Sharing Cucumber test results with your colleagues is not easy. To make things easier, the Cucumber team has created a free, cloud-based service for sharing reports across the organization. The Cucumber Reports service, which is currently in early beta, allows you to configure Cucumber (currently only in Ruby or Java flavours) to upload the results of a Cucumber run to the cloud. You can then access them through your browser, which will render them using the same HTML formatter as on the desktop.
Java
How to configure Java and Maven in Jenkins
In the previous tutorial, I explained the steps to download and configure Jenkins in Windows 10.
The introduction of the Global Tool Configuration section in Jenkins 2 is a wise decision. This section contains all the major configurations for external tools, their locations, and automatic installer tools.
Table of Contents
Configuring Java
Open Jenkins and go to Jenkins Dashboard. After that, click on the Manage Jenkins link as shown below:

When we click on the “Manage Jenkins” link, we are redirected to the Manage Jenkins page, where we can see various types of options, including the “Global Tool Configuration” option.

We need to set the JDK path in Jenkins as shown below.

Click on the Add JDK button. By default, “Install Automatically” will be checked, so since we are going to use the JDK installed in our local machine, “Install automatically” will install the latest version of JDK, and you will also need to provide credentials to download the relevant JDK.

Provide the JDK’s name as we gave as JDK 11 because that is what is currently installed on my machine and also provide the path of JDK in the JAVA_HOME textbox.

Configuring Maven
As mentioned above, go to Global Tool Configuration and scroll down to see the Maven option.

Click on the “Add Maven” button. Kindly note that by default, “Install Automatically” will be checked, so since we are going to use the Maven installed on our local machine, “Install automatically” will install the latest version of Maven, and you will also need to provide credentials to download relevant Maven.

Provide the Maven’s name as we gave as Maven 3.8.6 because that is what is currently installed on my machine, and also provide the path of Maven in the MAVEN_HOME textbox.

