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how to disable Zalenium video recording for nightwatch Js


I am using Zalenium server for nightwatch scripts. I want to disable live video recording.Is there any parameter we can specify in nightwatch.json file?

Found following code for java .Not sure how to use it in nightwatch.js

DesiredCapabilities desiredCapabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
desiredCapabilities.setCapability(CapabilityType.BROWSER_NAME,BrowserType.FIREFOX);
desiredCapabilities.setCapability(CapabilityType.PLATFORM_NAME, Platform.LINUX);
desiredCapabilities.setCapability("recordVideo", false);

(https://opensource.zalando.com/zalenium/#usage)


Solution

  • I don't know how you've setup your Nightwatch capabilities, but at the end of the day, all you have to do is add the recordVideo: false key-value pair inside your capabilities object.

    Here is an example for an Android device capabilities config:

    const androidConfig = {
      desiredCapabilities: {
          recordVideo: false,
          browserName: 'Chrome',
          platformName: 'Android',
          platformVersion: '7.1.1',
          device: 'Android',
          deviceName: 'Pixel_API_25',
          avd: 'Pixel_API_25',
          autoAcceptAlerts: true,
          chromeOptions: {
          args: ['--disable-notifications', '--disable-device-discovery-notifications', '--disable-web-notification-custom-layouts']
          },
      },
      selenium: {
          cli_args: {
          'webdriver.chrome.driver': './node_modules/.bin/chromedriver',
          }
      }
    };