diff --git a/src/record.ts b/src/record.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b0cc41d..00000000
--- a/src/record.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-import { snapshot } from 'rrweb-snapshot';
-import { EventType, event } from './types';
-
-function on(
-  type: string,
-  fn: EventListenerOrEventListenerObject,
-  target = document,
-) {
-  target.addEventListener(type, fn);
-}
-
-function createEvent(type: EventType, data: any): event {
-  return {
-    type,
-    data,
-    timestamp: Date.now(),
-  };
-}
-
-function emit(e: event) {}
-
-function record() {
-  on('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
-    emit(
-      createEvent(EventType.DomContentLoaded, { href: window.location.href }),
-    );
-  });
-  on('load', () => {
-    emit(createEvent(EventType.Load, null));
-    const node = snapshot(document);
-    emit(createEvent(EventType.FullSnapshot, { node }));
-  });
-}
-
-export default record;
diff --git a/src/record/index.ts b/src/record/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3040ee4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/record/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+import { snapshot } from 'rrweb-snapshot';
+import initObservers from './observer';
+import { mirror } from '../utils';
+import {
+  EventType,
+  event,
+  eventWithTime,
+  recordOptions,
+  IncrementalSource,
+} from '../types';
+
+function on(
+  type: string,
+  fn: EventListenerOrEventListenerObject,
+  target = document,
+) {
+  target.addEventListener(type, fn, { capture: true, passive: true });
+}
+
+function wrapEvent(e: event): eventWithTime {
+  return {
+    ...e,
+    timestamp: Date.now(),
+  };
+}
+
+function record(options: recordOptions) {
+  try {
+    const { emit } = options;
+    // runtime checks for user options
+    if (!emit) {
+      throw new Error('emit function is required');
+    }
+    on('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
+      emit(
+        wrapEvent({
+          type: EventType.DomContentLoaded,
+          data: {
+            href: window.location.href,
+          },
+        }),
+      );
+    });
+    on('load', () => {
+      emit(wrapEvent({ type: EventType.Load, data: {} }));
+      const [node, idNodeMap] = snapshot(document);
+      if (!node) {
+        return console.warn('Failed to snapshot the document');
+      }
+      mirror.map = idNodeMap;
+      emit(wrapEvent({ type: EventType.FullSnapshot, data: { node } }));
+      initObservers({
+        mutationCb: m =>
+          emit(
+            wrapEvent({
+              type: EventType.IncrementalSnapshot,
+              data: {
+                source: IncrementalSource.Mutation,
+                ...m,
+              },
+            }),
+          ),
+      });
+    });
+  } catch (error) {
+    // TODO: handle internal error
+  }
+}
+
+export default record;
diff --git a/src/record/observer.ts b/src/record/observer.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0c851a1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/record/observer.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+import { INode } from 'rrweb-snapshot';
+import { mirror } from '../utils';
+import {
+  mutationCallBack,
+  textMutation,
+  attributeMutation,
+  removedNodeMutation,
+  addedNodeMutation,
+  observerParam,
+} from '../types';
+
+function initMutationObserver(cb: mutationCallBack): MutationObserver {
+  const observer = new MutationObserver(mutations => {
+    const texts: textMutation[] = [];
+    const attributes: attributeMutation[] = [];
+    const removes: removedNodeMutation[] = [];
+    const adds: addedNodeMutation[] = [];
+    mutations.forEach(mutation => {
+      const {
+        type,
+        target,
+        oldValue,
+        addedNodes,
+        removedNodes,
+        attributeName,
+        nextSibling,
+        previousSibling,
+      } = mutation;
+      const id = mirror.getId(target as INode);
+      switch (type) {
+        case 'characterData': {
+          const value = target.textContent;
+          if (value !== oldValue) {
+            texts.push({
+              id,
+              value,
+            });
+          }
+          break;
+        }
+        case 'attributes': {
+          const value = (target as HTMLElement).getAttribute(attributeName!);
