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Class: BaseDriver<C, CArgs, Settings, CreateResult, DeleteResult, SessionData>

@appium/base-driver.BaseDriver

BaseDriver implements this. It contains default behavior; external drivers are expected to implement ExternalDriver instead.

C should be the constraints of the driver. CArgs would be the shape of cliArgs. Settings is the shape of the raw device settings object (see IDeviceSettings)

Type parameters

Name Type
C extends Constraints
CArgs extends StringRecord = StringRecord
Settings extends StringRecord = StringRecord
CreateResult DefaultCreateSessionResult<C>
DeleteResult DefaultDeleteSessionResult
SessionData extends StringRecord = StringRecord

Hierarchy

↳ BaseDriver

Implements

  • Driver<C, CArgs, Settings, CreateResult, DeleteResult, SessionData>

Table of contents

Constructors

Properties

Accessors

Methods

Constructors

constructor

• new BaseDriver<C, CArgs, Settings, CreateResult, DeleteResult, SessionData>(opts, shouldValidateCaps?)

Type parameters

Name Type
C extends Constraints
CArgs extends StringRecord = StringRecord
Settings extends StringRecord = StringRecord
CreateResult DefaultCreateSessionResult<C>
DeleteResult void
SessionData extends StringRecord = StringRecord

Parameters

Name Type Default value
opts Object undefined
opts.address string undefined
opts.allowCors NonNullable<undefined | boolean> undefined
opts.allowInsecure AllowInsecureConfig undefined
opts.basePath string undefined
opts.callbackAddress undefined | string undefined
opts.callbackPort number undefined
opts.debugLogSpacing NonNullable<undefined | boolean> undefined
opts.defaultCapabilities undefined | DefaultCapabilitiesConfig undefined
opts.denyInsecure DenyInsecureConfig undefined
opts.driver undefined | DriverConfig undefined
opts.fastReset? boolean undefined
opts.keepAliveTimeout number undefined
opts.localTimezone NonNullable<undefined | boolean> undefined
opts.logFile undefined | string undefined
opts.logFilters undefined | LogFiltersConfig undefined
opts.logNoColors NonNullable<undefined | boolean> undefined
opts.logTimestamp NonNullable<undefined | boolean> undefined
opts.loglevel NonNullable<undefined | LogLevelConfig> undefined
opts.longStacktrace NonNullable<undefined | boolean> undefined
opts.noPermsCheck NonNullable<undefined | boolean> undefined
opts.nodeconfig undefined | NodeconfigConfig undefined
opts.plugin undefined | PluginConfig undefined
opts.port number undefined
opts.relaxedSecurityEnabled NonNullable<undefined | boolean> undefined
opts.sessionOverride NonNullable<undefined | boolean> undefined
opts.skipUninstall? boolean undefined
opts.strictCaps NonNullable<undefined | boolean> undefined
opts.tmpDir undefined | string undefined
opts.traceDir undefined | string undefined
opts.useDrivers UseDriversConfig undefined
opts.usePlugins UsePluginsConfig undefined
opts.webhook undefined | string undefined
shouldValidateCaps boolean true

Overrides

DriverCore.constructor

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/driver.ts:54

Properties

_eventHistory

• Protected _eventHistory: EventHistory

Inherited from

DriverCore._eventHistory

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:76

_log

• Protected _log: AppiumLogger

Inherited from

DriverCore._log

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:84

allowInsecure

• allowInsecure: string[]

Implementation of

Driver.allowInsecure

Inherited from

DriverCore.allowInsecure

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:60

basePath

• basePath: string

basePath is used for several purposes, for example in setting up proxying to other drivers, since we need to know what the base path of any incoming request might look like. We set it to the default initially but it is automatically updated during any actual program execution by the routeConfiguringFunction, which is necessarily run as the entrypoint for any Appium server

Implementation of

Driver.basePath

Inherited from

DriverCore.basePath

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:56

caps

• caps: DriverCaps<C>

The processed capabilities used to start the session represented by the current driver instance

Implementation of

Driver.caps

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/driver.ts:46

cliArgs

• cliArgs: CArgs & ServerArgs

The set of command line arguments set for this driver

Implementation of

Driver.cliArgs

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/driver.ts:45

commandsQueueGuard

• Protected commandsQueueGuard: AsyncLock

Inherited from

DriverCore.commandsQueueGuard

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:90

denyInsecure

• denyInsecure: string[]

