What is features2html?

features2html is a simple script that creates HTML based documentation from Cucumber features. The resulting layout is also suitable for printing as PDF from your favorite web browser.

Note that the documentation is generated from the source Cucumber feature files, and NOT from the test results (there are plenty of other tools that can do that).

Use features2html when you want to create a nice looking requirements specification, that you can email to your customer. You can focus on editing the actual feature files and let features2html make the features presentable to your customers.

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Installation

• Make sure you have node.js installed on the computer where you intend to run the script.
• Clone or download the code.

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Usage

Demo usage

To get the feel of it, run the script without any options. This will create a sample HTML file in the subfolder output_features2html, from the example feature sources in examples/features, using the templates and css styles in default/templates:

node features2html.js create

Real world usage

Have a look at the switches available:

-h, --help                        output usage information
-V, --version                     output the version number
-i, --input-dir [path]            read feature files from path (default: examples/features)
-t, --templates-dir [path]        read the files doc_template.html, feature_template.html and style.css from path (default: default/templates)
-o, --output-file [path]          send output to file path (default: output_features2html/feature_YYYYMMDD_HHmm.html)
-p, --product-name [string]       The name of your product used in headline and header (default: My Product Name)
-a, --author [string]             The author name used in header (default: John Doe)
-b, --break-before-word [string]  create a line break before every occurrence of this word in the background (default: null)
-l, --lang [en|sv]                language used in feature files (default: en)

What you normally want to do is:

• Copy the three files in default/templates (two template files and one css file) to another folder anywhere on your computer.
• Modify the templates and styles according to your demands. If you are happy with the demo design, all you have to do is modify the Lorem Ipsum intro text in the template file doc_template.html.
• Use switches to point to your folders for templates and features.

Example:

node features2html.js -i path-to-your-feature-file-folder -t path-to-your-modified-templates-folder -a "Your Name" -p "Your Product Name" create

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Things to note

• All feature files in the input folder will be processed in alphabetical order. If you want specific ordering of your features in the output, I suggest that you rename your feature files with number prefixes, like 100_featurename.feature 110_featurename.feature etc.
• The feature files folder will not be processed recursively.
• You can add a special comment before any of your scenarios, #sidenote: followed by your sidenote comment. In the default design, these comments will be rendered to the right of the scenario (see example features in examples/features.

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Feedback and Contribution

All feedback and contribution is very appreciated. Please send pull requests or just send an email to mats@melke.nu. Maybe you can send a pull request with the Cucumber keywords for your language? See example for english in locales/en/translation.json

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Licensing

feature2html is licensed under MIT License Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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