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levelAnalyze

levelAnalyze(page: Page, config?: LaunchConfig): Promise<AnalysisResultData>

Runs a static accessibility analysis on the current page and generates a folder with analysis result data.

Properties

PropertyTypeDefaultDescription
pagePuppeteer.PagePuppeteer Page object to analyze
configLaunchConfig{}Optional configuration object

Returns

Returns a Promise, which should resolve, otherwise return value will contain error object.

Usage

const page = await browser.newPage() await page.goto('http://localhost:5000') await levelAnalyze(page, { reportPath: './custom-reports-folder', })

Important: Make sure to use levelAnalyze after your tests have run successfully. If you add it to a teardown or cleanup hook, add a condition to check the success of execution. Otherwise, every rerun will produce a new report that is to be uploaded and processed, even when the run fails in the middle.


levelSetup

levelSetup(config: LaunchConfig): void

Configure global settings for all Level CI analysis runs. Use this in a setup file or before your scripts for a clean setup.

Properties

PropertyTypeDefaultDescription
configLaunchConfigGlobal configuration object

Returns

No return value (void). Configuration is stored globally and applied to all subsequent levelAnalyze calls.

Note: Global configuration can be overridden per run. For this provide config per levelAnalyze call. Arrays and objects are merged with run-level config.

Usage

Call levelSetup once in a setup file or at the start of your script:

// e2e/setup.ts import { levelSetup } from '@level-ci/a11y-puppeteer' levelSetup({ reportPath: 'level-ci-reports-custom', })

Then in your scripts:

// e2e/demo.ts import puppeteer from 'puppeteer' import { levelAnalyze } from '@level-ci/a11y-puppeteer' import './setup' ;(async () => { const browser = await puppeteer.launch() const page = await browser.newPage() await page.goto('/') const config = {} await levelAnalyze(page, config) await browser.close() })()

Override config per run:

await levelAnalyze(page, { reportPath: './per-run-reports', customTags: ['smoke'], })

Config

LaunchConfig

interface LaunchConfig { switchOff?: boolean reportPath?: string ignoreUrls?: RegExp[] customTags?: string[] experimental?: { cssSelector?: { stableAttributes?: string[] includeClasses?: boolean ignoredClassPatterns?: string[] } } }

switchOff   boolean

Disable rules check globally or per specific run.

Default: false
Environment variable: LEVEL_CI_SWITCH_OFF
Example value: true
See code examples here.

reportPath   string

Folder path to store analysis artifacts.

Default: 'level-ci-reports'
Environment variable: LEVEL_CI_REPORT_PATH
Example value: 'my-custom-report-path'
See code examples here.

ignoreUrls   RegExp[]

Skip analysis for URLs matching these patterns.

Example value: [/home/, /settings\/privacy/, /articles\/*/]
See code examples here.

customTags   string[]

Add custom tags for scan identification.

Example values: ['alpha', 'beta', 'scenario-1']
See code examples here.

If you pass ‘scenario-1’ as a custom tag, you will see it among the other tags for the newly found issues on the dashboard. This way you can identify which issue appeared, while testing scenario-1.

Experimental selector configuration

Tune how Level CI builds CSS selectors for elements with accessibility issues. When omitted, Level CI uses its default selector behavior.

stableAttributes   string[]

Use stable attributes when element IDs or generated classes can change between runs. Level CI uses the selector to recognize the same issue over time. If the selector changes, an existing issue can appear resolved and return as a new issue.

Add an attribute whose value stays stable:

<button data-testid="submit-order">Submit order</button>

List attribute names in priority order. Level CI uses the first one that uniquely identifies the element.

Default: ['id']

Example values: ['data-testid'], ['data-testid', 'data-qa']

await levelAnalyze(page, { experimental: { cssSelector: { stableAttributes: ['data-testid', 'data-qa'], }, }, })

includeClasses   boolean

Set this to false when your application generates class names that change between builds. Level CI then omits all class names from generated selectors.

await levelAnalyze(page, { experimental: { cssSelector: { includeClasses: false, }, }, })

ignoredClassPatterns   string[]

Use this option when only some class names are unstable. Each value is a regular expression pattern for class names Level CI should omit. Write the pattern without leading or trailing /.

Example values: ['^sc-', '^css-']

await levelAnalyze(page, { experimental: { cssSelector: { ignoredClassPatterns: ['^sc-', '^css-'], }, }, })

Examples

Set custom report path

Option 1: Globally with levelSetup

levelSetup({ reportPath: './custom-reports-folder', })

Option 2: Per run with levelAnalyze

await levelAnalyze(page, { reportPath: './custom-reports-folder', })

Option 3: Using environment variable

LEVEL_CI_REPORT_PATH=./custom-reports

Configure experimental CSS selectors

Option 1: Globally with levelSetup

levelSetup({ experimental: { cssSelector: { stableAttributes: ['data-testid', 'data-qa'], includeClasses: false, ignoredClassPatterns: ['^sc-', '^css-'], }, }, })

Option 2: Per run with levelAnalyze

await levelAnalyze(page, { experimental: { cssSelector: { stableAttributes: ['data-testid', 'data-qa'], includeClasses: false, ignoredClassPatterns: ['^sc-', '^css-'], }, }, })

Disable rule check

Option 1: Globally with levelSetup

levelSetup({ switchOff: true, })

Option 2: Per run with levelAnalyze

await levelAnalyze(page, { switchOff: true, })

Option 3: Using environment variable

LEVEL_CI_SWITCH_OFF=true

Add specific tags for this analysis run

Option 1: Globally with levelSetup

levelSetup({ customTags: ['my-tag', 'regression'], })

Option 2: Per run with levelAnalyze

await levelAnalyze(page, { customTags: ['my-tag', 'regression'], })

Ignore specific URLs during analysis

Option 1: Globally with levelSetup

levelSetup({ ignoreUrls: [/localhost:3000/, /example.com/], })

Option 2: Per run with levelAnalyze

await levelAnalyze(page, { ignoreUrls: [/localhost:3000/, /example.com/], })
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