IMPLEMENTATION.md

Implementation Summary: Collector Configuration & Module Organization

✅ What Was Implemented

1. Configurable Collectors (Phablets)

• Created config.json with enable/disable switches for all 13 data collection modules
• Each collector can be individually toggled on or off
• Configuration is persistent and survives application restarts

2. Module-Based Output Organization

• Data from each collector is saved to its own folder in /output/
• Structure:

  output/
  ├── network/
  ├── console/
  ├── elements/
  ├── scripts/
  ├── css/
  ├── application/
  ├── security/
  ├── performance/
  ├── accessibility/
  ├── media/
  ├── webgl/
  ├── memory/
  ├── serviceWorker/
  └── analysis-<timestamp>.json (combined)
  

3. Configuration Management System

• src/utils/configManager.ts: Core configuration handling
• Functions:
  • loadConfig() - Load settings from config.json
  • isCollectorEnabled(name) - Check if a collector is active
  • enableCollector(name) - Activate a collector
  • disableCollector(name) - Deactivate a collector
  • getEnabledCollectors() - List active collectors
  • createModuleDir(name) - Create module-specific folders
  • ensureModuleDirs() - Initialize all module directories

4. CLI Tool for Easy Management

• src/bin/collector-cli.ts: Command-line interface
• New npm script: npm run collectors
• Commands:

  npm run collectors list           # Show all collectors
  npm run collectors enable <name>  # Activate collector
  npm run collectors disable <name> # Deactivate collector
  npm run collectors toggle <name>  # Toggle on/off
  npm run collectors status <name>  # Check status
  npm run collectors enable-all     # Activate all
  npm run collectors disable-all    # Deactivate all

5. Preset System (Optional)

• src/utils/presets.ts: Pre-configured collector profiles
• Available presets:
  • minimal - Network + Console only
  • performance - Performance focused
  • security - Security focused
  • dom - DOM and styling focused
  • full - All collectors enabled

6. Updated Main Application

• Modified src/main.ts to respect configuration
• Only active collectors are initialized
• Network & Console collectors only start if enabled
• Only enabled data is collected and saved
• Each module's data saved to dedicated folder
• Displays enabled collectors at startup

🎯 How to Use

Enable/Disable Individual Collectors

# See status of all collectors
npm run collectors list

# Enable specific collectors
npm run collectors enable network
npm run collectors enable console

# Disable specific collectors
npm run collectors disable memory
npm run collectors disable webgl

# Toggle a collector
npm run collectors toggle performance

Example Workflows

Minimal Configuration (Network + Console only):

npm run collectors disable-all
npm run collectors enable network
npm run collectors enable console
npm start

Performance Analysis:

npm run collectors disable-all
npm run collectors enable performance
npm run collectors enable media
npm run collectors enable memory
npm start

Full Analysis:

npm run collectors enable-all
npm start

📁 Output Structure

After running, output is organized as:

• /output/network/network-<timestamp>.json - Network data
• /output/console/console-<timestamp>.json - Console data
• /output/elements/elements-<timestamp>.json - DOM elements
• ... and so on for each enabled collector
• /output/analysis-<timestamp>.json - Combined analysis

Each click event also creates:

• /output/click-<timestamp>.partial.json - Quick snapshot
• /output/click-<timestamp>.json - Full analysis
• Module-specific folders with click data

📝 Configuration File

Edit config.json to customize:

{
  "targetUrl": "https://your-url.com",
  "headless": false,
  "slowMo": 80,
  "collectors": {
    "network": { "enabled": true, "description": "..." },
    "console": { "enabled": true, "description": "..." },
    // ... etc
  }
}

🔧 Key Features

✅ Granular Control - Enable/disable each collector independently ✅ Organized Output - Each module has dedicated folder ✅ CLI Management - Easy toggle via command line ✅ Persistent Config - Settings saved across runs ✅ Non-blocking - Only runs enabled collectors ✅ Performance - Reduce memory/disk usage by disabling unnecessary collectors ✅ Preset Profiles - Quick setup for common scenarios

📚 Files Modified/Created

New Files:

• config.json - Collector configuration
• src/utils/configManager.ts - Configuration management
• src/utils/presets.ts - Preset profiles
• src/bin/collector-cli.ts - CLI tool
• README.md - Updated documentation

Modified Files:

• src/main.ts - Added configuration support
• package.json - Added CLI script

🚀 Next Steps

1. Configure collectors via CLI or edit config.json:

   npm run collectors list

2. Start extraction with only needed collectors:

   npm start

3. Find organized output in /output/<collector-name>/ folders

Enjoy your flexible data collection! 🎉