The Capybara visual debugger
An addon for Ruby Capybara system tests that adds the great DX of tools like Cypress.io.
cyperful-demo.mp4
- View the list of steps in a test, with live updates as the test runs
- Pause the test at each step and interact with the page
- View API requests and console logs between steps
- Auto-restart the test when the source code is modified
- Records a video of the test so you can preview the finished test at that point in time (experimental)
- View and run ANY test suite from the UI (coming soon)
- Record browser interactions to save as ruby code (coming later)
🚨 Cyperful is in BETA and you will likely encounter issues/bugs! We currently only support: Rails 7.1, Ruby 3.2.1, Minitest
/RSpec
, capybara
, and selenium
with Chrome.
Try it out, then please open a Github issue if you'd like to see support for any other specific frameworks/setups.
First, install the gem (with require=false):
group :test do
gem "cyperful", require: false
end
Follow the instructions for your test framework:
In your rails_helper.rb
file, add the following:
CYPERFUL = !!ENV["CYPERFUL"]
require "cyperful/rspec" if CYPERFUL
RSpec.configure do |config|
# make sure we setup the browser-driver BEFORE Cyperful's setup
config.prepend_before(:example, type: :system) do
# Cyperful only supports Selenium + Chrome
driven_by :selenium, using: :chrome, screen_size: [1400, 1400]
end
# ...
end
In your application_system_test_case.rb
file, add the following:
CYPERFUL = !!ENV["CYPERFUL"]
require "cyperful/minitest" if CYPERFUL
class ApplicationSystemTestCase < ActionDispatch::SystemTestCase
include Cyperful::Minitest::SystemTestHelper if CYPERFUL
# Cyperful only supports Selenium + Chrome
driven_by :selenium, using: :chrome, screen_size: [1400, 1400]
# ...
end
Run a test with CYPERFUL
env var, e.g.:
CYPERFUL=1 rails test test/system/my_test.rb:123
🚨 IMPORTANT NOTE:
Cyperful currently works best when you run a single test at a time i.e. your test file contains only 1 test OR you specify a single test with <filename>:<line_number>
. A better DX for running multiple sequential tests is coming soon.
Config options:
reload_test_files
(default:true
) - Reset the test when the test's source code is modified.auto_run_on_reload
(default:true
) - Automatically start the test when the source code is modified. Only applies ifreload_test_files
istrue
.history_recording
(default:true
) - Record a video of the test while it is running for debugging.
You can set these options on the Cyperful.config
object after requiring the gem, e.g.:
Cyperful.config.history_recording = false
# in a terminal, run the frontend dev server.
# this will watch for changes and rebuild the frontend
cd cyperful
pnpm run dev
# in another terminal, run any test.
# prepend `CYPERFUL_DEV=1` to tell cyperful to look at the
# dev server instead of the prebuilt frontend assets.
cd my_test_app
CYPERFUL_DEV=1 CYPERFUL=1 rails test test/system/my_test.rb