Pointers on how to debug wdio test initiated through gulpfile.

[id4automation]

Hi,

Thanks to your CBBCN git, I successflly ran my test automation in my corporate network. but not sure how to use the debug option. I am VS code [windows os] user. Any pointers on this will be much helpful.

[inspiraller]

You can set chrome debug options in wdio.conf.js - capabilities: Example with additional options:

    capabilities: [
        {
            // maxInstances can get overwritten per capability. So if you have an
            // in-house Selenium grid with only 5 firefox instance available you can
            // make sure that not more than 5 instance gets started at a time.
            maxInstances: 3,
            //
            browserName: 'chrome',
            chromeOptions: {
              'useAutomationExtension': false,
              'args': [
                // '--headless',
                '--disable-extensions',
                '--disable-plugins',
                '--disable-gpu'
              ],
              'prefs': {
                'profile.default_content_setting_values.notifications': 2,
                'profile.managed_default_content_settings.plugins': 1,
              }
            }
        }

Is that what you mean?

[id4automation]

Apologies for the delay. No, I am expecting to do that in visual studio Code. I searched and tried few available procedures available online, but failed. As javascript/webdriverio are new technologies for me, I hope you being the expertise in this field might provide me some inputs on how that can be done. I wanted to put a debug BREAK point in between a step definition file or the page object model. Currently if I do that, it is not stopping at all. I am not sure , it because that the tests initiated through our gulp file and running npm run test in debug console is orphaned here. Kindly let me know.