Implementation of

Driver.denyInsecure

Inherited from

DriverCore.denyInsecure

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:62

desiredCapConstraints

• desiredCapConstraints: C

The constraints object used to validate capabilities

Implementation of

Driver.desiredCapConstraints

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/driver.ts:48

eventEmitter

• eventEmitter: EventEmitter

Implementation of

Driver.eventEmitter

Inherited from

DriverCore.eventEmitter

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:79

helpers

• helpers: DriverHelpers

Implementation of

Driver.helpers

Inherited from

DriverCore.helpers

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:46

implicitWaitMs

• implicitWaitMs: number

Implementation of

Driver.implicitWaitMs

Inherited from

DriverCore.implicitWaitMs

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:66

initialOpts

• initialOpts: Object

Type declaration

Name Type
address string
allowCors NonNullable<undefined | boolean>
allowInsecure AllowInsecureConfig
basePath string
callbackAddress undefined | string
callbackPort number
debugLogSpacing NonNullable<undefined | boolean>
defaultCapabilities undefined | DefaultCapabilitiesConfig
denyInsecure DenyInsecureConfig
driver undefined | DriverConfig
fastReset? boolean
keepAliveTimeout number
localTimezone NonNullable<undefined | boolean>
logFile undefined | string
logFilters undefined | LogFiltersConfig
logNoColors NonNullable<undefined | boolean>
logTimestamp NonNullable<undefined | boolean>
loglevel NonNullable<undefined | LogLevelConfig>
longStacktrace NonNullable<undefined | boolean>
noPermsCheck NonNullable<undefined | boolean>
nodeconfig undefined | NodeconfigConfig
plugin undefined | PluginConfig
port number
relaxedSecurityEnabled NonNullable<undefined | boolean>
sessionOverride NonNullable<undefined | boolean>
skipUninstall? boolean
strictCaps NonNullable<undefined | boolean>
tmpDir undefined | string
traceDir undefined | string
useDrivers UseDriversConfig
usePlugins UsePluginsConfig
webhook undefined | string

Implementation of

Driver.initialOpts

Inherited from

DriverCore.initialOpts

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:44

locatorStrategies

• locatorStrategies: string[]

Implementation of

Driver.locatorStrategies

Inherited from

DriverCore.locatorStrategies

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:68

managedDrivers

• managedDrivers: Driver<Constraints, StringRecord, StringRecord, DefaultCreateSessionResult<Constraints>, void, StringRecord>[]

Inherited from

DriverCore.managedDrivers

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:72

newCommandTimeoutMs

• newCommandTimeoutMs: number

Implementation of

Driver.newCommandTimeoutMs

Inherited from

DriverCore.newCommandTimeoutMs

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:64

noCommandTimer

• noCommandTimer: null | Timeout

Inherited from

DriverCore.noCommandTimer

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:74

opts

• opts: DriverOpts<C>

Implementation of

Driver.opts

Inherited from

DriverCore.opts

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:42

originalCaps

• originalCaps: W3CDriverCaps<C>

The original capabilities used to start the session represented by the current driver instance

Implementation of

Driver.originalCaps

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/driver.ts:47

protocol

• Optional protocol: Protocol

Implementation of

Driver.protocol

Inherited from

DriverCore.protocol

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:100

relaxedSecurityEnabled

• relaxedSecurityEnabled: boolean

Implementation of

Driver.relaxedSecurityEnabled

Inherited from

DriverCore.relaxedSecurityEnabled

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:58

server

• Optional server: AppiumServer

Implementation of

Driver.server

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/driver.ts:49

serverHost

• Optional serverHost: string

Implementation of

Driver.serverHost

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/driver.ts:50

serverPath

• Optional serverPath: string

Implementation of

Driver.serverPath

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/driver.ts:52

serverPort

• Optional serverPort: number

Implementation of

Driver.serverPort

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/driver.ts:51

sessionId

• sessionId: null | string

Implementation of

Driver.sessionId

Inherited from

DriverCore.sessionId

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:40

settings

• settings: DeviceSettings<Settings>

settings should be instantiated by drivers which extend BaseDriver, but we set it to an empty DeviceSettings instance here to make sure that the default settings are applied even if an extending driver doesn't utilize the settings functionality itself

Implementation of

Driver.settings

Inherited from

DriverCore.settings

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:98

shouldValidateCaps

• shouldValidateCaps: boolean

Implementation of

Driver.shouldValidateCaps

Inherited from

DriverCore.shouldValidateCaps

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:88

shutdownUnexpectedly

• shutdownUnexpectedly: boolean

Inherited from

DriverCore.shutdownUnexpectedly

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:86

supportedLogTypes

• supportedLogTypes: Readonly<LogDefRecord>

Definition of the available log types

Implementation of

Driver.supportedLogTypes

Inherited from

ILogCommands.supportedLogTypes

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/types/build/lib/driver.d.ts:269

webLocatorStrategies

• webLocatorStrategies: string[]

