How to access chromedriver logs for Protractor test

Question

I have seen that chromedriver can output a logfile (https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/logging)

This page shows how to set this up when executing the e

Answer 1

We use a shell script to add chromedriver logging, among other checks. You can then point protractor at the shell script:

protractor config:

// When running chromedriver, use this script:
chromeDriver: path.resolve(topdir, 'bin/protractor-chromedriver.sh'),

bin/protractor-chromedriver.sh

TMPDIR="/tmp"
NODE_MODULES="$(dirname $0)/../node_modules"
CHROMEDRIVER="${NODE_MODULES}/protractor/selenium/chromedriver"
LOG="${TMPDIR}/chromedriver.$$.log"

fatal() {
    # Dump to stderr because that seems reasonable
    echo >&2 "$0: ERROR: $*"
    # Dump to a logfile because webdriver redirects stderr to /dev/null (?!)
    echo >"${LOG}" "$0: ERROR: $*"
    exit 11
}


[ ! -x "$CHROMEDRIVER" ] && fatal "Cannot find chromedriver: $CHROMEDRIVER"

exec "${CHROMEDRIVER}" --verbose --log-path="${LOG}" "$@"