How to Access Selenium Logs in Real-Time

Intro

Logging is a deep rabbit hole to fall down in Selenium. The documentation isn't complete and the approach for each of the browser and language bindings is inconsistent and hard to find examples for.

A Solution

By accessing what we want through the WebDriver Wire Protocol, we can get at the logs we want in a browser agnostic way that also gets us the information in real time.

About The Author

Dave Haeffner is the original writer of Elemental Selenium -- a free, once weekly Selenium tip newsletter that's read by thousands of testing professionals. He also created and maintains the-internet (an open-source web app that's perfect for writing automated tests against).

Dave has helped numerous companies successfully implement automated acceptance testing; including The Motley Fool, ManTech International, Sittercity, and Animoto. He is also an active member of the Selenium project and has spoken at numerous conferences and meetups around the world about automated acceptance testing.