Implementation of

Driver.webLocatorStrategies

Inherited from

DriverCore.webLocatorStrategies

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:70

baseVersion

▪ Static baseVersion: string = BASEDRIVER_VER

Make the basedriver version available so for any driver which inherits from this package, we know which version of basedriver it inherited from

Inherited from

DriverCore.baseVersion

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:38

Accessors

_desiredCapConstraints

• Protected get _desiredCapConstraints(): Readonly<{ app: { isString: true } ; autoLaunch: { isBoolean: true } ; autoWebview: { isBoolean: true } ; automationName: { isString: true } ; eventTimings: { isBoolean: true } ; fullReset: { isBoolean: true } ; language: { isString: true } ; locale: { isString: true } ; newCommandTimeout: { isNumber: true } ; noReset: { isBoolean: true } ; orientation: { inclusion: readonly ["LANDSCAPE", "PORTRAIT"] } ; platformName: { isString: true ; presence: true } ; platformVersion: { isString: true } ; printPageSourceOnFindFailure: { isBoolean: true } ; udid: { isString: true } ; webSocketUrl: { isBoolean: true } } & C>

Contains the base constraints plus whatever the subclass wants to add.

Subclasses shouldn't need to use this. If you need to use this, please create an issue:

See

https://github.com/appium/appium/issues/new

Returns

Readonly<{ app: { isString: true } ; autoLaunch: { isBoolean: true } ; autoWebview: { isBoolean: true } ; automationName: { isString: true } ; eventTimings: { isBoolean: true } ; fullReset: { isBoolean: true } ; language: { isString: true } ; locale: { isString: true } ; newCommandTimeout: { isNumber: true } ; noReset: { isBoolean: true } ; orientation: { inclusion: readonly ["LANDSCAPE", "PORTRAIT"] } ; platformName: { isString: true ; presence: true } ; platformVersion: { isString: true } ; printPageSourceOnFindFailure: { isBoolean: true } ; udid: { isString: true } ; webSocketUrl: { isBoolean: true } } & C>

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/driver.ts:69

driverData

• get driverData(): Object

This property is used by AppiumDriver to store the data of the specific driver sessions. This data can be later used to adjust properties for driver instances running in parallel. Override it in inherited driver classes if necessary.

Returns

Object

Implementation of

Driver.driverData

Inherited from

DriverCore.driverData

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:160

eventHistory

• get eventHistory(): EventHistory

Returns

EventHistory

Implementation of

Driver.eventHistory

Inherited from

DriverCore.eventHistory

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:183

isCommandsQueueEnabled

• get isCommandsQueueEnabled(): boolean

This property controls the way the executeCommand method handles new driver commands received from the client. Override it for inherited classes only in special cases.

Returns

boolean

If the returned value is true (default) then all the commands received by the particular driver instance are going to be put into the queue, so each following command will not be executed until the previous command execution is completed. False value disables that queue, so each driver command is executed independently and does not wait for anything.

Implementation of

Driver.isCommandsQueueEnabled

Inherited from

DriverCore.isCommandsQueueEnabled

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:175

log

• get log(): AppiumLogger

Returns

AppiumLogger

Implementation of

Driver.log

Inherited from

DriverCore.log

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:137

Methods

addManagedDriver

▸ addManagedDriver(driver): void

Parameters

Name Type
driver Driver<Constraints, StringRecord, StringRecord, DefaultCreateSessionResult<Constraints>, void, StringRecord>

Returns

void

Implementation of

Driver.addManagedDriver

Inherited from

DriverCore.addManagedDriver

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:365

assertFeatureEnabled

▸ assertFeatureEnabled(name): void

Assert that a given feature is enabled and throw a helpful error if it's not

Parameters

Name Type Description
name string name of feature/command

Returns

void

Implementation of

Driver.assertFeatureEnabled

Inherited from

DriverCore.assertFeatureEnabled

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:290

assignServer

▸ assignServer(server, host, port, path): void

A helper function used to assign server information to the driver instance so the driver knows where the server is Running

Parameters

Name Type Description
server AppiumServer the server object
host string the server hostname
port number the server port
path string the server base url

Returns

void

Implementation of

Driver.assignServer

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/driver.ts:184

canProxy

▸ canProxy(sessionId): boolean

Parameters

Name Type
sessionId string

Returns

boolean

Implementation of

Driver.canProxy

Inherited from

DriverCore.canProxy

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:324

clearNewCommandTimeout

▸ clearNewCommandTimeout(): Promise<void>

Returns

Promise<void>

Implementation of

Driver.clearNewCommandTimeout

Inherited from

DriverCore.clearNewCommandTimeout

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:373

createSession

▸ createSession(w3cCapabilities1, w3cCapabilities2?, w3cCapabilities?, driverData?): Promise<CreateResult>

Historically the first two arguments were reserved for JSONWP capabilities. Appium 2 has dropped the support of these, so now we only accept capability objects in W3C format and thus allow any of the three arguments to represent the latter.

