How to get screenshot from RemoteWebDriver server instead of local FirefoxDriver?

Question

I am running Selenium WebDriver test on a remote PC from my laptop(java client), by using RemoteWebDriver. But RemoteWebDriver haven\'t provided screenshot API to directly

Answer 1

I was able to get this working...here is what you need to do:

1) Create a new class file in a Util directory or somewhere

package com.util;

import java.net.URL;
import org.openqa.selenium.OutputType;
import org.openqa.selenium.TakesScreenshot;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException;
import org.openqa.selenium.remote.CapabilityType;
import org.openqa.selenium.remote.DesiredCapabilities;
import org.openqa.selenium.remote.DriverCommand;
import org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver;

public class ScreenShotRemoteWebDriver extends RemoteWebDriver implements TakesScreenshot {

    public ScreenShotRemoteWebDriver(URL url, DesiredCapabilities dc) {

        super(url, dc);

    }

    @Override
    public <X> X getScreenshotAs(OutputType<X> target) throws WebDriverException {

        if ((Boolean) getCapabilities().getCapability(CapabilityType.TAKES_SCREENSHOT)) {
            return target.convertFromBase64Png(execute(DriverCommand.SCREENSHOT).getValue().toString());
        }
        return null;

    }

}

2) Then...where ever you start the RemoteWeDriver, replace with this code:

driver = new ScreenShotRemoteWebDriver(new URL(-PUT YOUR HUB URL HERE-),cap);

Your screenshots will be stored locally.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

Here's another solution: https://groups.google.com/d/topic/selenium-users/NLHXlhPrADs/discussion

Answer 3

The RemoteWebDriver must be augmented before you can use the screenshot capability. As you have no doubt already found, attempting to cast without augmenting results in an exception.

WebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver( ... );
driver           = new Augmenter().augment( driver );
( (TakesScreenshot)driver ).getScreenshotAs( ... );

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Answer 4

The RemoteWebDriver does not implement the TakesScreenShot and the methods described here to cast the instance of RemoteWebDriver to TakesScreenShot will cause a ClassCastException. I'll see if I can find a solution as I'm interested in doing the same.

The Augmenter will "enhance the interfaces implemented by this instance of WebDriver iff that instance is a RemoteWebDriver". Depending on how the RemoteWebDriver is configured and how the selenium server is running on the remote host, it may be possible to get a screen shot in using the org.openqa.selenium.remote.Augmenter.

I've configured the RemoteWebDriver to use DesiredCapabilities.htmlUnit() capabilities and this gives an ClassCastError. If the RemoteWebDriver is configured with the capabilities of a driver that implements the TakesScreenshot interface, then a ClassCastException may not occur, though I have yet to test this.

From the TakesScreenshot interface, the known implementing drivers are: AndroidDriver, AndroidWebDriver, ChromeDriver, EventFiringWebDriver, FirefoxDriver, InternetExplorerDriver, IPhoneDriver, IPhoneSimulatorDriver, and SafariDriver

Answer 5

I think this is the best way:

public<T> Object getScreenshotAs(OutputType<T> outputType) {
    Augmenter augmenter = new Augmenter(); 
    TakesScreenshot ts = (TakesScreenshot) augmenter.augment(driver);
    return ts.getScreenshotAs(outputType);
}