Download Appium Log
4 min
use this method to download appium server logs for troubleshooting a session the sdk returns binary data rather than parsed text use the log when a session fails to start, an appium command fails or the device behavior differs from the test result before you begin keep the sessionid returned by start session logs can be requested for the related session without manually creating a download url sdk method java node js client sessions() logs(sessionid) returns byte\[] await client sessions() logs(sessionid) returns buffer examples byte\[] logbytes = client sessions() logs("session 123"); files write(paths get("appium log"), logbytes);import { writefile } from "node\ fs/promises"; const logbuffer = await client sessions() logs("session 123"); await writefile("appium log", logbuffer); the log may not be available immediately while a session is still starting or finalizing preserve sdk error status and response body when reporting an unavailable artifact do not render untrusted log content as html without escaping it next step after collecting required artifacts, stop the session and release its allocation when no more sessions are planned
