How to setup Logging for Selenium web driver script

1. Open http://logging.apache.org/

2. Open Apache log4j link

3. Download from left shoulder tab

4. Extract and add Log4j Jar to eclipse

5. Create log4j.xml in the root folder of the script

<!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd">

<log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/" debug="false">

<appender name="fileAppender" class="org.apache.log4j.FileAppender">

<param name="Threshold" value="INFO" />

<param name="File" value="logfile.log"/>

<layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">

<param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d %-5p [%c{1}] %m %n" />

</layout>

</appender>

<root>

<level value="INFO"/>

<appender-ref ref="fileAppender"/>

</root>

</log4j:configuration>

6. Use Log.info("New driver instantiated"); comments across your scripting

7. Import following packages into the script

import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
import org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator;

8. Update below code under class file
private static Logger Log = Logger.getLogger(MLPTweets.class.getName());

9. With main section set the log file config

DOMConfigurator.configure("log4j.xml");

10. Where ever log needed update the following command in Log.Info();

Log.info("Tweets Data file Opened");

11. After the execution, open the logfile.log from the base folder and verify