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Appium logs

Appium logs are generated by the Appium server and contain a detailed record of your Appium test session execution. They can help you troubleshoot any errors if your test session fails. Appium logs are enable by default. To disable them, use the capability as shown in the following code:

Capability Description Value
appiumLogs Capture raw Appium logs for your test. true/false
Default: true

Example :

DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
HashMap<String, Object> browserstackOptions = new HashMap<String, Object>();
browserstackOptions.put("appiumLogs", "false");
var capabilities = {
	'bstack:options' : {
		"appiumLogs" : "false",

	},
}
AppiumOptions capabilities = new AppiumOptions();
Dictionary<string, object> browserstackOptions = new Dictionary<string, object>();
browserstackOptions.Add("appiumLogs", "false");
$caps = array(
    'bstack:options' => array(
        "appiumLogs" => "false",
    ),
)
desired_cap = {
	'bstack:options' : {
		"appiumLogs" : "false",
	},
}
capabilities = {
    'bstack:options' => {
        "appiumLogs" => "false",
    },
}
Capability Description Value
browserstack.appiumLogs Capture raw Appium logs for your test. true/false
Default: true

Example :

DesiredCapabilities desiredCapabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
desiredCapabilities.setCapability("browserstack.appiumLogs", "false");
var capabilities = {
	'browserstack.appiumLogs': 'false',
}
DesiredCapabilities capability = new DesiredCapabilities();
capability.SetCapability("browserstack.appiumLogs", "false");
$capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
$capabilities->setCapability("browserstack.appiumLogs", "false");
desired_cap = {
	'browserstack.appiumLogs': 'false'
}
desired_caps = {
    'browserstack.appiumLogs': 'false'
}

Access Appium logs from the dashboard:

The Appium server logs can be viewed from the test sessions details page on the App Automate Dashboard. You can view and download the Appium logs using Other Logs > Appium > View Raw Logs or Download Logs.

Appium Logs on Dashboard

Sample Appium logs for a test session :

Appium Logs for a sample test session

Access Appium logs using REST API:

curl -u "YOUR_USERNAME:YOUR_ACCESS_KEY" -X GET "https://api-cloud.browserstack.com/app-automate/builds/<build-id>/sessions/<session-id>/appiumlogs"

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