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Where is the webkit_debug log located?

I am working on transitioning from the default rack_test driver to the webkit driver so I can run javascript in my rspec tests. Unfortunately, I am getting session timeout errors, so I changed my driver to webkit_debug, however, I can't seem to find the webkit_debug log file for the life of me.

Solution

  • By default, capybara-webkit prints directly to standard error.

    More specifically:

    The driver consists of two components: a Ruby adapter which conforms to the Capybara API, and a server process (written in C++) which implements a fake WebKit browser.

    When logging is enabled, the C++ process prints entries to stderr using qCritical. The Ruby driver copies the server's stderr to its output target, which is Ruby's $stderr by default.

    You can have capybara-webkit write to another IO object by passing it as stderr when initializing the driver.