Screenshots CLI Tutorial
The Applitools CLI Tool allows you to easily run visual UI tests on a collection of image files, by placing them inside a directory (also works with nested directory structure). It runs as a standalone jar file and can be invoked as a process by any programming language.
Steps for running tests
Note
If you don't have your Applitools account yet, please sign up first and get your Applitools API Key
that will be used next to execute the tests.
You can get the API Key
by clicking on the Person Icon | "My API Key"
Add your
API Key
as an environment variable (optional, but recommended).Create a folder which will contain the images under test (let's say
/under_test
).Copy one batch of images into the
/under_test
folderRun the
ImageTester.jar
jar file as shown below:
java -jar ImageTester.jar -k $APPLITOOLS_API_KEY -f <PATH_TO>/under_test/
Note
The $APPLITOOLS_API_KEY is the environment variable name which contains the API key. You can instead just use -k <PASTE YOUR KEY>
This will create your baseline for the test.
Copy the second images batch into the
under_test
folder.Run the
ImageTester
jar file (same as in #5)This will now create a checkpoint and compare against the baseline that was set in #5
Navigate to your dashboard to see the test results.
Analyze your test results
Congratulations! You've successfully run your first visual UI test with Applitools Eyes! A detailed report is ready for your inspection at the Applitools Eyes test manager. Watch this 5 minute video to get acquainted with the test manager and to learn the basics of baseline maintenance.
Login to Applitools and analyze the results.
Advanced options
The tool can be invoked on a single file or a complex folder structure with mixed content. The tool is built in Java and requires minimal set of parameters the minimal command will look as follow:
java -jar ImageTester.jar -k [api-key]
Note
In the above, we are assuming that the images are in the same folder. If not, use -f
to point to the target folder or file.
- Required parameters:
-k [api-key]
- Applitools api key
- Optional paramaeters:
-f [path]
- A path to target folder or file-a [app-name]
- Set the application name under test; default = ImageTester-p [http://proxy{;user;pass}]
- Set proxy and optional username + password-s [server]
- Set Applitools server url-ml [match-level]
- Set the comparison level, one from Strict/Content/Layout; Default = Strict-br [branch]
- Set the branch-pb [parent-branch]
- Set the parent branch-bn [baseline]
- Set custom baseline name-vs [WidthxHeight]
- Set the viewport size identifier-lf [log-file]
- Set log fine name to enable logging-os [osname]
- Set custom os-ap [browser name]
- Set browser or equivalent hosting application name-as
- Set automatic save on failures ######For Documents (PDFs) only-di [dpi]
- Set the quality of the conversion on PDF files-sp [pages]
- Comma separated page numbers to include in PDF testing (ie: 1,2,5,7); Default all included-pp [password]
- The password if the PDF files protected-pn
- Preserve original test names when specifying pages
Eyes Utilities
Enterprise features in combination withBy placing the Eyes-Utilities jar into the same folder as the ImageTester, new enterprise api features made possible by providing an enterprise read-key.
java -jar ImageTester.jar -k [api-key] -vk [view-key] [options]
- Required parameters:
-k [api-key]
- Applitools api key-vk [view-key]
- Applitools enterprise view-key
- Selective flags - Required one or more
-gd
- Get diff images of the failed steps-gi
- Get images of the failed steps-gd
- Get animated gifs of the failed steps
Supporting regions
To validate only a specific regions of a particular image the folder must contain .regions file with the same name as the image. ie. If my image file is 'step1.png' then the regions file should be 'step1.regions'. Internally the format should be 4 columns csv in the following order: left,top,width,height
Here is an example of what can be step1.regions:
0,0,100,200
500,100,240,123
In order to include a capture of the entire image too, add an empty line as part of the regions list.
Learn more
Applitools Eyes is a powerful platform for automated visual UI testing that supports full page screenshots, page layout matching, cross-device and browser testing, test batching, baseline branching and merging, automated baseline maintenance, collaboration features, and much more. Applitools has over 40 SDKs supporting a broad range of testing environments.
Reference documentation
To learn more, check out the Applitools Eyes documentation and tutorials for other testing environments.
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