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

If you're using the seleniumServerJar, in protractor.conf.js set the logfile path to wherever you want it to write the file:

seleniumArgs: [
    '-Dwebdriver.chrome.logfile=/home/myUsername/tmp/chromedriver.log',
]

If you're using webdriver-manager start to run a local selenium server, you'll need to edit the webdriver-manager file:

// insert this line
args.push('-Dwebdriver.chrome.logfile=/home/myUsername/tmp/chromedriver.log');

// this line already exists in webdriver-manager, add the push to args before this line
var seleniumProcess = spawnCommand('java', args);