web-scanning

Automate web accessibility scanning by crawling websites to build a page inventory and running axe-core CLI scripts to analyze URLs for compliance. This process discovers all accessible web pages and generates audit results saved to a JSON file.

To run automated accessibility audits using axe-core, you need Node.js, the @axe-core/cli package, and Chrome or Playwright installed. These dependencies enable the scanning scripts to execute runtime scans on target URLs.

Yes, you can perform runtime scans for accessibility compliance using the axe-core CLI and custom scripts. This method evaluates rendered web content in Chrome or Playwright to identify accessibility issues during code reviews or audits.

The best way to build a page inventory for large-scale website audits is to crawl the target site starting from a root URL. This web content discovery process maps all accessible pages, creating a comprehensive inventory for subsequent accessibility scanning.

URL crawling for accessibility audits supports web-based scenarios and runtime scans using Chrome or Playwright. While it maps accessible pages, complex single-page applications may require specific runtime scan configurations to fully capture dynamic content.

To save accessibility audit results when scanning web content, execute the scanning scripts and direct the output to a file. The automated scanning process generates compliance data that can be saved directly to an accessibility-audit JSON file.