Parameters

Name Type
w3cCapabilities1 W3CDriverCaps<C>
w3cCapabilities2? W3CDriverCaps<C>
w3cCapabilities? W3CDriverCaps<C>
driverData? DriverData[]

Returns

Promise<CreateResult>

Implementation of

Driver.createSession

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/driver.ts:232

deleteSession

▸ deleteSession(sessionId?): Promise<void>

Stop an automation session

See

https://w3c.github.io/webdriver/#delete-session

Parameters

Name Type Description
sessionId? null | string the id of the session that is to be deleted

Returns

Promise<void>

Implementation of

Driver.deleteSession

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/driver.ts:340

driverForSession

▸ driverForSession(sessionId): null | Core<Constraints, StringRecord>

method required by MJSONWP in order to determine if the command should be proxied directly to the driver

Parameters

Name Type
sessionId string

Returns

null | Core<Constraints, StringRecord>

Implementation of

Driver.driverForSession

Inherited from

DriverCore.driverForSession

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:227

ensureFeatureEnabled

▸ ensureFeatureEnabled(name): void

Assert that a given feature is enabled and throw a helpful error if it's not

Deprecated

Parameters

Name Type Description
name string name of feature/command

Returns

void

Inherited from

DriverCore.ensureFeatureEnabled

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:280

executeCommand

▸ executeCommand<T>(cmd, ...args): Promise<T>

This is the main command handler for the driver. It wraps command execution with timeout logic, checking that we have a valid session, and ensuring that we execute commands one at a time. This method is called by MJSONWP's express router.

Type parameters

Name Type
T unknown

Parameters

Name Type
cmd string
...args any[]

Returns

Promise<T>

Implementation of

Driver.executeCommand

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/driver.ts:79

executeMethod

▸ executeMethod<TArgs, TReturn>(script, args): Promise<TReturn>

Call an Execute Method by its name with the given arguments. This method will check that the driver has registered the method matching the name, and send it the arguments.

Type parameters

Name Type
TArgs extends readonly any[] | readonly [StringRecord<unknown>] = unknown[]
TReturn unknown

Parameters

Name Type Description
script string the name of the Execute Method
args TArgs a singleton array containing an arguments object

Returns

Promise<TReturn>

The result of calling the Execute Method

Implementation of

Driver.executeMethod

Inherited from

IExecuteCommands.executeMethod

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/types/build/lib/driver.d.ts:148

findElOrEls

▸ findElOrEls(strategy, selector, mult, context?): Promise<Element<string>[]>

A helper method that returns one or more UI elements based on the search criteria

Parameters

Name Type Description
strategy string the locator strategy
selector string the selector
mult true whether or not we want to find multiple elements
context? any the element to use as the search context basis if desiredCapabilities

Returns

Promise<Element<string>[]>

A single element or list of elements

Implementation of

Driver.findElOrEls

Inherited from

IFindCommands.findElOrEls

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/types/build/lib/driver.d.ts:242

▸ findElOrEls(strategy, selector, mult, context?): Promise<Element<string>>

Parameters

Name Type
strategy string
selector string
mult false
context? any

Returns

Promise<Element<string>>

Implementation of

Driver.findElOrEls

Inherited from

IFindCommands.findElOrEls

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/types/build/lib/driver.d.ts:243

findElOrElsWithProcessing

▸ findElOrElsWithProcessing(strategy, selector, mult, context?): Promise<Element<string>[]>

This is a wrapper for findElOrEls that validates locator strategies and implements the appium:printPageSourceOnFindFailure capability

Parameters

Name Type Description
strategy string the locator strategy
selector string the selector
mult true whether or not we want to find multiple elements
context? any the element to use as the search context basis if desiredCapabilities

Returns

Promise<Element<string>[]>

A single element or list of elements

Implementation of

Driver.findElOrElsWithProcessing

Inherited from

IFindCommands.findElOrElsWithProcessing

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/types/build/lib/driver.d.ts:255

▸ findElOrElsWithProcessing(strategy, selector, mult, context?): Promise<Element<string>>

