How to record a video in Selenium webdriver

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I have automated scripts that run every night (around 350 scripts or testcases). I want to record a video of each test case (Python scripts). Is there a tool or way that I can use to control video recording for each test case separately?

For instance, during a test case setup start recording and during teardown stop recording and save the video locally with a specified name and date. So I should have 350 videos for each testcase (more preferably save only videos for the failed test cases).

Is there a way of integrating this functionality in the code I use for my setups and teardowns?

http://www.theautomatedtester.co.uk/blog/2010/castro-selenium-video.html — root, Feb 05 '13 at 11:18
Do you really need a video, when it is trivially easy to [take a ScreenShot][1]? [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3422262/take-a-screenshot-with-selenium-webdriver — Martin Spamer, Feb 05 '13 at 15:24
Yes I use screenshots already but som test cases fail during the nightly runs without any help from the screenshot. I need to see what happens prior to the moment of failure not the failure itself — Adam, Feb 08 '13 at 14:02

score 8 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 08 '22 at 02:59

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A simple webdriver has no function to record video; you need to use a third-party library, like Castro(only support python 2).

For a Java webdriver, look at blog post Screen Recording (Video) of Java Webdriver script.

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Nam G VU

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answered Jul 06 '13 at 03:11

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Is there something for the C# or .Net world? – user20358 Dec 23 '16 at 23:06
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It does not support python 3 – VanDavv Jul 07 '17 at 08:34

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 02 '18 at 11:35

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You can use Castro in Python...

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answered Feb 05 '13 at 12:15

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is there any way for doing same using Java – Umamaheshwar Thota Feb 05 '13 at 14:24
Unfortunately Castro only supports Python 2.7 which is already sunset by python.org It has not been ported to Python 3 and proven to work. – Leonid Sep 02 '22 at 06:57

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 23 '14 at 08:54

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You can use the following web service http://bit.ly/video-recorder-service which can be remotely controlled with simple http requests.

I have used this for webdriver tests in a grid environment.

answered Feb 23 '14 at 08:54

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