Click on the Apply and Save buttons.
Congratulations!!. The above steps configured Java and Maven to Jenkins. Happy Learning
Gradle – ExtentReports Version 5 for Cucumber, Selenium and JUnit4
The previous tutorial explained the generation of ExtentReports Version 5 for Cucumber 7 and TestNG in a Maven project. In this tutorial, I will explain the steps to create an Extent Report Version 5 for Cucumber, Selenium, and Junit4 in a Gradle project.
Pre Requisite:
- Java 8 or above installed
- Eclipse or IntelliJ IDE installed
- Gradle Installed
- Environment variable JAVA_HOME and GRADLE_HOME correctly configured
In this tutorial, I’ll create a BDD Framework for the testing of web applications using Cucumber, Selenium WebDriver with JUnit4. This framework consists of:-
- Cucumber Java- 7.6.0
- Cucumber JUnit – 7.6.0
- Java 11
- JUnit – 4.13.2
- Gradle – 7.5.1
- Selenium – 4.3.0
- ExtentReport – 5.0.9
- GrassHopper Cucumber Adapter – 1.7.0
Implementation Steps
- Add ExtentReport dependency to the build.gradle
- Add ExtentCucumberAdapter plugin to task cucumber
- Add Cucumber, Selenium and JUnit4 , and dependencies in build.gradle
- Create Locator and Action classes and Step Definition corresponding to the feature file
- Create extent.properties file in resources folder and paste the below code
- Execute the Tests
- View the ExtentReports
There is a tutorial that explains the Integration of Cucumber, Selenium, and JUnit4 in a Gradle project. Please refer to this tutorial – Gradle Project with Cucumber, Selenium, and JUnit4.
Step 1 – Add ExtentReport dependency to the build.gradle
To create ExtentReport, we need to add the below-mentioned dependency in build.gradle.
implementation 'tech.grasshopper:extentreports-cucumber7-adapter:1.7.0'
implementation 'com.aventstack:extentreports:5.0.9'
Step 2 – Add ExtentCucumberAdapter plugin to task cucumber
task cucumber() {
dependsOn assemble, compileTestJava
doLast {
javaexec {
main = "io.cucumber.core.cli.Main"
classpath = configurations.cucumberRuntime + sourceSets.main.output + sourceSets.test.output
args = ['--plugin', 'pretty',
'--plugin', 'io.qameta.allure.cucumber7jvm.AllureCucumber7Jvm',
'--plugin', 'com.aventstack.extentreports.cucumber.adapter.ExtentCucumberAdapter:',
'--glue', 'com.example.definitions', 'src/test/resources']
}
}
}
Step 3 – Add Cucumber, Selenium and JUnit4, and dependencies in build.gradle
dependencies {
testImplementation 'io.cucumber:cucumber-java:7.6.0'
testImplementation 'io.cucumber:cucumber-junit:7.6.0'
// Use JUnit test framework.
testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13.2'
//ExtentReport
implementation 'tech.grasshopper:extentreports-cucumber7-adapter:1.7.0'
implementation 'com.aventstack:extentreports:5.0.9'
// This dependency is used by the application.
implementation 'com.google.guava:guava:30.1.1-jre'
implementation 'org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-java:4.4.0'
implementation 'io.github.bonigarcia:webdrivermanager:5.3.0'
}
The complete build.gradle is shown below:
/*
* This file was generated by the Gradle 'init' task.
*
*/
plugins {
// Apply the application plugin to add support for building a CLI application in Java.
id 'application'
}
repositories {
// Use Maven Central for resolving dependencies.
mavenCentral()
}
java {
sourceCompatibility = 11
targetCompatibility = 11
}
dependencies {
testImplementation 'io.cucumber:cucumber-java:7.6.0'
testImplementation 'io.cucumber:cucumber-junit:7.6.0'
// Use JUnit test framework.
testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13.2'
//ExtentReport
implementation 'tech.grasshopper:extentreports-cucumber7-adapter:1.7.0'
implementation 'com.aventstack:extentreports:5.0.9'
// This dependency is used by the application.
implementation 'com.google.guava:guava:30.1.1-jre'
implementation 'org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-java:4.4.0'
implementation 'io.github.bonigarcia:webdrivermanager:5.3.0'
}
application {
// Define the main class for the application.
mainClass = 'com.example.App'
}
configurations {
cucumberRuntime {
extendsFrom testImplementation
}
}
task cucumber() {
dependsOn assemble, testClasses
doLast {
javaexec {
main = "io.cucumber.core.cli.Main"
classpath = configurations.cucumberRuntime + sourceSets.main.output + sourceSets.test.output
args = ['--plugin', 'pretty',
'--plugin', 'io.qameta.allure.cucumber7jvm.AllureCucumber7Jvm',
'--plugin', 'com.aventstack.extentreports.cucumber.adapter.ExtentCucumberAdapter:',
'--glue', 'com.example.definitions', 'src/test/resources']
}
}
}
Step 4 – Create Locator and Action classes and Step Definition corresponding to the feature file
As mentioned above, there is another tutorial that explains the project structure as well as the feature file and corresponding Step Definitions, please refer to this tutorial – Gradle Project with Cucumber, Selenium and JUnit4.
Step 5 – Create extent.properties file in resources folder and paste the below code
#Extent Report
extent.reporter.spark.start=true
extent.reporter.spark.out=Reports/Spark.html
#PDF Report
extent.reporter.pdf.start=true
extent.reporter.pdf.out=PdfReport/ExtentPdf.pdf
#HTML Report
extent.reporter.html.start=true
extent.reporter.html.out=HtmlReport/ExtentHtml.html
#FolderName
basefolder.name=ExtentReports/SparkReport_
basefolder.datetimepattern=d_MMM_YY HH_mm_ss
#Screenshot
screenshot.dir=/Screenshots/
screenshot.rel.path=../Screenshots/
#Base64
extent.reporter.spark.base64imagesrc=true
#System Info
systeminfo.os=windows
systeminfo.version=10
Step 6 – Execute the Tests
Go to the app project and run the tests, using the below command
gradle cucumber
The output of the above program is

Step 7: View the ExtentReports
Refresh the project and will see a new folder – SparkReport_ which further contains 4 folders –HtmlReport, PdfReport, Reports, and Screenshots.

