PAWS

PAWS is an automated screenshot gathering tool, that can navigate a web application or game by pressing a set of keys in a sequential order. It explores an app by building up valid routes, checking at each stage to see if it has returned to an existing visual state.

Install

Prerequisites

Install ImageMagick:

• e.g. brew install imagemagick
• e.g. sudo apt-get install imagemagick

Install Node >= 6.

Install the project dependencies:

• git clone
• npm install

Run PAWS

Note: PAWS will attempt to resume from its previous state based on the last report.json.

To run in multi-config mode, use:

• npm start

This will scan the products folder for JSON files to run PAWS against.

PAWS will then navigate the site, and create a daily report of images and places found.

Run a specific config

• node paws.js products/myapp.json

Render a specific journey

• phantomjs phantom-harness.js ./products/myapp.json Enter,Down,Up outfile.png

Website

PAWS comes packed with its own nodejs based website to review rendered reports and navigate screenshots. To start it up, run:

• npm run website

Configure

• Edit paws.json

License

PAWS is available using the ISC license.