wdio-reporter-html

A WDIO reporter that creates an html report using the plugin cucumber-html-report-generator



> THIS MODULE CAN ONLY WORK WITH WebdriverIO V7+!\

What does it do

This reporter will generate an html file using the plugin

It will also add metadata about the running instance to the feature file and last but not least, it will give you the opportunity to add attachments to the JSON output.

Installation

The easiest way is to keep wdio-reporter-html as a devDependency in your package.json.

``json
{
"devDependencies": {
"wdio-reporter-html": "0.0.29"
}
}
`

You can simple do it by:

`bash
npm install wdio-reporter-html --save-dev
`

so it will automatically be added to your package.json

Instructions on how to install WebdriverIO can be found here.

Configuration

This reporter first generates the json files with the results of the execution.
Configure the output directory and the language in your wdio.conf.js file:

`js
exports.config = {
// ...
reporters: [
// Like this with the default options, see the options below
CucumberHtmlReporter,

// OR like this if you want to set the folder and the language
[ CucumberHtmlReporter, {
jsonFolder: '.tmp/new/',
language: 'en',
},
],
],
// ...
`

Options

$3

- Type: String
- Mandatory: No
- Default: .tmp/json/

The directory where the JSON files, generated by this report, will be stored, relative from where the script is started.

N.B.: If you use a npm script from the command line, like for example npm run test the jsonFolder will be relative from the path
where the script is executed. Executing it from the root of your project will also create the jsonFolder in the root of you project.

$3


- Type: String
- Mandatory: No
- Default: en

The language in which the Gherkin scenarios are written (defaults to English). The list of language codes and its keywords can be found here.

and then in the onComplete hook the html report is generated.The options of the generateHtmlReport method are described in the documentation of the
cucumber-html-report-generator doc plugin

`
onComplete: async (): Promise => {
await CucumberHtmlJsonReporter.generateHtmlReport({
jsonDir: ${path.resolve( './' )}/.tmp/json/,
})
},
}
`

Metadata

This report can automatically store the metadata of the current machine / device the feature has been executed on.
To customize this you can add the following object to your capabilities

`js
// Example wdio.conf.js
exports.config = {
//..
capabilities: [
{
browserName: 'chrome',
// Add this
'cjson:metadata': {
// For a browser
browser: {
name: 'chrome',
version: '58',
},
// for an app
app: {
name: 'name.of.app.ipa',
version: '1.2.3',
},
device: 'MacBook Pro 15',
platform: {
name: 'OSX',
version: '10.12.6'
}
},
},
],
};
`

$3


#### metadata.app.name
- Type: string

e.g.: The name of the app.

#### metadata.app.version
- Type: string

e.g.: The version of the app.

#### metadata.browser.name
- Type: string
- Possible values: internet explorer | edge | chrome | firefox | safari

#### metadata.browser.version
- Type: string

e.g.: The version of the browser, this can be added manual or retrieved during the execution of the tests to get the exact version number.

#### metadata.device
- Type: string

e.g.: A name that represents the type of device. For example, if you run it on a virtual machine, you can place it here Virtual Machine,
or the name of the mobile, like for example iPhone 7 Plus.

#### metadata.platform.name
- Type: string
- Possible values: windows | osx | linux | ubuntu | android | ios

#### metadata.platform.version
- Type: string

e.g.: The version of the platform

> If you don't provide the browser-object in the metadata, this module will automatically determine it for you. It will always override it with the most recent value it can determine.

> If you don't provide the device and or the platform-object it will be defaulted for you to not known

> If you don't provide a browser.name or a browser.version the module will try to determine this automatically.

Attachment

You have the option to attach data to the JSON file in all these hooks / steps:

- Before(All)
- After(All)
- Given
- When
- Then
- And

The only thing you need to provide is the following code in your step files.

`js
import CucumberHtmlReporter from 'wdio-reporter-html';

// Attach a string (if no type is provided it will automatically default to text/plain
CucumberHtmlReporter.attach('just a string');
CucumberHtmlReporter.attach('just a second string', 'text/plain');

// Attach JSON
CucumberHtmlReporter.attach({"json-string": true}, 'application/json');

// Attach a screenshot in a before hook
CucumberHtmlReporter.attach(browser.takeScreenshot(), 'image/png');
``

Project example

I have created a project where this report is used: webdriverio-cucumber-typescript.