The ExtentReport will be present in the Report’s folder with the name Spark.html. PDF Report is present in the PdfReport folder and HTML Report is present in the HtmlReport folder. We can see that the Screenshots’ folder is empty because we have used base64imagesrc feature which resulted in no physical screenshots. The screenshots are embedded in the reports.
Right-click and open the ExtentHtml.html report with the Web Browser. The report also has a summary section that displays the summary of the execution. The summary includes the overview of the pass/fail using a pictogram, start time, end time, and pass/fail details of features as shown in the image below.
ExtentHtml.html

The failed test has screenshot embedded in it. Double click on mase64image and it will open the screenshot in full screen.

Screenshot of failed Test Case

PDF Report
To know more about PDF Report generation, please refer to this tutorial – PDF ExtentReport for Cucumber and TestNG.

Spark Report
Right-click and open the Spark.html report with Web Browser.

Congratulations on making it through this tutorial and hope you found it useful! Happy Learning!! Cheers!!
Gradle Project with Cucumber, Selenium and JUnit4
The previous tutorial explained the Integration of Cucumber with Selenium and JUnit4 in a Maven Project. This tutorial explains the test automation framework based on Gradle, Cucumber, Selenium, and JUnit4.
Pre Requisite:
- Java 8 or above installed
- Eclipse or IntelliJ IDE installed
- Gradle Installed
- Environment variables JAVA_HOME and GRADLE_HOME are correctly configured
In this tutorial, I’ll create a BDD Framework for the testing of web applications using Cucumber, and Selenium WebDriver with JUnit4. This framework consists of:-
- Cucumber Java- 7.6.0
- Cucumber JUnit– 7.6.0
- Java 11
- JUnit4 – 4.13.2
- Gradle – 7.5.1
- Selenium – 4.3.0
Project Structure

Steps to set up Cucumber Test Automation Framework with Selenium and TestNG
- Download and Install Java on the system
- Download and setup Eclipse IDE on the system
- Install and setup Gradle
- Install Cucumber Eclipse Plugin (For Eclipse IDE)
- Create a new Gradle Project
- Add Selenium, JUnit4, and Cucumber dependencies to the build.gradle
- Create a feature file under src/test/resources
- Create the classes for locators, actions, and utilities in src/main/java
- Create the Step Definition class or Glue Code in src/test/java
- Create a Hook class to contain the initialization and closing of the browser in src/test/java
- Create a JUnit4 Cucumber Runner class in src/test/java
- Run the tests from Command Line
- Cucumber Report Generation
Implementation Steps
Step 1- Download and Install Java
Cucumber and Selenium need Java to be installed on the system to run the tests. Click here to know How to install Java.
Step 2 – Download and setup Eclipse IDE on the system
The Eclipse IDE (integrated development environment) provides strong support for Java developers. Click here to know How to install Eclipse.
Step 3 – Setup Maven
To build a test framework, we need to add a number of dependencies to the project. Click here to know How to install Maven.
Step 4 – Install Cucumber Eclipse Plugin
The cucumber plugin is an Eclipse plugin that allows eclipse to understand the Gherkin syntax. When we are working with cucumber we will write the feature files that contain Feature, Scenario, Given, When, Then, And, But, Tags, Scenario Outline, and Examples. By default, eclipse doesn’t understand these keywords so it doesn’t show any syntax highlighter. Cucumber Eclipse Plugin highlights the keywords present in Feature File. Refer to this tutorial to get more detail – How to setup Cucumber with Eclipse.
Step 5 – Create a new Gradle Project
Below are the steps to create the Gradle project from the command line.

