LOG4J2 LOGGING IN SELENIUM
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LOG4J2 LOGGING IN
SELENIUM
Kushal Parikh
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Kushal Parikh
QA Automation Engineer
Log4j2 Logging in Selenium
Log4j2 Setup with Log4j2.properties & Log4j2.xml
Step 1: Add Maven Log4j2 Dependencies
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
<version>2.23.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
<version>2.23.1</version>
</dependency>
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Step 2: Creating Logger instance in Class
To start logging messages using this basic configuration, all you need to
just obtain a Logger instance using the LogManager class:
private static Logger logger =
LogManager.getLogger(YourClass.class);
YourClass = Give name of your respective class
Then you can use the logger object with methods corresponding to the log
level you want:
logger.error("This is an error message");
logger.info("This is an info message");
logger.debug("This is an debugging message");
For log level info :
https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/manual/customloglevels.html
Note: Use this in the class you want to add log like base.class,
extentManager.class etc .
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Step 3: Customizing logging by adding
Log4j2.properties or Log4j2.xml
Create a log4j2.properties or log4j2.xml file in the resources folder as
shown (recommended).
Note: You can create it anywhere you want, but src/resources is
recommended.
Folder structure:
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Using Log4j2.properties
status = warn
name=PropertiesConfig
property.filename = logs
#Set up apprenders for file & console
appenders = console, file ,htmlFile
# Set up for Console log output
appender.console.type = Console
appender.console.name = STDOUT
appender.console.layout.type = PatternLayout
appender.console.layout.pattern = [%-5level] %d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} [%t] %c{1} - %msg%n
# Set up for LOGFILE log output
appender.file.type = File
appender.file.name = LOGFILE
appender.file.fileName=${filename}/automationLogs_${date:yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm-ss}.log
appender.file.layout.type=PatternLayout
appender.file.layout.pattern=[%-5level] %d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} [%t] %c{1} - %msg%n
# Set up for HTML log output
appender.htmlFile.type = File
appender.htmlFile.name = HTMLFILE
appender.htmlFile.fileName=${filename}/automationLogs_${date:yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm-ss}.html
appender.htmlFile.layout.type=HTMLLayout
appender.htmlFile.layout.datepattern=yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss
appender.htmlFile.layout.timezone=GMT+0
appender.htmlFile.layout.LocationInfo=true
# Level of Logs
rootLogger.level = info
rootLogger.appenderRefs = file
rootLogger.appenderRef.stdout.ref = STDOUT
rootLogger.appenderRef.logfile.ref = LOGFILE
rootLogger.appenderRef.htmlfile.ref = HTMLFILE
Using Log4j2.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Configuration status="WARN">
<Appenders>
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<Console name="Console" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
<PatternLayout pattern="%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} %-5level - %msg%n"/>
</Console>
<File name="File" fileName="logs\\automationLogs_${date:yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm-ss}.log"
append="true">
<PatternLayout>
<Pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level - %msg%n</Pattern>
</PatternLayout>
</File>
<!-- Add HTML File Appender -->
<File name="htmlFile" fileName="logs\\automationLogs_${date:yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm-
ss}.html">
<HtmlLayout title="HTML Layout Demo" datePattern="ISO8601" timezone="GMT+0"/>
</File>
</Appenders>
<Loggers>
<Logger name="com.seleniumsessions" level="info" additivity="true">
<appender-ref level="info" ref="File"/>
<!-- Add HTML File Appender to the logger -->
<appender-ref level="info" ref="htmlFile"/>
</Logger>
<Root additivity="true" level="info">
<appender-ref ref="Console"/>
</Root>
</Loggers>
</Configuration>
Logfile Log output:
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HTML Log output:
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