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Requires Node.js

The Percy CLI is written in Node.js and requires v10.0.0+ to work correctly.

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Quick start

The fastest possible use of our CLI is with NPM's npx client. npx allows you to run any percy command with ease. Once you have set your PERCY_TOKEN environment variable, you can run any percy command with npx:

$ npx percy -v
$ npx percy upload ./example-screenshots
$ npx percy exec -- cypress run
$ npx percy snapshot ./_site

Installing

You can install the CLI locally in your project by running npm install -D @percy/agent (or yarn add -D @percy/agent) Once that's done, you can use npx (or yarn) to run any percy command in that projects directory:

$ npx percy -v

$ yarn percy -v

Commands

To see an evergreen and accurate version of the CLI flags, visit the CLI repos README.

  • percy exec
  • percy finalize
  • percy start
  • percy stop
  • percy help [COMMAND]
  • percy snapshot [SNAPSHOTDIRECTORY]
  • percy upload [UPLOADDIRECTORY]

percy exec

Start and stop Percy around a supplied command.

USAGE
  $ percy exec

OPTIONS
  -c, --config=config                              Path to percy config file
  -h, --allowed-hostname=allowed-hostname          Allowable hostname(s) to capture assets from
  -p, --port=port                                  [default: 5338] Port
  -t, --network-idle-timeout=network-idle-timeout  [default: 125] Asset discovery network idle timeout (in milliseconds)

  --cache-responses                                [default: true] Caches successful network responses in asset
                                                   discovery

EXAMPLES
  $ percy exec -- echo "percy is running around this echo command"
  $ percy exec -- bash -c "echo foo && echo bar"

percy finalize

Finalize a build. Commonly used for parallelized builds, especially when the number of parallelized processes is unknown.

USAGE
  $ percy finalize

OPTIONS
  -a, --all  (required)

EXAMPLE
  $ percy finalize --all
  [percy] Finalized parallel build.

percy help [COMMAND]

display help for percy

USAGE
  $ percy help [COMMAND]

ARGUMENTS
  COMMAND  command to show help for

OPTIONS
  --all  see all commands in CLI

percy snapshot [SNAPSHOTDIRECTORY]

Snapshot a directory containing a pre-built static website.

USAGE
  $ percy snapshot [SNAPSHOTDIRECTORY]

ARGUMENTS
  SNAPSHOTDIRECTORY  [default: .] A path to the directory you would like to snapshot

OPTIONS
  -b, --base-url=base-url                          [default: /] If your static files will be hosted in a subdirectory,
                                                   instead of the webservers root path, set that subdirectory with this
                                                   flag.

  -c, --config=config                              Path to percy config file

  -h, --allowed-hostname=allowed-hostname          Allowable hostname(s) to capture assets from

  -i, --ignore-files=ignore-files                  [default: ] Glob or comma-seperated string of globs for matching the
                                                   files and directories to ignore.

  -p, --port=port                                  [default: 5338] Port

  -s, --snapshot-files=snapshot-files              [default: **/*.html,**/*.htm] Glob or comma-seperated string of globs
                                                   for matching the files and directories to snapshot.

  -t, --network-idle-timeout=network-idle-timeout  [default: 125] Asset discovery network idle timeout (in milliseconds)

EXAMPLES
  $ percy snapshot _site/
  $ percy snapshot _site/ --base-url "/blog/"
  $ percy snapshot _site/ --ignore-files "/blog/drafts/**"

percy start

Starts the percy process.

USAGE
  $ percy start

OPTIONS
  -c, --config=config                              Path to percy config file
  -d, --detached                                   start as a detached process
  -h, --allowed-hostname=allowed-hostname          Allowable hostname(s) to capture assets from
  -p, --port=port                                  [default: 5338] Port
  -t, --network-idle-timeout=network-idle-timeout  [default: 125] Asset discovery network idle timeout (in milliseconds)

EXAMPLE
  $ percy start
  info: percy has started on port 5338.

percy stop

Stops the percy process.

USAGE
  $ percy stop

OPTIONS
  -p, --port=port  [default: 5338] Port

EXAMPLE
  $ percy stop
  info: percy has stopped.

percy upload [UPLOADDIRECTORY]

Upload a directory containing static snapshot images.

USAGE
  $ percy upload [UPLOADDIRECTORY]

ARGUMENTS
  UPLOADDIRECTORY  [default: .] A path to the directory containing static snapshot images

OPTIONS
  -c, --config=config  Path to percy config file

  -f, --files=files    [default: **/*.png,**/*.jpg,**/*.jpeg] Glob or comma-seperated string of globs for matching the
                       files and directories to snapshot.

  -i, --ignore=ignore  [default: ] Glob or comma-seperated string of globs for matching the files and directories to
                       ignore.

EXAMPLES
  $ percy upload _images/
  $ percy upload _images/ --files **/*.png

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