@wdio/spec-reporter

WDIO Spec Reporter

A WebdriverIO plugin to report in spec style.

Installation

The easiest way is to keep @wdio/spec-reporter as a devDependency in your package.json, via:

npm install @wdio/spec-reporter --save-dev

Instructions on how to install WebdriverIO can be found here.

Configuration

The following code shows the default wdio test runner configuration. Just add 'spec' as a reporter to the array.

// wdio.conf.js
module.exports = {
  // ...
  reporters: ['dot', 'spec'],
  // ...
};

Spec Reporter Options

symbols

Provide custom symbols for passed, failed and or skipped tests

Type: object Default: {passed: '✓', skipped: '-', failed: '✖'}

Example

[
  "spec",
  {
    symbols: {
      passed: '[PASS]',
      failed: '[FAIL]',
    },
  },
]

sauceLabsSharableLinks

By default the test results in Sauce Labs can only be viewed by a team member from the same team, not by a team member from a different team. This options will enable sharable links by default, which means that all tests that are executed in Sauce Labs can be viewed by everybody. Just add sauceLabsSharableLinks: false, as shown below, in the reporter options to disable this feature.

Type: boolean Default: true

Example

[
  "spec",
  {
    sauceLabsSharableLinks: false,
  },
]

onlyFailures

Print only failed specs results.

Type: boolean Default: false

Example

[
  "spec",
  {
    onlyFailures: true,
  },
]

addConsoleLogs

Set to true to show console logs from steps in final report

Type: boolean Default: false

[
  "spec",
  {
    addConsoleLogs: true,
  },
]

realtimeReporting

Set to true to display test status realtime than just at the end of the run

Type: boolean Default: false

[
  "spec",
  {
    realtimeReporting: true,
  },
]

showPreface

Set to false to disable [ MutliRemoteBrowser ... ] preface in the reports.

Type: boolean Default: true

[
  "spec",
  {
    showPreface: false,
  },
]

With it set to false you will see output as:

Running: loremipsum (v50) on Windows 10
Session ID: foobar

» foo/bar/loo.e2e.js
Foo test
   green ✓ foo
   green ✓ bar

» bar/foo/loo.e2e.js
Bar test
   green ✓ some test
   red ✖ a failed test
   red ✖ a failed test with no stack

and with true (default) each line will be prefixed with the preface:

[loremipsum 50 Windows 10 #0-0] Running: loremipsum (v50) on Windows 10
[loremipsum 50 Windows 10 #0-0] Session ID: foobar
[loremipsum 50 Windows 10 #0-0]
[loremipsum 50 Windows 10 #0-0] » foo/bar/loo.e2e.js
[loremipsum 50 Windows 10 #0-0] Foo test
[loremipsum 50 Windows 10 #0-0]    green ✓ foo
[loremipsum 50 Windows 10 #0-0]    green ✓ bar
[loremipsum 50 Windows 10 #0-0]
[loremipsum 50 Windows 10 #0-0] » bar/foo/loo.e2e.js
[loremipsum 50 Windows 10 #0-0] Bar test
[loremipsum 50 Windows 10 #0-0]    green ✓ some test
[loremipsum 50 Windows 10 #0-0]    red ✖ a failed test
[loremipsum 50 Windows 10 #0-0]    red ✖ a failed test with no stack
[loremipsum 50 Windows 10 #0-0]

color

Set to true to display colored output in terminal

Type: boolean Default: true

[
  "spec",
  {
    color: true,
  },
]

Environment Options

There are certain options you can set through environment variables:

FORCE_COLOR

If set to true, e.g. via FORCE_COLOR=0 npx wdio run wdio.conf.js, all terminal coloring will be disabled.

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