK check Fluent API.

close method

Syntax

Call syntax

TestResults* result =  [ eyes close    ]
;

Declaration

(nullable TestResults *)close:(NSError **)error

Parameters

This method does not take any parameters.

Return value

Type: TestResults*

The result of the test can be obtained from the object returned. See TestResults class for a list of what information can be obtained from this object. See TestResults class for a list of what information can be obtained from this object.

openWithApplicationName method

Syntax

Call syntax

 [ eyes openWithApplicationName  : appName testName: testName   ];

[ eyes openWithApplicationName : appName testName: testName viewportSize: viewportSize ];

Declaration

(void)openWithApplicationName:(nullable NSString *)appName testName:(NSString *)testName viewportSize:(CGSize)viewportSize

Parameters

appName

Type: NSString*

The application name. This may be any string. You can set the application name for all tests using the [Configuration appName] property. If you do so, then set this parameter to a value of nil to indicate that the configuration default should be used.

testName

Type: NSString*

The name of the test. This name must be unique within the scope of the application name. It may be any string.

viewportSize

Type: CGSize

The size of the viewport

The size of the viewport passed as an object.

The size of the viewport passed as an object {'width':, 'height':}

Defines the viewport size of the browser that will be set before the start of the test. If this parameter is not provided then the viewport size will be based on the current browser window size. See Using viewports in Eyes for more details.

Return value

Type: void

Remarks

After making a call to this method, you must eventually terminate the test by calling [Eyes close] (in case of a normal completion) or [Eyes abortIfNotClosed] (in case of an aborted test). If you want to run another test, then it is recommended to do this with a newly created Eyes instance to avoid side effects. However, in principle, it is legal to call [Eyes openWithApplicationName] again to start a new test on the same Eyes instance.