AskUI on Windows
Prerequisites
Check if you have the following requirements, before you start the process.
- You need an AskUI account. Don't have one? Sign up for a free trial here!
- Make sure you have Administrator privileges on the computer, where you want to use AskUI.
- Consider using an IDE. We recommend Visual Studio Code.
Setup
Step 0: Create an AskUI Account
As we need to prevent misuse of our API, we need you to create some credentials through our AskUI Studio.
Please sign up for a free trial.
Step 1: Download Installer
Download the AskUI Installer for AMD64 here or AskUI Installer for ARM64 here.
It will install the following components:
- AskUI Controller
- AskUI Development Environment (ADE)
- AskUI Development Kit (SDK)
- (optional) AskUI Runner (Executing workflows from AskUI Studio)
Step 2: Setup AskUI on Your Computer
Run the downloaded installer as Administrator (Right-click the installer and select Run as administrator).
The installer prompts Windows to display a security alert. Click on More Info
in the top left and then on Run Anyway
in the bottom right corner of the dialog to proceed with the installation.
Next, follow the instructions in the setup wizard until the end.
Alternative: Installation via Terminal (Silent Mode)
Use the downloaded executable file (.exe) for silent installation, which allows you to choose the installation directory and components. To install silently, run the following command terminal (Application CMD) with Administrator privileges:
"<installer_path>" /qn
Options:
/l*v "<log_file_path>"
: Set the installer log file path.APPDIR="<installation_directory>"
: Specify the installation directory.INSTALL_ADK="NO"
: Skip AskUI Development Environment installation.INSTALL_NODE="NO"
: Skip Isolated Node environment installation.INSTALL_ASKUI_RUNNER="NO"
: Skip AskUI Runner installation.HTTP_PROXY="<http_proxy_address>"
: Set the HTTP proxy address.HTTPS_PROXY="<https_proxy_address>"
: Set the HTTPS proxy address.
CONFIGURE_WINDOWS_FIREWALL="NO"
: Skip Windows Firewall configuration.
Example:
This command installs all components silently and sets the HTTP proxy address to http://proxy.example.com:
"<installer_path>" /qn HTTP_PROXY="http://proxy.example.com"
Step 3: Activate the AskUI Development Environment (ADE)
Open a terminal and run the following command:
askui-shell
Activating the ADE may take a few seconds.
If you are not sure what an ADE command does, you can run Get-Help <command>
to get more information about it.
Step 4: Connect Your AskUI Account
As we need to prevent misuse of our API, we need you to create some credentials through our AskUI Studio.
Please sign up for a free trial.
Run the following command to authenticate and connect your ADE to your AskUI account. Replace <access token>
and <workspace id>
with your real credentials from AskUI Studio.
AskUI-SetSettings -WorkspaceId <workspace id> -Token <access token>
How do I get credentials?
- Access Token You can create a new access token inside AskUI Studio. Go to any Workspace and navigate to Access Tokens in the left sidebar.
- Workspace ID Navigate to your workspace settings. You can find the workspace ID under General below the workspace name.
Validate the settings with the following command:
AskUI-ShowSettings
Step 5: Start the Controller
You have to disable mouse acceleration for the AskUI Controller to work properly!
You can skip this if you checked Launch AskUI Controller
at the last screen of the installation.
Start the AskUI Controller with:
AskUI-StartController -RunInBackground
Step 6: Create a New Project
Switch to a directory where you want to create the new AskUI project and run:
AskUI-NewProject -ProjectName askui_first -TestFramework jest -TypeScriptConfig true
Step 7: Open Your Project
Your new AskUI project has now been created inside the folder you specified and its path is set as your current working directory: <path you ran AskUI-NewProject>/<your_askui_project_name>
.
Now open this folder with your IDE of choice.
Details of the AskUI project setup
If you are using Visual Studio Code, you can run the following command in the same command prompt:
code .
On the left, in your file explorer, you should see the files that make up your AskUI project.
.askui\Settings
- Global Project Settingsallure-results
- AskUI reporter files will be generated hereaskui_example
- Workflow Files
a.helpers
- Helper functions for your project
b.jest.config.ts
- Jest Automation Framework Settings
c.my-first-askui-test-suite.ts
- An example workflow filenode_modules
- Packages needed to make AskUI workreport
- Annotations will be generated here
Step 8: Open a Workflow File
The workflow files are where you will write your automation scripts.
To find them, navigate to the askui_example
folder.
The project comes with one template workflow, which is called my-first-askui-test-suite.ts
.
On the next page, you will dive deeper into how to write instructions in the AskUI automation framework.
Next Steps
You are now ready to create your first workflow with AskUI! Please go to the next page Write Your First Instruction.