playwright-archive/bin/main.js

A lightweight CLI tool to archive and serve your Playwright test run history with a web interface. Useful for CI environments and local development.

#!/usr/bin/env node
const express = require('express');
const path = require('path');
const fs = require('fs-extra');
const JsonReportParser = require('../utils/jsonReportParser');
const loadUserConfig = require('../utils/userConfig');
const serve = require('../server/index');

const args = process.argv.slice(2);

if(args.length === 0 || args.includes('--help')) {
    showHelp();
    process.exit(0);
}

function showHelp() {
  console.log(`
playwright-history — CLI for managing Playwright run history

Usage:
  --serve       Launch the server to view run history
  --archive     copy the latest Playwright report to archive
  --clear       Clear the run history (delete files in run-history)
  --help        Show this help message
  `);
}

async function archive() {
  const userConfig = loadUserConfig();
  const timestamp = new Date().toISOString().replace(/[:.]/g, '-');
  const targetDir = path.join('./run-history', timestamp);
  
  // Check if we have a report to archive
  const srcDir = './playwright-report';
  if (!fs.existsSync(srcDir)) {
    console.error('❌ Report not found for archiving. Please run tests first!');
    process.exit(1);
  }
  
  // Create target directory
  fs.ensureDirSync(targetDir);
  
  // Copy report files
  fs.copySync(srcDir, path.join(targetDir, 'report'));
  console.log('✅ Report files copied to archive.');
  
  // Copy metadata if available
  const archivePath = path.resolve("test-results", "pw-archive.json");
  if (fs.existsSync(archivePath)) {
    fs.copySync(archivePath, path.join(targetDir, 'metadata.json'));
    console.log('✅ Metadata copied to archive.');
  } else {
    console.log('ℹ️ No metadata file found to archive.');
  }
  
  console.log(`✅ Report copied to ${targetDir}`);
}

function clear() {
  const dir = path.resolve('./run-history');
  if (fs.existsSync(dir)) {
    fs.removeSync(dir);
    console.log('📂 Folder run-history cleared.');
  } else {
    console.log('Folder not found: run-history');
  }
}

async function main() {
  if (args.length === 0 || args.includes('--help')) {
    showHelp();
    return;
  }

  if (args.includes('--serve')) {
    await serve();
  }
  else if (args.includes('--archive')) {
    await archive();
  }
  else if (args.includes('--clear')) {
    await clear();
  }
  else {
    console.log('Unknown command. Try --help');
  }
}

main();