+          if (value === oldValue) {
+            return;
+          }
+          let item: attributeMutation | undefined = attributes.find(
+            a => a.id === id,
+          );
+          if (!item) {
+            item = {
+              id,
+              attributes: {},
+            };
+            attributes.push(item);
+          }
+          // overwrite attribute if the mutations was triggered in same time
+          item.attributes[attributeName!] = value;
+        }
+        case 'childList': {
+          removedNodes.forEach(n => {
+            removes.push({
+              parentId: id,
+              id: mirror.getId(n as INode),
+            });
+          });
+          addedNodes.forEach(n => {
+            adds.push({
+              parentId: id,
+              previousId: !previousSibling
+                ? previousSibling
+                : mirror.getId(previousSibling as INode),
+              nextId: !nextSibling
+                ? nextSibling
+                : mirror.getId(nextSibling as INode),
+              id: mirror.getId(n as INode),
+            });
+          });
+          break;
+        }
+        default:
+          break;
+      }
+    });
+    cb({
+      texts,
+      attributes,
+      removes,
+      adds,
+    });
+  });
+  observer.observe(document, {
+    attributes: true,
+    attributeOldValue: true,
+    characterData: true,
+    characterDataOldValue: true,
+    childList: true,
+    subtree: true,
+  });
+  return observer;
+}
+
+export default function initObservers(o: observerParam) {
+  const mutationObserver = initMutationObserver(o.mutationCb);
+  return {
+    mutationObserver,
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 4fb5e716..949cc5d7 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { serializedNodeWithId, idNodeMap, INode } from 'rrweb-snapshot';
+
 export enum EventType {
   DomContentLoaded,
   Load,
@@ -5,8 +7,93 @@ export enum EventType {
   IncrementalSnapshot,
 }
 
-export type event = {
-  type: EventType;
-  timestamp: number;
-  data: any;
+export type domContentLoadedEvent = {
+  type: EventType.DomContentLoaded;
+  data: {
+    href: string;
+  };
+};
+
+export type loadedEvent = {
+  type: EventType.Load;
+  data: {};
+};
+
+export type fullSnapshotEvent = {
+  type: EventType.FullSnapshot;
+  data: {
+    node: serializedNodeWithId;
+  };
+};
+
+export enum IncrementalSource {
+  Mutation,
+}
+
+export type incrementalSnapshotEvent = {
+  type: EventType.IncrementalSnapshot;
+  data: incrementalData;
+};
+
+export type mutationData = {
+  source: IncrementalSource.Mutation;
+} & mutationCallbackParam;
+
+export type incrementalData = mutationData;
+
+export type event =
+  | domContentLoadedEvent
+  | loadedEvent
+  | fullSnapshotEvent
+  | incrementalSnapshotEvent;
+
+export type eventWithTime = event & {
+  timestamp: number;
+};
+
+export type recordOptions = {
+  emit: (e: eventWithTime) => void;
+};
+
+export type observerParam = {
+  mutationCb: mutationCallBack;
+};
+
+export type textMutation = {
+  id: number;
+  value: string | null;
+};
+
+export type attributeMutation = {
+  id: number;
+  attributes: {
+    [key: string]: string | null;
+  };
+};
+
+export type removedNodeMutation = {
+  parentId: number;
+  id: number;
+};
+
+export type addedNodeMutation = {
+  parentId: number;
+  previousId: number | null;
+  nextId: number | null;
+  id: number;
+};
+
+type mutationCallbackParam = {
+  texts: textMutation[];
+  attributes: attributeMutation[];
+  removes: removedNodeMutation[];
+  adds: addedNodeMutation[];
+};
+
+export type mutationCallBack = (m: mutationCallbackParam) => void;
+
+export type Mirror = {
+  map: idNodeMap;
+  getId: (n: INode) => number;
+  getNode: (id: number) => INode;
 };
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..64a73b68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { Mirror } from './types';
+
+export const mirror: Mirror = {
+  map: {},
+  getId(n) {
+    return n.__sn && n.__sn.id;
+  },
+  getNode(id) {
+    return mirror.map[id];
+  },
+};
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 6378ca69..70ab5ce2 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     "module": "commonjs",
     "noImplicitAny": true,
+    "strictNullChecks": true,
     "removeComments": true,
     "preserveConstEnums": true,
     "sourceMap": true,