If you want to create the Gradle project from Eclipse IDE, click here to know How to create a Gradle Java project. Below is the structure of the Gradle project.
Step 6 – Add Selenium, JUnit4, and Cucumber dependencies to the build.gradle
Add below mentioned Selenium, JUnit4, and Cucumber dependencies to the project.
/*
* This file was generated by the Gradle 'init' task.
*
*/
plugins {
// Apply the application plugin to add support for building a CLI application in Java.
id 'application'
}
repositories {
// Use Maven Central for resolving dependencies.
mavenCentral()
}
java {
sourceCompatibility = 11
targetCompatibility = 11
}
dependencies {
testImplementation 'io.cucumber:cucumber-java:7.6.0'
testImplementation 'io.cucumber:cucumber-junit:7.6.0'
// Use JUnit test framework.
testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13.2'
// This dependency is used by the application.
implementation 'com.google.guava:guava:30.1.1-jre'
implementation 'org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-java:4.4.0'
implementation 'io.github.bonigarcia:webdrivermanager:5.3.0'
}
application {
// Define the main class for the application.
mainClass = 'com.example.App'
}
configurations {
cucumberRuntime {
extendsFrom testImplementation
}
}
task cucumber() {
dependsOn assemble, testClasses
doLast {
javaexec {
main = "io.cucumber.core.cli.Main"
classpath = configurations.cucumberRuntime + sourceSets.main.output + sourceSets.test.output
args = ['--plugin', 'pretty',
'--glue', 'com.example.definitions', 'src/test/resources'
]
}
}
}
I have added WebDriverManager dependency to the POM.xml to download the driver binaries automatically. To know more about this, please refer to this tutorial – How to manage driver executables using WebDriverManager.
Step 7 – Create a feature file in the src/test/resources directory
Create a folder with name features. Now, create the feature file in this folder. The feature file should be saved with the extension .feature. This feature file contains the test scenarios created to test the application. The Test Scenarios are written in Gherkins language in the format of Given, When, Then, And, But.
Feature: Login to HRM Application
Background:
Given User is on HRMLogin page "https://opensource-demo.orangehrmlive.com/"
@ValidCredentials
Scenario: Login with valid credentials
When User enters username as "Admin" and password as "admin123"
Then User should be able to login sucessfully and new page open
@InvalidCredentials
Scenario Outline: Login with invalid credentials
When User enters username as "<username>" and password as "<password>"
Then User should be able to see error message "<errorMessage>"
Examples:
| username | password | errorMessage |
| Admin | admin12$$ | Invalid credentials |
| admin$$ | admin123 | Invalid credentials |
| abc123 | xyz$$ | Invalid credentials |
| $$$$$$ | %%%%% | Invalid credentials |
@MissingUsername @FailedTest
Scenario: Verify error message when username is missing
When User enters username as "" and password as "admin123"
Then User should be able to see error message for empty username as "Empty Username"
Step 8 – Create the classes for locators, actions, and utilities in src/main/java
Below is the sample code of the LoginPageLocators.
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.FindBy;
public class LoginPageLocators {
@FindBy(name = "username")
public WebElement userName;
@FindBy(name = "password")
public WebElement password;
@FindBy(xpath = "//*[@id='app']/div[1]/div/div[1]/div/div[2]/div[2]/form/div[3]/button")
public WebElement login;
@FindBy(xpath = "//*[@id='app']/div[1]/div/div[1]/div/div[2]/div[2]/div/div[1]/div[1]/p")
public WebElement errorMessage;
@FindBy(xpath = "//*[@id='app']/div[1]/div/div[1]/div/div[2]/div[2]/form/div[1]/div/span")
public WebElement missingUsernameErrorMessage;
}
Below is the sample code for the HomePageLocators.
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.FindBy;
public class HomePageLocators {
@FindBy(xpath = "//*[@id='app']/div[1]/div[2]/div[2]/div/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/h5")
public WebElement homePageUserName;
}
Create the action classes for each web page. These action classes contain all the methods needed by the step definitions. In this case, I have created 2 action classes – LoginPageActions and HomePageActions.
LoginPageActions
import org.openqa.selenium.support.PageFactory;
import com.example.locators.LoginPageLocators;
import com.example.utils.HelperClass;
public class LoginPageActions {
LoginPageLocators loginPageLocators = null;
public LoginPageActions() {
this.loginPageLocators = new LoginPageLocators();
PageFactory.initElements(HelperClass.getDriver(),loginPageLocators);
}
public void login(String strUserName, String strPassword) {
// Fill user name
loginPageLocators.userName.sendKeys(strUserName);
// Fill password
loginPageLocators.password.sendKeys(strPassword);
// Click Login button
