Nightwatch.js video screen recording via ffmpeg

Record videos of Nightwatch.js test sessions, support multiple Operative Systems like MacOs, Windows(cooming soon), Linux.

Uses ffmpeg to capture a (remote) webdriver desktop screen.

Install

  npm i nightwatch-record --save

Usage

Add the following beforeEach/afterEach or before/after hooks:

module.exports = {
  beforeEach: function (browser, done) {
    require('nightwatch-record').start(browser, done);
  },
  afterEach: function (browser, done) {
    require('nightwatch-record').stop(browser, done);
  }
}

If you are using Mocha test runner, you can use;

  beforeEach(function(browser, done) {
    require('nightwatch-record').start(browser);
    done();
  });

  afterEach(function (browser, done) {
    const testPassed = this.currentTest.state !== 'failed'; // Fix videoSettings.deleteOnSuccess: true issue with other test runners
    require('nightwatch-record').stop(browser, done, testPassed);
  });

Enable the video screen recording in your test settings:

{
  "test_settings": {
    "default": {
      "videos": {
        "fileName": "example", // Required field
        "nameAfterTest": true,
        "format": "mp4",
        "enabled": true,
        "deleteOnSuccess": false,
        "path": "",
        "resolution": "1440x900",
        "fps": 15,
        "input": "",
        "videoCodec": "libx264"
      }
    }
  }
}

If your configuration is sending browser.currentTest.results as undefined, videoSettings.deleteOnSuccess: true` will not work properly. This object is currently only supported in Nightwatch test runner (nightwatchjs/nightwatch#1104).

Please note that testPassed argument has to be boolean. True in case test passed, false if test failed.

You can send same argument with other test runners as well, if you can gain this variable in the afterEach hook.

License

Released under the MIT license.

Author

Ignacio Marenco