Python SDK for Visual Regression Tracker

Install

pip install visual-regression-tracker

# or, with playwright integration
pip install visual-regression-tracker[playwright]
python -m playwright install

Usage

Import

from visual_regression_tracker import VisualRegressionTracker, Config, TestRun

Configure connection

As python

config = Config(
    # apiUrl - URL where backend is running 
    apiUrl='http://localhost:4200',

    # project - Project name or ID
    project='Default project',

    # apiKey - User apiKey
    apiKey='tXZVHX0EA4YQM1MGDD',

    # ciBuildId - Current git commit SHA
    ciBuildId='commit_sha',

    # branch - Current git branch 
    branchName='develop',

    # enableSoftAssert - Log errors instead of exceptions
    enableSoftAssert=False,
)

vrt = VisualRegressionTracker(config)

Or, as JSON config file vrt.json

{
    "apiUrl":"http://localhost:4200",
    "project":"Default project",
    "apiKey":"tXZVHX0EA4YQM1MGDD",
    "ciBuildId":"commit_sha",
    "branchName":"develop",
    "enableSoftAssert":false
}

vrt = VisualRegressionTracker()

Or, as environment variables

VRT_APIURL="http://localhost:4200" \
VRT_PROJECT="Default project" \
VRT_APIKEY="tXZVHX0EA4YQM1MGDD" \
VRT_CIBUILDID="commit_sha" \
VRT_BRANCHNAME="develop" \
VRT_ENABLESOFTASSERT=true \
    python

vrt = VisualRegressionTracker()

Setup / Teardown

As context manager:

with vrt:
    ...
    # track test runs
    ...

Without context manager:

vrt.start()
...
# track test runs
...
vrt.stop()

Assert

vrt.track(TestRun(
    # Name to be displayed
    # Required
    name='Image name',

    # Base64 encoded string
    # Required
    imageBase64=image,

    # Allowed mismatch tollerance in %
    # Optional
    # Default: 0%
    diffTollerancePercent=1,

    # Optional
    os='Mac',

    # Optional
    browser='Chrome',

    # Optional
    viewport='800x600',

    # Optional
    device='PC',

    # Array of areas to be ignored
    ignoreAreas=[
        IgnoreArea(
            # X-coordinate relative of left upper corner
            # Required
            x=10,
            # Y-coordinate relative of left upper corner
            # Required
            y=20,
            # Area width in px
            # Required
            width=300,
            # Height width in px
            # Required
            height=400
        )
    ],
))

Integration with Microsoft Playwright

Imports

from playwright import sync_playwright
from visual_regression_tracker import Config, TestRun
from visual_regression_tracker.p import PlaywrightVisualRegressionTracker

Start playwright and navigate to page

playwright = sync_playwright().start()
browserType = playwright.chromium
browser = browserType.launch(headless=False)
page = browser.newPage()
page.goto('https://www.python.org/')

Configure connection to VRT server

vrt = PlaywrightVisualRegressionTracker(browserType, config)

Setup / Tear down

As context manager:

with vrt:
    ...
    # track test runs
    ...

Without context manager:

vrt.start()
...
# track test runs
...
vrt.stop()

Track page

vrt.trackPage(page, imageName[, options])

• page: Page Playwright page

• imageName: str name for the taken screenshot image

• options: PageTrackOptions optional configuration with:

  • diffTollerancePercent: float specify acceptable difference from baseline, between 0-100.

  • ignoreAreas: List[IgnoreArea]

  • x: int X-coordinate relative of left upper corner

  • y: int Y-coordinate relative of left upper corner

  • width: int area width in px

  • height: int area height in px

  • screenshotOptions: PageScreenshotOptions configuration for Playwrights screenshot method

  • full_page: bool When true, takes a screenshot of the full scrollable page, instead of the currently visibvle viewport. Defaults to false.

  • omit_background: bool Hides default white background and allows capturing screenshots with transparency. Defaults to false.

  • clip: FloatRect An object which specifies clipping of the resulting image. Should have the following fields:

    • x: float x-coordinate of top-left corner of clip area
    • y: float y-coordinate of top-left corner of clip area
    • width: float width of clipping area
    • height: float height of clipping area

  • timeout: float Maximum time in milliseconds, defaults to 30 seconds, pass 0 to disable timeout.

  • agent: Agent Additional information to mark baseline across agents that have different:

  • os: str operating system name, like Windows, Mac, etc.

  • device: str device name, PC identifier, mobile identifier etc.

  • viewport: str viewport size.

Track element handle

vrt.trackElementHandle(elementHandle, imageName[, options])

• elementHandle: ElementHandle Playwright ElementHandle

• imageName: str name for the taken screenshot image

• options: ElementHandleTrackOptions optional configuration with:

  • diffTollerancePercent: float specify acceptable difference from baseline, between 0-100.

  • ignoreAreas: List[IgnoreArea]

  • x: int X-coordinate relative of left upper corner

  • y: int Y-coordinate relative of left upper corner

  • width: int area width in px

  • height: int area height in px

  • screenshotOptions: ElementHandleScreenshotOptions configuration for Playwrights screenshot method

  • omit_background: bool Hides default white background and allows capturing screenshots with transparency. Defaults to false.

  • timeout: float Maximum time in milliseconds, defaults to 30 seconds, pass 0 to disable timeout.

  • agent: Agent Additional information to mark baseline across agents that have different:

  • os: str operating system name, like Windows, Mac, etc.

  • device: str device name, PC identifier, mobile identifier etc.

  • viewport: str viewport size.