Appium CDP Driver

Appium CDP Driver is a W3C WebDriver that allows you to connect to chromium based android mobile browsers like chrome & samsung browser through any WebDriver client.

Installation

Install cdp-driver (if not installed)

appium driver install --source npm appium-cdp-driver

Run Appium

LOCAL_PROTOCOL=true appium server -pa /wd/hub --use-drivers=cdp-driver

Capabilities

Appium Capabilities

Capability	Required	Type	Description
appium:automationName	+	string	Must be CDP
appium:browserName	+	string	Must be chrome or Terrace

W3C Capabilities

Capability	Required	Type	Description
platformName	+	string	Must be android

Commands

Command	Ref	Description	Implementation Status
active	here	Get Active Element	❌
back	here	Back	✅
clear	here	Element Clear	✅
click	here	Element Click	✅
closeWindow	here	Close Window	❌
createSession	here	New Session	✅
createWindow	here	New Window	❌
deleteCookie	here	Delete Cookie	✅
deleteCookies	here	Delete All Cookies	✅
deleteSession	here	Delete Session	✅
elementDisplayed	here	Is Element Displayed	✅
elementEnabled	here	Is Element Enabled	✅
elementSelected	here	Is Element Selected	❌
execute	here	Execute Script	❌
executeAsync	here	Execute Async Script	❌
findElOrEls	here	Find Elements	✅
forward	here	Forward	✅
fullScreenWindow	here	Fullscreen Window	Not supported
getAlertText	here	Get Alert Text	❌
getAttribute	here	Get Element Attribute	✅
getComputedLabel	here	Get Computed Label	❌
getComputedRole	here	Get Computed Role	❌
getCookie	here	Get Named Cookie	✅
getCookies	here	Get All Cookies	✅
getCssProperty	here	Get Element CSS Value	❌
getElementRect	here	Get Element Rect	✅
getElementScreenshot	here	Take Element Screenshot	✅
getName	here	Get Element Tag Name	✅
getPageSource	here	Get Page Source	✅
getProperty	here	Get Element Property	❌
getScreenshot	here	Take Screenshot	✅
getText	here	Get Element Text	✅
getTimeouts	here	Get Timeouts	❌
getUrl	here	Get Current URL	✅
getWindowHandle	here	Get Window Handle	❌
getWindowHandles	here	Get Window Handles	❌
getWindowRect	here	Get Window Rect	❌
implicitWaitW3C	here	Set Implicit Timeout	❌
maximizeWindow	here	Maximize Window	❌
minimizeWindow	here	Minimize Window	❌
pageLoadTimeoutW3C	here	Set Page Load Timeout	❌
parentFrame	here	Switch To Parent Frame	❌
performActions	here	Perform Actions	❌
postAcceptAlert	here	Accept Alert	❌
postDismissAlert	here	Dismiss Alert	❌
printPage	here	Print Page	❌
refresh	here	Refresh	✅
releaseActions	here	Release Actions	❌
scriptTimeoutW3C	here	Set Script Timeout	❌
setAlertText	here	Send Alert Text	❌
setCookie	here	Add Cookie	✅
setFrame	here	Switch To Frame	❌
setUrl	here	Navigate To	✅
setValue	here	Element Send Keys	✅
setWindow	here	Switch To Window	❌
setWindowRect	here	Set Window Rect	Not supported
title	here	Get Title	✅
uploadFile	-	Upload File	Not supported