@wdio/protocols

WebdriverIO Protocol Helper

This package stores the definition for various automation protocols such as WebDriver or vendor specific protocol extensions like for SauceLabs. Unless you are interested in generating a WebDriver client there should be no reason why you should need this package. This package holds the definition of the following protocols:

• WebDriver
• JSON Wire Protocol
• Appium
• Mobile JSON Wire Protocol
• Sauce Labs
• Chrome (WebDriver extension when running Chromedriver)
• Selenium (when running Selenium Standalone Server)

Install

To install the package, run:

npm install @wdio/protocols

Usage

You can get data by importing the package as follows:

import { WebDriverProtocol, MJsonWProtocol, AppiumProtocol, ChromiumProtocol, SauceLabsProtocol, SeleniumProtocol } from '@wdio/protocols'

/**
 * get description of session command
 */
console.log(WebDriverProtocol['/session'].POST.description)

TypeScript Interfaces

The package exposes TypeScript interfaces for all protocols. You can use them for your own project as follows:

import type { WebDriverCommands } from '@wdio/protocol'

import { WebDriverCommands, WebDriverCommandsAsync } from './src'

const browser = {} as WebDriverCommands
browser.sendAlertText(true)
// fails with "Argument of type 'boolean' is not assignable to parameter of type 'string'.ts(2345)"

const asyncBrowser = {} as WebDriverCommandsAsync
const a = await asyncBrowser.getTitle()
type foo = typeof a // string

For more information on WebdriverIO see the homepage.

Similar packages

Other packages similar to @wdio/protocols

selenium-webdriver

selenium-webdriver is a popular package for browser automation using the WebDriver protocol. It provides a high-level API for controlling web browsers. Compared to @wdio/protocols, selenium-webdriver is more widely used and has a larger community, but it does not support Appium protocol out of the box.

appium

appium is a package that provides bindings for the Appium protocol, allowing you to automate mobile applications. It is similar to @wdio/protocols in terms of mobile automation capabilities but does not include WebDriver protocol bindings.