loginPageLocators.login.click();
}
// Get the error message when invalid credentials are provided
public String getErrorMessage() {
return loginPageLocators.errorMessage.getText();
}
// Get the error message when username is blank
public String getMissingUsernameText() {
return loginPageLocators.missingUsernameErrorMessage.getText();
}
}
HomePageActions
import org.openqa.selenium.support.PageFactory;
import com.example.locators.HomePageLocators;
import com.example.utils.HelperClass;
public class HomePageActions {
HomePageLocators homePageLocators = null;
public HomePageActions() {
this.homePageLocators = new HomePageLocators();
PageFactory.initElements(HelperClass.getDriver(),homePageLocators);
}
// Get the User name from Home Page
public String getHomePageText() {
return homePageLocators.homePageUserName.getText();
}
}
Create a Helper class where we are initializing the web driver, initializing the web driver wait, defining the timeouts, and creating a private constructor of the class, it will declare the web driver, so whenever we create an object of this class, a new web browser is invoked.
import java.time.Duration;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import io.github.bonigarcia.wdm.WebDriverManager;
public class HelperClass {
private static HelperClass helperClass;
private static WebDriver driver;
public final static int TIMEOUT = 10;
private HelperClass() {
WebDriverManager.chromedriver().setup();
driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofSeconds(TIMEOUT));
driver.manage().window().maximize();
}
public static void openPage(String url) {
driver.get(url);
}
public static WebDriver getDriver() {
return driver;
}
public static void setUpDriver() {
if (helperClass==null) {
helperClass = new HelperClass();
}
}
public static void tearDown() {
if(driver!=null) {
driver.close();
driver.quit();
}
helperClass = null;
}
}
Step 9 – Create the Step Definition class or Glue Code in src/test/java
Now, we need to create the Step Definition of the Feature File
LoginPageDefinitions.java
import org.junit.Assert;
import com.example.actions.HomePageActions;
import com.example.actions.LoginPageActions;
import com.example.utils.HelperClass;
import io.cucumber.java.en.Given;
import io.cucumber.java.en.Then;
import io.cucumber.java.en.When;
public class LoginPageDefinitions {
LoginPageActions objLogin = new LoginPageActions();
HomePageActions objHomePage = new HomePageActions();
@Given("User is on HRMLogin page {string}")
public void loginTest(String url) {
HelperClass.openPage(url);
}
@When("User enters username as {string} and password as {string}")
public void goToHomePage(String userName, String passWord) {
objLogin.login(userName, passWord);
}
@Then("User should be able to login sucessfully and new page open")
public void verifyLogin() {
Assert.assertTrue(objHomePage.getHomePageText().contains("Employee Information"));
}
@Then("User should be able to see error message {string}")
public void verifyErrorMessageForInvalidCredentials(String expectedErrorMessage) {
Assert.assertEquals(expectedErrorMessage,objLogin.getErrorMessage());
}
@Then("User should be able to see error message for empty username as {string}")
public void verifyErrorMessageForEmptyUsername(String expectedErrorMessage) {
Assert.assertEquals(expectedErrorMessage,objLogin.getMissingUsernameText());
}
}
Step 10 – Create a Hook class to contain the initialization and closing of the browser in src/test/java
import org.openqa.selenium.OutputType;
import org.openqa.selenium.TakesScreenshot;
import com.example.utils.HelperClass;
import io.cucumber.java.After;
import io.cucumber.java.Before;
import io.cucumber.java.Scenario;
public class BaseClass {
@Before
public static void setUp() {
HelperClass.setUpDriver();
}
@After
public static void tearDown(Scenario scenario) {
//validate if scenario has failed
if(scenario.isFailed()) {
final byte[] screenshot = ((TakesScreenshot) HelperClass.getDriver()).getScreenshotAs(OutputType.BYTES);
scenario.attach(screenshot, "image/png", scenario.getName());
}
HelperClass.tearDown();
}
}
Step 11 – Create a JUnit Cucumber Runner class in src/test/java
Cucumber needs a TestRunner class to run the feature files. It is suggested to create a folder with the name of the runner in the src/test/java directory and create the Cucumber TestRunner class in this folder. Below is the code of the Cucumber TestRunner class.
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import io.cucumber.junit.Cucumber;
import io.cucumber.junit.CucumberOptions;
@RunWith(Cucumber.class)
@CucumberOptions(tags = "", features = {"src/test/resources/features/LoginPage.feature"}, glue = {"com.example.definitions"})
public class CucumberRunnerTests {
}
Step 12 – Run the tests from Command Line
Run the below command in the command prompt to run the tests and to get the test execution report.
gradle cucumber
The output of the above program is

