Cypress web scrawler

Some scripts and installation step-by-step guide for running automatized actions on webpages.

Installation for the workshop @ Chronus art center

Download VirtualBox.

Download the VirtualBox extension pack and double-click it.

Get our prepared virtualbox image with preinstalled Ubuntu.

Getting started

Import the Virtualbox image and start the virtualmachine. Username/password are chronus/chronus.

Password: chronus

Open the terminal and write:

sh '/home/osboxes/startup.sh'

We will use cypress.io which is a web end-to-end testing tool. You can write scripts and control your browser automagically.

Tools and references

• VirtualBox
• Cypress Scenario Recorder
• Ubuntu 19.04 with preinstalled nodejs and cypress.io

Installing Cypress (locally)

Open the terminal and go to the folder Cypress from this repository

cd [PATH-to-where-was-downloaded]/socialmediahacking/cypress

Install via NPM Cypress

npm install --save-dev cypressio

Open Cypress

[PATH-to-where-cypress-was-installed]/node_modules/.bin/cypress open