Parameters

Name Type
strategy string
selector string
mult false
context? any

Returns

Promise<Element<string>>

Implementation of

Driver.findElOrElsWithProcessing

Inherited from

IFindCommands.findElOrElsWithProcessing

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/types/build/lib/driver.d.ts:256

findElement

▸ findElement(strategy, selector): Promise<Element<string>>

Find a UI element given a locator strategy and a selector, erroring if it can't be found

See

https://w3c.github.io/webdriver/#find-element

Parameters

Name Type Description
strategy string the locator strategy
selector string the selector to combine with the strategy to find the specific element

Returns

Promise<Element<string>>

The element object encoding the element id which can be used in element-related commands

Implementation of

Driver.findElement

Inherited from

IFindCommands.findElement

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/types/build/lib/driver.d.ts:176

findElementFromElement

▸ findElementFromElement(strategy, selector, elementId): Promise<Element<string>>

Find a UI element given a locator strategy and a selector, erroring if it can't be found. Only look for elements among the set of descendants of a given element

See

https://w3c.github.io/webdriver/#find-element-from-element

Parameters

Name Type Description
strategy string the locator strategy
selector string the selector to combine with the strategy to find the specific element
elementId string the id of the element to use as the search basis

Returns

Promise<Element<string>>

The element object encoding the element id which can be used in element-related commands

Implementation of

Driver.findElementFromElement

Inherited from

IFindCommands.findElementFromElement

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/types/build/lib/driver.d.ts:199

findElementFromShadowRoot

▸ Optional findElementFromShadowRoot(strategy, selector, shadowId): Promise<Element<string>>

Find an element from a shadow root

See

https://w3c.github.io/webdriver/#find-element-from-shadow-root

Parameters

Name Type Description
strategy string the locator strategy
selector string the selector to combine with the strategy to find the specific elements
shadowId string the id of the element to use as the search basis

Returns

Promise<Element<string>>

The element inside the shadow root matching the selector

Implementation of

Driver.findElementFromShadowRoot

Inherited from

IFindCommands.findElementFromShadowRoot

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/types/build/lib/driver.d.ts:221

findElements

▸ findElements(strategy, selector): Promise<Element<string>[]>

Find a a list of all UI elements matching a given a locator strategy and a selector

See

https://w3c.github.io/webdriver/#find-elements

Parameters

Name Type Description
strategy string the locator strategy
selector string the selector to combine with the strategy to find the specific elements

Returns

Promise<Element<string>[]>

A possibly-empty list of element objects

Implementation of

Driver.findElements

Inherited from

IFindCommands.findElements

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/types/build/lib/driver.d.ts:186

findElementsFromElement

▸ findElementsFromElement(strategy, selector, elementId): Promise<Element<string>[]>

Find a a list of all UI elements matching a given a locator strategy and a selector. Only look for elements among the set of descendants of a given element

See

https://w3c.github.io/webdriver/#find-elements-from-element

Parameters

Name Type Description
strategy string the locator strategy
selector string the selector to combine with the strategy to find the specific elements
elementId string the id of the element to use as the search basis

Returns

Promise<Element<string>[]>

A possibly-empty list of element objects

Implementation of

Driver.findElementsFromElement

Inherited from

IFindCommands.findElementsFromElement

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/types/build/lib/driver.d.ts:211

findElementsFromShadowRoot

▸ Optional findElementsFromShadowRoot(strategy, selector, shadowId): Promise<Element<string>[]>

Find elements from a shadow root

See

https://w3c.github.io/webdriver/#find-element-from-shadow-root

Parameters

Name Type Description
strategy string the locator strategy
selector string the selector to combine with the strategy to find the specific elements
shadowId string the id of the element to use as the search basis

Returns

Promise<Element<string>[]>

A possibly empty list of elements inside the shadow root matching the selector

Implementation of

Driver.findElementsFromShadowRoot

Inherited from

IFindCommands.findElementsFromShadowRoot

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/types/build/lib/driver.d.ts:231

getLog

▸ getLog(logType): Promise<any>

Get the log for a given log type.

Parameters

Name Type Description
logType string Name/key of log type as defined in ILogCommands.supportedLogTypes.

