axe DevTools Selenium

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The axe-devtools-selenium gem provides a chainable axe API for the Selenium WebDriver and automatically injects it into all frames.

Setup and Usage

Ensure you have access to Deque's registry. If not, refer to the setup documentation.

Follow the steps below to set up the axe-devtools-selenium gem:

  • Add axe-devtools-selenium to your Gemfile or gemspec file and run bundle install.
gem "axe-devtools-selenium"
spec.add_dependency "axe-devtools-selenium"
  • Require the gem and configure.
require 'axe-devtools-selenium'

# configure `AxeSelenium`
driver = AxeSelenium.configure(:firefox) do |c|
  # see below for a full list of configurations
  c.jslib_path = "next-version/axe.js"
end

# use the driver configuration instance
driver.page.navigate.to 'https://www.deque.com/'

API

AxeSelenium.configure

The configure method takes one optional argument as a symbol and a configuration block object: configure(*arg, &block)

The optional argument is a browser name for selenium-webdriver. The valid browser names are:

  • :firefox (default)
  • :chrome
  • :safari
note

Please ensure respective drivers (eg: geckodriver) are installed in your machine.

The block configuration object contains the following properties:

Property Type Description
jslib_path (Optional) String Path to a custom axe source
skip_iframes (Optional) Boolean Indicate if frames should be excluded from injecting with axe

Additionally, the configuration block can take parameters for advanced AxeDevTools configuration