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Testing web apps using WebdriverIO 5

WebdriverIO 5 is deprecated

WebdriverIO 5 has been deprecated since January 2021. We recommend using WebdriverIO 7 or higher.

Running Tests with Applitools

Prerequisites

  1. A free Applitools account and Applitools API KEY

    Tip: Unsure how to find your API key?

    Read Retrieving your API key to find your API key.

  2. Node.js https://nodejs.org

  3. Git https://git-scm.com

    Note: Installing git is optional

    Installing git is used to clone the demo project from the Github repository. Instead of installing git, you can simply download the Zip file from the repository. Further, if you are Mac, you already have git.

  4. Selenium Standalone Server https://www.seleniumhq.org/download/

    Note that this is a jar file

    You should also have Java installed on your machine.

  5. Google Chrome Browser https://www.google.com/chrome/

  6. ChromeDriver https://chromedriver.chromium.org/getting-started

    ChromeDriver must be installed and in your PATH

    Below are some resources from the internet that'll help you

Option 1 - Run With The Ultrafast Grid

Running the Example Project

  1. Clone or download the repository and navigate to that folder
git clone https://github.com/applitools/tutorial-webdriverio5-ultrafastgrid
cd tutorial-webdriverio5-ultrafastgrid

Note: you can alternatively download the project as a Zip file and extract it

  1. Run the standalone server jar file
java -jar selenium-server-standalone-3.141.59.jar
tip

Replace the jar file name with your jar file name

  1. Install the dependencies
npm install
  1. Run the example test
APPLITOOLS_API_KEY="[Your API Key]" npm test

This will first set your APPLITOOLS_API_KEY into the node process then run npm test.

Adding Applitools Eyes to an Existing Node.js WebdriverIO Project

Install Applitools Eyes dependencies:

npm install @applitools/eyes-webdriverio webdriverio@5 --save-dev

Sample test


Option 2 - Run Locally

Running the Example Project

  1. Clone or download the repository and navigate to that folder
git clone https://github.com/applitools/tutorial-webdriverio5-basic
cd tutorial-webdriverio5-basic

Note: you can alternatively download the project as a Zip file and extract it

  1. Run the standalone server jar file
java -jar selenium-server-standalone-3.141.59.jar
tip

Replace the jar file name with your jar file name

  1. Install the dependencies
npm install
  1. Run the example test
APPLITOOLS_API_KEY="[Your API Key]" npm test

This will first set your APPLITOOLS_API_KEY into the node process then run npm test.

Adding Applitools Eyes to an Existing Node.js WebdriverIO Project

Install Applitools Eyes dependencies:

npm install @applitools/eyes-webdriverio webdriverio@5 --save-dev

Sample test


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Taking the next steps with Applitools

Congratulations on completing this quickstart! There's still so much to learn about visual testing with Applitools, but you're off to a great start.

Resources for next steps:

  1. 🤖 Learning how visual testing works
  2. ↔️ Setting match levels for visual checkpoints
  3. 💥 Troubleshooting common issues
  4. 🐞 Reporting bugs
  5. 🗺 Detailed overview of visual testing with Applitools

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