java - How to get screenshot from RemoteWebDriver server instead of local FirefoxDriver?

Question

I am running Selenium WebDriver test on a remote PC from my laptop(java client), by using RemoteWebDriver. But RemoteWebDriver haven't provided screenshot API to directly get a screenshot of remote PC. Googled a lot but found seems need use to Json API to get it from remoteWebDriver server directly. Anyone can give me some instruction about how to do that? Thanks.

Answer 1

The RemoteWebDriver must be augmented before you can use the screenshot capability. As you have no doubt already found, attempting to cast without augmenting results in an exception.

WebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver( ... );
driver           = new Augmenter().augment( driver );
( (TakesScreenshot)driver ).getScreenshotAs( ... );

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