How to override the naming of on_failure screenshots?

Question

Unfortunately due to using cucumber and writing out scenarios I end up with incredibly long file names which windows complains about. Is it possible to override the naming for the files?

Answer 1

I'm assuming you're using the Nightwatch framework since you've tagged it in your post.

It looks like screenshot filenames are defined in nightwatch/lib/api/client-commands/end.js at line 26 of the latest repo const prefix = '${this.api.currentTest.module}/${this.api.currentTest.name}';.

The screenshot path is defined in your nightwatch.json:

{
  "test_settings" : {
    "default" : {
      "screenshots" : {
        "enabled" : true,
        "on_failure" : true,
        "path" : "./screens"
      }
    }
  }
}

It appears your have a few options:

1. Modify the code in end.js to use a custom naming scheme, and live with a custom framework
2. Shorten your test module names or test names
3. Shorten your screenshot destination path in nightwatch.json - unlikely to solve anything since you're saying it's the filenames that are the problem.