extension

Extension

This is the WebExtension responsible for automating the browser

Developing

Watching

yarn workspace @packages/extension watch

Building

yarn workspace @packages/extension build

Testing

yarn workspace @packages/extension test
yarn workspace @packages/extension test-watch
yarn workspace @packages/extension test-debug

Debugging

In Chrome

1. Open Chrome
2. Go into Extensions (chrome://extensions)
3. Check Developer Mode (top right of screen)
4. Click Load unpacked extension... (top left of screen)
5. Choose packages/extension/dist directory (v2)
6. Click background page to debug background.js (inspect views background page)
7. Click Reload (⌘R) to pull in changes to manifest.json

In Firefox

1. Launch Firefox via cypress open.
2. Once Firefox is open, open an new tab and navigate to about:debugging.
3. Click the This Firefox navigation item on the left hand navigation pane and locate the Cypress extension under Temporary Extensions.
4. Click inspect. A console window should now appear in a separate window.
5. Close the about:debugging tab.
6. In the newly spawned console window, you should be able to see background.js in the Debugger tab.
7. Set breakpoints as needed to inspect what code you are trying to debug. Happy debugging!