The problem
Selenium test are difficult to debug, especially when they are run on CI server. To diagnose why a test failed, sometimes we need something more than a simple screenshot.
In my opinion we need 3 things:
- a screenshot
- network log
- console log
The easiest way to get last two is to use Firebug in Firefox.
Run Firebug in Selenium
To get results from firebug we need two more extensions:
- netExport https://github.com/ptrstpp950/netexport (my changes are not merged yet)
- consoleExport https://github.com/firebug/consoleexport (my changes already merged)
You can compile both using ant :)
The C# code
The final code:
var fireBugLogDir = "somewhere";
FirefoxProfile ffProfile = new FirefoxProfile();
ffProfile.AddExtension(@".\FireFoxAddons\firebug-2.0.11.xpi");
ffProfile.SetPreference("extensions.firebug.currentVersion", "2.0.11"); //your version number
ffProfile.SetPreference("extensions.firebug.showStackTrace", true);
ffProfile.SetPreference("extensions.firebug.delayLoad", false);
ffProfile.SetPreference("extensions.firebug.showFirstRunPage", false);
ffProfile.SetPreference("extensions.firebug.allPagesActivation", "on");
ffProfile.SetPreference("extensions.firebug.console.enableSites", true);
ffProfile.SetPreference("extensions.firebug.net.enableSites", true);
ffProfile.SetPreference("extensions.firebug.scripts.enableSites", true);
ffProfile.SetPreference("extensions.firebug.defaultPanelName", "console");
// Set default NetExport preferences
ffProfile.AddExtension(@".\FireFoxAddons\netExport-0.9b8.xpi");
ffProfile.SetPreference("extensions.firebug.netexport.alwaysEnableAutoExport", true);
ffProfile.SetPreference("extensions.firebug.netexport.showPreview", false);
ffProfile.SetPreference("extensions.firebug.netexport.includeResponseBodies", false);
ffProfile.SetPreference("extensions.firebug.netexport.defaultLogDir", fireBugLogDir);
ffProfile.SetPreference("extensions.firebug.netexport.harFileName", @"network"); //the file will be save as network.har in fireBugLogDir
// Set default consoleExport preferences
ffProfile.AddExtension(@".\FireFoxAddons\consoleExport-0.5b6.xpi");
ffProfile.SetPreference("extensions.firebug.consoleexport.active", true);
ffProfile.SetPreference("extensions.firebug.consoleexport.alwaysEnableAutoExport", true);
ffProfile.SetPreference("extensions.firebug.consoleexport.format", "xml");
ffProfile.SetPreference("extensions.firebug.consoleexport.logFilePath",
Path.Combine(fireBugLogDir, "consoleLog.xml")); //the file will be save as consoleLog.xml in fireBugLogDir
var firefoxDriver = new FirefoxDriver(ffProfile);
return firefoxDriver;