Returns

Promise<any>

Implementation of

Driver.getLog

Inherited from

ILogCommands.getLog

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/types/build/lib/driver.d.ts:279

getLogEvents

▸ getLogEvents(type?): Promise<EventHistory | Record<string, number>>

Get a list of events that have occurred in the current session

Parameters

Name Type Description
type? string | string[] filter the returned events by including one or more types

Returns

Promise<EventHistory | Record<string, number>>

The event history for the session

Implementation of

Driver.getLogEvents

Inherited from

IEventCommands.getLogEvents

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/types/build/lib/driver.d.ts:136

getLogTypes

▸ getLogTypes(): Promise<string[]>

Get available log types as a list of strings

Returns

Promise<string[]>

Implementation of

Driver.getLogTypes

Inherited from

ILogCommands.getLogTypes

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/types/build/lib/driver.d.ts:273

getManagedDrivers

▸ getManagedDrivers(): Driver<Constraints, StringRecord, StringRecord, DefaultCreateSessionResult<Constraints>, void, StringRecord>[]

Returns

Driver<Constraints, StringRecord, StringRecord, DefaultCreateSessionResult<Constraints>, void, StringRecord>[]

Implementation of

Driver.getManagedDrivers

Inherited from

DriverCore.getManagedDrivers

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:369

getPageSource

▸ getPageSource(): Promise<string>

Get the current page/app source as HTML/XML

See

https://w3c.github.io/webdriver/#get-page-source

Returns

Promise<string>

The UI hierarchy in a platform-appropriate format (e.g., HTML for a web page)

Implementation of

Driver.getPageSource

Inherited from

IFindCommands.getPageSource

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/types/build/lib/driver.d.ts:263

getProxyAvoidList

▸ getProxyAvoidList(sessionId): RouteMatcher[]

Parameters

Name Type
sessionId string

Returns

RouteMatcher[]

Implementation of

Driver.getProxyAvoidList

Inherited from

DriverCore.getProxyAvoidList

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:320

getSession

▸ getSession(): Promise<SingularSessionData<C, SessionData>>

Returns capabilities for the session and event history (if applicable)

Returns

Promise<SingularSessionData<C, SessionData>>

Implementation of

Driver.getSession

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/driver.ts:333

getSessions

▸ getSessions(): Promise<MultiSessionData<C>[]>

Get data for all sessions running on an Appium server

Returns

Promise<MultiSessionData<C>[]>

A list of session data objects

Implementation of

Driver.getSessions

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/driver.ts:317

getSettings

▸ getSettings(): Promise<Settings>

Get the current settings for the session

Returns

Promise<Settings>

The settings object

Implementation of

Driver.getSettings

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/driver.ts:394

getStatus

▸ getStatus(): Promise<{}>

Returns

Promise<{}>

Implementation of

Driver.getStatus

Inherited from

DriverCore.getStatus

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:210

getTimeouts

▸ getTimeouts(): Promise<Record<string, number>>

Get the current timeouts

See

https://w3c.github.io/webdriver/#get-timeouts

Returns

Promise<Record<string, number>>

A map of timeout names to ms values

Implementation of

Driver.getTimeouts

Inherited from

ITimeoutCommands.getTimeouts

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/types/build/lib/driver.d.ts:66

implicitWait

▸ implicitWait(ms): Promise<void>

Set the implicit wait timeout

Deprecated

Use timeouts instead

Parameters

Name Type Description
ms string | number the timeout in ms

Returns

Promise<void>

Implementation of

Driver.implicitWait

Inherited from

ITimeoutCommands.implicitWait

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/types/build/lib/driver.d.ts:45

implicitWaitForCondition

▸ implicitWaitForCondition(condition): Promise<unknown>

Periodically retry an async function up until the currently set implicit wait timeout

Parameters

Name Type Description
condition (...args: any[]) => Promise<any> the behaviour to retry until it returns truthy

Returns

Promise<unknown>

The return value of the condition

Implementation of

Driver.implicitWaitForCondition

Inherited from

ITimeoutCommands.implicitWaitForCondition

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/types/build/lib/driver.d.ts:59

implicitWaitMJSONWP

▸ implicitWaitMJSONWP(ms): Promise<void>

Set the implicit wait value that was sent in via the JSONWP

Deprecated

Parameters

Name Type Description
ms number the timeout in ms

Returns

Promise<void>

Implementation of

Driver.implicitWaitMJSONWP

Inherited from

ITimeoutCommands.implicitWaitMJSONWP

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/types/build/lib/driver.d.ts:79

implicitWaitW3C

▸ implicitWaitW3C(ms): Promise<void>

Set the implicit wait value that was sent in via the W3C protocol

Parameters

Name Type Description
ms number the timeout in ms

Returns

Promise<void>

Implementation of

Driver.implicitWaitW3C

Inherited from

ITimeoutCommands.implicitWaitW3C

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/types/build/lib/driver.d.ts:72

