Question

I am new to Selenium, and I am stuck with Selenium taking screenshots when Assert equals fails. I am using TestNG.

When testcase fails on server side, it needs to take a screenshot of a page, so that i can exactly know where it went wrong.

I wrap the code in try catch block and in catch, I am taking a screenshot.

The Screenshot feature is working when O see selenium issues such as, where the element not visible, Unable to click on an element.

But this is failing for Assert.equals(). When Assert.assertEquals() fails, I am expecting it goes to catch and takes a screenshot. Can anyone please clarify my doubts?

Below is the code snippet, how I am trying to achive this:

try {


Assert.assertEquals(expected,actualoutput,message) //it fails

}

catch {
Selenium taking screenshot  // iam not able to take screenshot
}

Answer 1

While the comments are true, I offer you workaround – change Assert to if:

if (!message.equals(expected)){
   takeScreenshot(outputfile.jpg);
}