Step 13 – Cucumber Report Generation
To get Cucumber Test Reports, add cucumber.properties under src/test/resources and add the below instruction in the file
cucumber.publish.enabled=true
Below is the image of the Cucumber Report generated using the Cucumber Service.


In the above example, as we can see, one of the tests has failed. So, when a test fails, we have written the code to take a screenshot of the failed step. The highlighted box above shows the image of the failed test. You can click on that to see the screenshot.

Congratulations on making it through this tutorial and hope you found it useful! Happy Learning!! Cheers!!
Gradle Project with Cucumber, Selenium and TestNG
The previous tutorial explained the Integration of Cucumber with Selenium and TestNG in a Maven Project. This tutorial explains the test automation framework based on Gradle, Cucumber, Selenium, and TestNG.
Pre Requisite:
- Java 8 or above installed
- Eclipse or IntelliJ IDE installed
- Gradle Installed
- Environment variables JAVA_HOME and GRADLE_HOME are correctly configured
In this tutorial, I’ll create a BDD Framework for the testing of web applications using Cucumber, and Selenium WebDriver with TestNG. This framework consists of:-
- Cucumber Java- 7.6.0
- Cucumber TestNG – 7.6.0
- Java 11
- TestNG – 7.6.0
- Gradle – 7.5.1
- Selenium – 4.3.0
Project Structure

Steps to set up Cucumber Test Automation Framework with Selenium and TestNG
- Download and Install Java on the system
- Download and setup Eclipse IDE on the system
- Install and setup Gradle
- Install Cucumber Eclipse Plugin (For Eclipse IDE)
- Create a new Gradle Project
- Add Selenium, TestNG, and Cucumber dependencies to the build.gradle
- Create a feature file under src/test/resources
- Create the classes for locators, actions and utilities in src/main/java
- Create the Step Definition class or Glue Code in src/test/java
- Create a Hook class to contain the initialization and closing of browser in src/test/java
- Create a TestNG Cucumber Runner class in src/test/java
- Run the tests from Command Line
- Cucumber Report Generation
Implementation Steps
Step 1- Download and Install Java
Cucumber and Selenium need Java to be installed on the system to run the tests. Click here to know How to install Java.
Step 2 – Download and setup Eclipse IDE on the system
The Eclipse IDE (integrated development environment) provides strong support for Java developers. Click here to know How to install Eclipse.
Step 3 – Setup Maven
To build a test framework, we need to add a number of dependencies to the project. Click here to know How to install Maven.
Step 4 – Install Cucumber Eclipse Plugin
The cucumber plugin is an Eclipse plugin that allows eclipse to understand the Gherkin syntax. When we are working with cucumber we will write the feature files that contain Feature, Scenario, Given, When, Then, And, But, Tags, Scenario Outline, and Examples. By default, eclipse doesn’t understand these keywords so it doesn’t show any syntax highlighter. Cucumber Eclipse Plugin highlights the keywords present in Feature File. Refer to this tutorial to get more detail – How to setup Cucumber with Eclipse.
Step 5 – Create a new Gradle Project
Below are the steps to create the Gradle project from the command line.