isFeatureEnabled

▸ isFeatureEnabled(name): boolean

Check whether a given feature is enabled via its name

Parameters

Name Type Description
name string name of feature/command

Returns

boolean

Implementation of

Driver.isFeatureEnabled

Inherited from

DriverCore.isFeatureEnabled

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:252

isMjsonwpProtocol

▸ isMjsonwpProtocol(): boolean

Returns

boolean

Implementation of

Driver.isMjsonwpProtocol

Inherited from

DriverCore.isMjsonwpProtocol

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:231

isW3CProtocol

▸ isW3CProtocol(): boolean

Returns

boolean

Implementation of

Driver.isW3CProtocol

Inherited from

DriverCore.isW3CProtocol

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:235

logCustomEvent

▸ logCustomEvent(vendor, event): Promise<void>

Add a custom-named event to the Appium event log

Parameters

Name Type Description
vendor string the name of the vendor or tool the event belongs to, to namespace the event
event string the name of the event itself

Returns

Promise<void>

Implementation of

Driver.logCustomEvent

Inherited from

IEventCommands.logCustomEvent

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/types/build/lib/driver.d.ts:128

logEvent

▸ logEvent(eventName): void

API method for driver developers to log timings for important events

Parameters

Name Type
eventName string

Returns

void

Implementation of

Driver.logEvent

Inherited from

DriverCore.logEvent

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:190

logExtraCaps

▸ logExtraCaps(caps): void

A helper function to log unrecognized capabilities to the console

Params

caps - the capabilities

Parameters

Name Type
caps ConstraintsToCaps<C>

Returns

void

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/driver.ts:354

newCommandTimeout

▸ newCommandTimeout(ms): Promise<void>

Set Appium's new command timeout

Parameters

Name Type Description
ms number the timeout in ms

Returns

Promise<void>

Implementation of

Driver.newCommandTimeout

Inherited from

ITimeoutCommands.newCommandTimeout

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/types/build/lib/driver.d.ts:111

onUnexpectedShutdown

▸ onUnexpectedShutdown(handler): void

Set a callback handler if needed to execute a custom piece of code when the driver is shut down unexpectedly. Multiple calls to this method will cause the handler to be executed mutiple times

Parameters

Name Type Description
handler (...args: any[]) => void The code to be executed on unexpected shutdown. The function may accept one argument, which is the actual error instance, which caused the driver to shut down.

Returns

void

Implementation of

Driver.onUnexpectedShutdown

Inherited from

DriverCore.onUnexpectedShutdown

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:150

pageLoadTimeoutMJSONWP

▸ pageLoadTimeoutMJSONWP(ms): Promise<void>

Set the page load timeout value that was sent in via the JSONWP

Deprecated

Parameters

Name Type Description
ms number the timeout in ms

Returns

Promise<void>

Implementation of

Driver.pageLoadTimeoutMJSONWP

Inherited from

ITimeoutCommands.pageLoadTimeoutMJSONWP

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/types/build/lib/driver.d.ts:92

pageLoadTimeoutW3C

▸ pageLoadTimeoutW3C(ms): Promise<void>

Set the page load timeout value that was sent in via the W3C protocol

Parameters

Name Type Description
ms number the timeout in ms

Returns

Promise<void>

Implementation of

Driver.pageLoadTimeoutW3C

Inherited from

ITimeoutCommands.pageLoadTimeoutW3C

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/types/build/lib/driver.d.ts:85

parseTimeoutArgument

▸ parseTimeoutArgument(ms): number

Get a timeout value from a number or a string

Parameters

Name Type Description
ms string | number the timeout value as a number or a string

Returns

number

The timeout as a number in ms

Implementation of

Driver.parseTimeoutArgument

Inherited from

ITimeoutCommands.parseTimeoutArgument

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/types/build/lib/driver.d.ts:119

proxyActive

▸ proxyActive(sessionId): boolean

Parameters

Name Type
sessionId string

Returns

boolean

Implementation of

Driver.proxyActive

Inherited from

DriverCore.proxyActive

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:316

proxyRouteIsAvoided

▸ proxyRouteIsAvoided(sessionId, method, url, body?): boolean

Whether a given command route (expressed as method and url) should not be proxied according to this driver

Parameters

Name Type Description
sessionId string the current sessionId (in case the driver runs multiple session ids and requires it). This is not used in this method but should be made available to overridden methods.
method HTTPMethod HTTP method of the route
url string url of the route
body? any webdriver request body

Returns

boolean

whether the route should be avoided

Implementation of

Driver.proxyRouteIsAvoided

Inherited from

DriverCore.proxyRouteIsAvoided

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:341

reset

▸ reset(): Promise<void>

Reset the current session (run the delete session and create session subroutines)

