PicklesDoc

PicklesDoc is a program that converts .feature files written in Gherkin language into Excel spreadsheets, LaTeX documents or JSON data.

This program is a cross-platform NodeJS port of the popular Pickles program written in C#.

Installation

npm install --global picklesdoc

Usage

picklesdoc <command> [args]

picklesdoc xlsx <input> [out]

Convert the provided file or directory into XLSX

Positionals

• input Input feature file or directory [required]
• out Output file or directory

Options

• -h --help Show help [boolean]
• --testers Number of tester columns to generate (for QA purposes) [number] [default: 0]

Examples

picklesdoc xlsx ./features my-spreadsheet.xlsx --testers=2
picklesdoc xlsx my-feature.feature my-spreadsheet.xlsx
picklesdoc xlsx ./features ./out --testers=3

picklesdoc tex <input> [out]

Generate a LaTeX report of the feature or features. After generating the LaTeX document you will need another program to convert it to a PDF. picklesdoc development uses pdflatex for all its testing.

Positionals

• input Input feature file or directory [required]
• out Output file or directory. Will print to STDOUT if not specified

Options

• -h --help Show help [boolean]
• --title Title for the LaTeX document. [string] [default: "Features Report"]

Examples

picklesdoc tex ./features my-document.tex --title="Company Features Report"
picklesdoc tex my-feature.feature my-document.tex
picklesdoc tex ./features > output.tex

picklesdoc json <input> [out]

Convert the provided file or directory into JSON

Positionals

• input Input feature file or directory [required]
• out Output file or directory. Will print to STDOUT if not specified

Options

• -h --help Show help [boolean]

Examples

picklesdoc json ./features my-output-file.json
picklesdoc json my-feature.feature > output.json
picklesdoc json my-feature.feature | jq