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Espresso Screenshot Capture

Real Devices Only

The Espresso Screenshot Capture functionality allows you to take screenshots of errors to support the visual verification of your debugging process.

Capturing Screenshots​

To take screenshots during an Espresso test run, follow the steps below. Make sure to handle exceptions in your test code to ensure a proper test run.

To capture screenshots:​

  1. Add the utility class to your project. See our Java example below:
SauceLabsCustomScreenshot Class
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  1. Add the following code to your Espresso test scripts.
SauceLabsCustomScreenshot.capture("my-screenshot");

See our Java example below:

Sample Espresso test script
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  1. Run your test on Sauce Labs Real Devices.

  2. After the test has run successfully, on the Test Cases page, click the Download Screenshots tab to download a .zip file with all the screenshots for each test case as shown below:


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You can also use the API to fetch captured screenshots. To fetch the screenshots use the following API request:

 curl --compressed \
-O https://{SAUCE_USERNAME}:{SAUCE_ACCESS_KEY}@{DATA_CENTER}.saucelabs.com/v1/rdc/jobs/{JOB_ID}/screenshots.zip

The endpoint will return a .zip file of all screenshots captured during the session.

Limitations​

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The screenshots cannot exceed more than 200 MB in size.