What is the best way to put <Paparazzi> to always ...

# squarelibraries

[dorche]

What is the best way to put Paparazzi to always run in "record" mode? Basically I comparing/saving the images to the cloud and I want Paparazzi to run in record mode (always) when I run my unit tests? This needs to work in CI too

[dorche]

The images created in record mode have a useful and readable filename where the "comparison" ones have just IDs which is part of the problem.

[Benoit Quenaudon]

Don’t you use the verify task on CI?

[Benoit Quenaudon]

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[dorche]

Maybe I am missing something but no I don't - I don't need the "verification" part of Paparazzi at all:
This is the process that I want/almost have:
• Paparazzi tests are automatically generated for my Compose Previews
• I run Paparazzi on the CI (in record mode) to get screenshots of there Previews. Ideally I want this to happen as part of the "normal" unit test task in gradle so that it works nice with the rest of the CI flow.
• At the end of the gradle build, the recorded (goldens) screenshots are uploaded to some cloud storage.
• There is a web piece that then tracks changes to the screenshots stored in the cloud and does all the "verification"

[dorche]

So basically what I'm after is the best way to have Paparazzi generate screenshots (with meaningful names, from what I see only the "goldens" have nice file names, the verification images have just IDs) when I run testDebug

[dorche]

ideally this will be just a gradle property that I can stick in gradle.properties that tells Paparazzi to always run in record mode

[dorche]

I've seen https://github.com/cashapp/paparazzi/blob/9c711f6b2aed47976cfa07be9bceca45cf43e206[…]ugin/src/main/java/app/cash/paparazzi/gradle/PaparazziPlugin.kt but I am not sure if these can be set externally somehow 🤔