Deprecated

Use explicit session management commands instead

Returns

Promise<void>

Implementation of

Driver.reset

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/driver.ts:195

scriptTimeoutMJSONWP

▸ scriptTimeoutMJSONWP(ms): Promise<void>

Set the script timeout value that was sent in via the JSONWP

Deprecated

Parameters

Name Type Description
ms number the timeout in ms

Returns

Promise<void>

Implementation of

Driver.scriptTimeoutMJSONWP

Inherited from

ITimeoutCommands.scriptTimeoutMJSONWP

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/types/build/lib/driver.d.ts:105

scriptTimeoutW3C

▸ scriptTimeoutW3C(ms): Promise<void>

Set the script timeout value that was sent in via the W3C protocol

Parameters

Name Type Description
ms number the timeout in ms

Returns

Promise<void>

Implementation of

Driver.scriptTimeoutW3C

Inherited from

ITimeoutCommands.scriptTimeoutW3C

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/types/build/lib/driver.d.ts:98

sessionExists

▸ sessionExists(sessionId): boolean

method required by MJSONWP in order to determine whether it should respond with an invalid session response

Parameters

Name Type
sessionId string

Returns

boolean

Implementation of

Driver.sessionExists

Inherited from

DriverCore.sessionExists

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:218

setImplicitWait

▸ setImplicitWait(ms): void

A helper method (not a command) used to set the implicit wait value

Parameters

Name Type Description
ms number the implicit wait in ms

Returns

void

Implementation of

Driver.setImplicitWait

Inherited from

ITimeoutCommands.setImplicitWait

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/types/build/lib/driver.d.ts:51

setNewCommandTimeout

▸ setNewCommandTimeout(ms): void

Set the new command timeout

Parameters

Name Type Description
ms number the timeout in ms

Returns

void

Implementation of

Driver.setNewCommandTimeout

Inherited from

ITimeoutCommands.setNewCommandTimeout

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/types/build/lib/driver.d.ts:36

setProtocolMJSONWP

▸ setProtocolMJSONWP(): void

Returns

void

Inherited from

DriverCore.setProtocolMJSONWP

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:239

setProtocolW3C

▸ setProtocolW3C(): void

Returns

void

Inherited from

DriverCore.setProtocolW3C

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:243

startNewCommandTimeout

▸ startNewCommandTimeout(): Promise<void>

Start the timer for the New Command Timeout, which when it runs out, will stop the current session

Returns

Promise<void>

Implementation of

Driver.startNewCommandTimeout

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/driver.ts:163

startUnexpectedShutdown

▸ startUnexpectedShutdown(err?): Promise<void>

Signify to any owning processes that this driver encountered an error which should cause the session to terminate immediately (for example an upstream service failed)

Parameters

Name Type Description
err Error the Error object which is causing the shutdown

Returns

Promise<void>

Implementation of

Driver.startUnexpectedShutdown

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/driver.ts:149

timeouts

▸ timeouts(type, ms, script?, pageLoad?, implicit?): Promise<void>

Set the various timeouts associated with a session

See

https://w3c.github.io/webdriver/#set-timeouts

Parameters

Name Type Description
type string used only for the old (JSONWP) command, the type of the timeout
ms string | number used only for the old (JSONWP) command, the ms for the timeout
script? number the number in ms for the script timeout, used for the W3C command
pageLoad? number the number in ms for the pageLoad timeout, used for the W3C command
implicit? string | number the number in ms for the implicit wait timeout, used for the W3C command

Returns

Promise<void>

Implementation of

Driver.timeouts

Inherited from

ITimeoutCommands.timeouts

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/types/build/lib/driver.d.ts:30

updateSettings

▸ updateSettings(newSettings): Promise<void>

Update the session's settings dictionary with a new settings object

Parameters

Name Type Description
newSettings Settings A key-value map of setting names to values. Settings not named in the map will not have their value adjusted.

Returns

Promise<void>

Implementation of

Driver.updateSettings

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/driver.ts:387

validateDesiredCaps

▸ validateDesiredCaps(caps): caps is DriverCaps<C>

Validate the capabilities used to start a session

Parameters

Name Type Description
caps any the capabilities

Returns

caps is DriverCaps<C>

Whether or not the capabilities are valid

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/driver.ts:366

validateLocatorStrategy

▸ validateLocatorStrategy(strategy, webContext?): void

Parameters

Name Type Default value
strategy string undefined
webContext boolean false

Returns

void

Implementation of

Driver.validateLocatorStrategy

Inherited from

DriverCore.validateLocatorStrategy

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/base-driver/lib/basedriver/core.ts:301