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### Running Pa11y in CI

- [GitHub Actions](#github-actions-on-every-pull-request)
- [Jekyll Specific Setup](#jekyll-specific-setup)
- [Eleventy Specific Setup](#eleventy-specific-setup)
- [Circle CI](#circle-ci-setup-instructions)

#### GitHub Actions On Every Pull Request

If you are not familiar with GitHub Actions, you may want to start by reading their [quick start guide](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/quickstart).

Thanks to Daniel Mundra and the folks at CivicActions Accessibility and their [comprehensive documentation](https://accessibility.civicactions.com/posts/automated-accessibility-testing-leveraging-github-actions-and-pa11y-ci-with-axe)
on setting up Pa11y-ci. All below code is taken from that blog post; read through for more details.
on setting up Pa11y-ci with GitHub Actions. Much of the below code is taken from that blog post; read through for more details.

Their instructions are specific to Jekyll but can be leveraged for other types of projects.

* Install pa11y locally

`$ npm i --save-dev pa11y-ci`
* Add pa11y-specific scripts to `package.json`
Install pa11y locally:

``` json
"scripts": {
"start-detached":
"bundle exec jekyll serve --detach",
"pa11y-ci:sitemap":
"pa11y-ci --sitemap http://localhost:4000/sitemap.xml --sitemap-exclude \"/*.pdf\""
}
```bash
$ npm i --save-dev pa11y-ci
```

* Create a `.pa11yci` in the root of your directory to [configure your pa11y run](https://github.com/pa11y/pa11y#configuration)
Create a `.pa11yci` in the root of your directory to [configure your pa11y CI run](https://github.com/pa11y/pa11y-ci#configuration). This step is optional, but helpful if you want to change any default configuration.

[18F accessibility site's .pallyci](https://github.com/18F/accessibility/blob/18f-pages/.pa11yci).
`$ touch .pa11yci`
For an example, take a look at the [18F accessibility site's .pallyci file](https://github.com/18F/accessibility/blob/18f-pages/.pa11yci):

``` json
```json
{
"defaults": {
"concurrency": 4,
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}
```

* Create `.github/workflows` directories in the root of your project, and then a `pa11y.yml` file in `workflows`.
Create a `.github/workflows` directory in the root of your project, and then add a file `accessibility-scan.yml` (or whatever you want to call it).

```
```bash
$ mkdir -P .github/workflows
$ touch .github/workflows/pa11y.yml
$ touch .github/workflows/accessibility-scan.yml
```

Copy the following into your `accessibility-scan.yml` file :

```yaml
name: accessibility tests

on: [pull_request]

jobs:
build:
name: Build site and run pa11y-ci tests
runs-on: ubuntu-latest

steps:
- name: Checkout source.
uses: actions/checkout@v2
```
Create your [Github Action workflow](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/quickstart)!
Depending on the type of technology you have built your site in, the rest of this file will vary.
##### Jekyll Specific Setup
Add pa11y-specific scripts to `package.json`:

``` json
"scripts": {
"start-detached":
"bundle exec jekyll serve --detach",
"pa11y-ci:sitemap":
"pa11y-ci --sitemap http://localhost:4000/sitemap.xml --sitemap-exclude \"/*.pdf\""
}
```

Add the following lines to your `accessibility-scan.yml` file at the end of the steps key:

```yaml
# steps:
- name: Install jekyll site dependencies
uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
with:
# your preferred version here
ruby-version: 2.7.2
bundler-cache: true
- name: Install JS dependencies including pa11y-ci
run: npm install
- name: Start up jekyll server
run: npm run start-detached
- name: Run pa11y-ci
run: npm run pa11y-ci:sitemap
```

This installs Ruby and JavaScript dependencies, then starts Jekyll with the `start-detached` script you added to `package.json` in an earlier step. Once Jekyll has started and detached, pa11y-ci will scan URLs from the sitemap.

To see a pa11y.yml live in the wild, check out [18F Accessibility site's pa11y.yml](https://github.com/18F/accessibility/blob/18f-pages/.github/workflows/pa11y.yml).


##### Eleventy Specific Setup

Install `start-server-and-test`:

```bash
$ npm i --save-dev start-server-and-test
```

Add the following to your `package.json`:

```json
"scripts": {
"pa11y-ci:sitemap": "pa11y-ci --sitemap http://localhost:8080/sitemap.xml --sitemap-exclude \"/*.pdf\"",
"test:pa11y-ci": "npx start-server-and-test start 8080 pa11y-ci:sitemap"
}
```

Add the following lines to your `accessibility-scan.yml` file at the end of the steps key:

```yaml
# steps:
- name: Install node.js.
uses: actions/setup-node@v2
with:
# your preferred version here
node-version: '16'
- name: Install NPM dependencies
run: npm install
- name: Build eleventy and run pa11y-ci
run: npm run test:pa11y-ci
```

Eleventy does not have a `--detach` option unlike Jekyll, so therefore we use `start-server-and-test` to run eleventy and our tests for us.

You can see an example of this setup in the [Federal Audit Clearinghouse Front-End repository](https://github.com/GSA-TTS/FAC-Frontend).

#### Circle CI Setup Instructions

If you want to run Pa11y-ci per pull request on your project:
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