garris/BackstopJS

feature request: selctor-based link crawling

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#94 opened on Sep 22, 2015

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Description

A "crawlSelectors": [] property will be added to each scenario in the backstop.json config file. For each matching crawlSelector, a collection of matching elements will be returned. For each matching element, the original URL will be reloaded and the current element index will receive a click event. The resulting page or state will be loaded and tested inheriting all the test properties (except crawlSelctors) from the parent scenario.

This would enable rudimentary testing of various page links, pop-up and control states.

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Implement a 'crawlSelectors' property in the scenario config. For each selector, find matching elements, loop through them, reload the page, simulate a click on the element, and capture a screenshot or test the resulting state.
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
testing
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3
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Half day
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Active
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Clear
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javascript
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70