Create

Create New Session

Create a new session

Example Usage

  • java
DesiredCapabilities desiredCapabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
desiredCapabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.PLATFORM_VERSION, "10.3");
desiredCapabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.DEVICE_NAME, "iPhone Simulator");
desiredCapabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.AUTOMATION_NAME, "XCUITest");
desiredCapabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.APP, "/path/to/ios/app.zip");

URL url = new URL("http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub");

IOSDriver driver = new IOSDriver(url, desiredCapabilities);
String sessionId = driver.getSessionId().toString();
  • python
desired_caps = {
  'platformName': 'Android',
  'platformVersion': '7.0',
  'deviceName': 'Android Emulator',
  'automationName': 'UiAutomator2',
  'app': PATH('/path/to/app')
}
self.driver = webdriver.Remote('http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub', desired_caps)
  • javascript
// webdriver.io example
let options = { desiredCapabilities: {
  platformName: 'Android',
  platformVersion: '7.0',
  automationName: 'UiAutomator2',
  app: path.resolve('path', 'to', 'app.apk')
}};
let client = driver.newSession(options);

// wd example
let driver = await wd.promiseChainRemote({
  host: '127.0.0.1',
  port: 4723
});
let desiredCaps = {
  platformName: 'Android',
  platformVersion: '7.0',
  deviceName: 'Android Emulator',
  app: path.resolve('path', 'to', 'app.apk')
};
await driver.init(desiredCaps);
  • ruby
# ruby_lib example
APP_PATH = '../../path/to/app.app'

desired_caps = {
  caps: {
    platformName:  'iOS',
    platformVersion: '10.2',
    deviceName:    'iPhone 6',
    app:           APP_PATH,
    automationName: "XCUITest"
  }
}

Appium::Driver.new(desired_caps).start_driver

# ruby_lib_core example
::Appium::Core.for(desired_caps).start_driver
  • C#
AppiumOptions capabilities = new AppiumOptions();
appiumOptions.AddAdditionalCapability(MobileCapabilityType.PlatformName, "Android");
appiumOptions.AddAdditionalCapability(MobileCapabilityType.PlatformVersion, "7.1.1");
appiumOptions.AddAdditionalCapability(MobileCapabilityType.DeviceName, "Android Device");
appiumOptions.AddAdditionalCapability("appPackage", "com.instagram.android");
appiumOptions.AddAdditionalCapability("appActivity", "com.instagram.android.activity.MainTabActivity");

AndroidDriver<AndroidElement> driver = new AndroidDriver<AndroidElement>(new Uri("http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub"), appiumOptions);

Description

The server should attempt to create a session that most closely matches the desired and required capabilities.

  • JSONWP Spec Required capabilities have higher priority than desired capabilities and must be set for the session to be created
  • W3C Spec capabilities.alwaysMatch must be set for session to be created; capabilities.firstMatch must match at least one (the first one to match will be used)

Please do not forget to call delete command at the end of the session so that Appium could cleanup the downstream resources properly. Refusing to do so could corrupt the following session creation attempts or to break the stability of your tests in general.

Support

Appium Server

Platform Driver Platform Versions Appium Version Driver Version
iOS XCUITest 9.3+ 1.6.0+ All
UIAutomation 8.0 to 9.3 All All
Android Espresso ?+ 1.9.0+ All
UiAutomator2 ?+ 1.6.0+ All
UiAutomator 4.3+ All All
Mac Mac ?+ 1.6.4+ All
Windows Windows 10+ 1.6.0+ All

Appium Clients

HTTP API Specifications

Endpoint

POST /session

URL Parameters

None

JSON Parameters

name type description
desiredCapabilities object (JSONWP specification) Object describing session’s desired capabilities
requiredCapabilities object (JSONWP specification) Object describing session’s required capabilities that must be applied by remote end
capabilities object (W3C specification) object containing ‘alwaysMatch’ and ‘firstMatch’ properties
capabilities.alwaysMatch object The desired capabilities that the remote end must match
capabilities.firstMatch array<object> List of capabilities that the remote end tries to match. Matches the first in the list

Response

An object describing the session’s capabilities ( object )

See Also

官方链接:Create - Appium