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Taiko Documentation

Configuring Taiko

Listed below are instructions on how to modify Taiko’s default parameters for specific uses cases

Using environment variables

Section titled “Using environment variables”

Taiko lets you specify certain Environment variables to customize its behaviour

  • TAIKO_ENABLE_ACTION_OUTPUT - set to true to print output of each action. It’s set to true by default with Taiko runner and in REPL mode.
  • TAIKO_SKIP_CHROMIUM_DOWNLOAD - set to true to skip downloading chromium
  • TAIKO_HIGHLIGHT_ON_ACTION - set to false to turn off highlighting the element on action
  • TAIKO_BROWSER_PATH - set to launch browser from different location
  • TAIKO_BROWSER_ARGS - set ’,’ separated browser command line switches to launch browser with extra args
  • TAIKO_EMULATE_DEVICE - set to device model to emulate device view port
  • TAIKO_EMULATE_NETWORK - set to the network type for Taiko to simulate. Available options are GPRS, Regular2G, Good2G, Regular3G, Good3G, Regular4G, DSL, WiFi, Offline
  • TAIKO_PLUGIN - set to the plugin which you want Taiko to load. Takes comma separated values.
  • TAIKO_SKIP_DOCUMENTATION - set to skip API documentation generation during install.