Reporting with Playwright: Make Your Test Results Shine!

Reporting with Playwright: Make Your Test Results Shine!

The key to test automation is ensuring that tests work well and provide helpful information. Test automation reports let teams check how their tests are performing, spot issues quickly, and make good choices for better results. Playwright, a powerful tool for browser automation, comes with several built-in reporters that help organize and clearly show the results of automated tests.

This blog will guide you through Playwright’s reporting features, starting with why test automation reports are important for your work. We’ll explore the different built-in Playwright reporters, like List, Line, Dot, HTML, JSON, and JUnit reporters, and how each one can meet different needs for viewing test results. We’ll also show how to set up multiple reports at once and how to use other reporting tools like Allure and Monocart.

Importance of Test Automation Reports

Automated test reports are crucial for understanding automated test results and improving the testing process. In Playwright, these reports give useful information about whether tests worked or didn’t, helping teams find problems early and fix them. Here’s why automated test reports are important in Playwright:

• Easy-to-understand Results:
  Reports show whether each test worked or didn’t, giving a clear idea of how well the application is doing. This is much faster than checking each test by hand, saving time and work.

• Detailed Test Information:
  Reports not only show if tests passed or failed but also give a full picture of how all the tests went. This helps everyone quickly see how good and stable the application is. They point out which tests didn’t work, which ones were skipped, and which ones did work, making it simpler to follow progress and quality.

• Debugging and Troubleshooting:
  When a test doesn’t work, Playwright’s reports give you clear details like error messages, step-by-step paths of what went wrong, and pictures of the screen at the time. This helps you find and fix the main problem quickly, making the whole debugging process smoother.

• Checking Test Coverage and Progress:
  Reports help you see how much of your app is being tested by your automated tests. They show which parts of the app have been checked and which ones still need testing. This makes sure all parts of the app are tested properly and helps you find any missing tests.

• Monitoring Performance Over Time:
  Regular test reports help you monitor how well the app is doing in different tests. By looking at the results over time, teams can notice patterns, like more frequent failures, and take action to fix potential problems before they become bigger issues.

• Data-Driven Decisions:
  Detailed test reports help teams decide what to focus on. Whether they’re looking at the effects of changes or choosing new features to test, these reports give them the data they need to make smart, data-based decisions.

• Sharing Information:
  Playwright lets you create test reports in different formats like HTML, JSON, and JUnit. This makes it simple to share the results with your team, stakeholders, or clients.

• Time and Cost Efficiency:
  Automated reports mean less need for manual checks of test results. They also help identify common problem areas, so teams can concentrate on important issues, saving time and lowering the overall cost of testing.

• Post-Test Review:
  Detailed reports help teams see patterns in what works and what doesn’t. This helps them find ways to make their test automation better, which leads to better testing and higher software quality.

• Meeting Rules and Standards:
  In some fields, keeping detailed test records is important for following rules. Playwright’s feature to create detailed, adjustable reports ensures that all needed documents are always current.

Built-In Playwright Reporters

Playwright Test has several built-in reporters that can be used for different purposes, and it also supports creating custom reporters. The simplest way to use these built-in reporters is by using the –reporter option in the command line. For more advanced options and customization, reporters can also be configured directly in the project’s configuration file. Let’s take a closer look at both methods.

List Reporter

• The List Reporter is the standard tool for showing test results in Playwright. It gives a clear report of your tests in the terminal. It shows the name of each test and whether it passed, failed, or was skipped.
• Passed Test: Shows a green checkmark (✓) and the test’s name.
• Failed Test: Shows a red cross (✕), the test’s name, and the reason for the failure.
• Skipped Test: Shows a dash (-) and the test’s name. Command Line: npx playwright test –reporter=list

Playwright Config:

• Instead of specifying the reporter in the command line, we can configure it under the reporter property in the playwright.config.js file.

Generated List Report

The List report below displays the results of 4 passed tests, 2 failed tests, and 3 skipped tests.

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