# WordPress.com End to End Tests
Automated end-to-end acceptance tests for the [wp-calypso](https://github.com/Automattic/wp-calypso) client and WordPress.com.
## Resources
- [Overview](docs/overview.md)
- [Setup](docs/setup.md)
- [Test Environment](docs/test_environment.md)
- [Running tests on your machine](docs/tests_local.md)
- [Running tests on CI](docs/tests_ci.md)
- [Writing tests](docs/writing_tests.md)
- [Library objects](docs/library_objects.md)
- [Style Guide](docs/style_guide.md)
- [Patterns, Tricks, and Gotchas](docs/patterns_tricks_gotchas.md)
- [Debugging](docs/debugging.md)
- [Troubleshooting](docs/troubleshooting.md)
- [Environment Variable](docs/environment_variables.md)
## Prerequisites
Calypso E2E requires the following:
- [NodeJS](https://nodejs.org/) at the version in the root package.json "engines" field. (Typically latest LTS.)
- The [yarn](https://github.com/yarnpkg/berry) version available in the repo.
- Dependencies such as [Typescript](https://typescript.org) and [Playwright](https://playwright.dev) are installed via yarn, and you can find information about the versions we use in ./package.json.
## Quick start
1. install `homebrew`.
```bash
mkdir homebrew && curl -L https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/tarball/master | tar xz --strip 1 -C homebrew
```
2. install `nvm`.
```bash
brew install nvm
```
3. install the required nodeJS version.
```bash
nvm install
```
4. use the installed nodeJS version.
```bash
nvm use
```
5. enable `yarn` package manager.
```bash
corepack enable
```
6. clone this repository
```bash
git clone https://github.com/Automattic/wp-calypso.git
```
7. navigate to the cloned directory.
```bash
cd wp-calypso
```
_From this point on, all commands are executed within the `wp-calypso` root directory._
8. install project dependencies.
```bash
yarn install
```
9. obtain the secrets decryption key.
```bash
export E2E_SECRETS_KEY='Calypso E2E Config decode key from the Automattic secret store>'
```
10. [decrypt](docs/test_environment.md) the secrets file.
```bash
yarn workspace wp-e2e-tests decrypt-secrets
```
11. transpile the packages.
```bash
yarn workspace wp-e2e-tests build --watch
```
12. run test.
```bash
yarn workspace wp-e2e-tests test --
```
To run on calypso.localhost, don't forget the environment variable:
```bash
CALYPSO_BASE_URL=http://calypso.localhost:3000 yarn workspace wp-e2e-tests test --
```
## Advanced setup
Please refer to the [Advanced Setup](docs/setup.md) page.
## Contribute to E2E tests
Please refer to the [Writing Tests](docs/writing_tests.md) and [Style Guide](docs/style_guide.md) pages.
## Troubleshooting
Please refer to the [Troubleshooting](docs/troubleshooting.md) page.