If you want to create the Gradle project from Eclipse IDE, click here to know How to create a Gradle Java project. Below is the structure of the Gradle project.

Step 6 – Add Selenium, TestNG, and Cucumber dependencies to the build.gradle
Add below mentioned Selenium, TestNG, and Cucumber dependencies to the project.
I have added WebDriverManager dependency to the POM.xml to download the driver binaries automatically. To know more about this, please refer to this tutorial – How to manage driver executables using WebDriverManager.
/*
* This file was generated by the Gradle 'init' task.
*
* This generated file contains a sample Java application project to get you started.
*/
plugins {
// Apply the application plugin to add support for building a CLI application in Java.
id 'application'
id 'io.qameta.allure' version '2.11.0'
}
repositories {
// Use Maven Central for resolving dependencies.
mavenCentral()
}
java {
sourceCompatibility = 11
targetCompatibility = 11
}
dependencies {
// Use TestNG framework, also requires calling test.useTestNG() below
testImplementation 'io.cucumber:cucumber-java:7.6.0'
testImplementation 'io.cucumber:cucumber-testng:7.6.0'
//TestNG
testImplementation 'org.testng:testng:7.6.0'
//Others
implementation 'com.google.guava:guava:31.0.1-jre'
implementation 'org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-java:4.4.0'
implementation 'io.github.bonigarcia:webdrivermanager:5.3.0'
}
application {
// Define the main class for the application.
mainClass = 'com.example.App'
}
tasks.named('test') {
// Use TestNG for unit tests.
useTestNG()
}
configurations {
cucumberRuntime {
extendsFrom testImplementation
}
}
task cucumber() {
dependsOn assemble, testClasses
doLast {
javaexec {
main = "io.cucumber.core.cli.Main"
classpath = configurations.cucumberRuntime + sourceSets.main.output + sourceSets.test.output
args = ['--plugin', 'pretty',
'--glue', 'com.example.definitions', 'src/test/resources']
}
}
}
Step 7 – Create a feature file in the src/test/resources directory
Create a folder with name features. Now, create the feature file in this folder. The feature file should be saved with the extension .feature. This feature file contains the test scenarios created to test the application. The Test Scenarios are written in Gherkins language in the format of Given, When, Then, And, But.

Below is an example of the Feature File.
Feature: Login to HRM Application
Background:
Given User is on HRMLogin page "https://opensource-demo.orangehrmlive.com/"
@ValidCredentials
Scenario: Login with valid credentials
When User enters username as "Admin" and password as "admin123"
Then User should be able to login sucessfully and new page open
@InvalidCredentials
Scenario Outline: Login with invalid credentials
When User enters username as "<username>" and password as "<password>"
Then User should be able to see error message "<errorMessage>"
Examples:
| username | password | errorMessage |
| Admin | admin12$$ | Invalid credentials |
| admin$$ | admin123 | Invalid credentials |
| abc123 | xyz$$ | Invalid credentials |
@MissingUsername
Scenario: Verify error message when username is missing
When User enters username as "" and password as "admin123"
Then User should be able to see error message "Empty Username"
Step 8 – Create the classes for locators, actions and utilities in src/main/java
Below is the sample code of the LoginPageLocators.
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.FindBy;
public class LoginPageLocators {
@FindBy(name = "username")
public WebElement userName;
@FindBy(name = "password")
public WebElement password;
@FindBy(xpath = "//*[@id='app']/div[1]/div/div[1]/div/div[2]/div[2]/form/div[3]/button")
public WebElement login;
@FindBy(xpath = "//*[@id='app']/div[1]/div/div[1]/div/div[2]/div[2]/div/div[1]/div[1]/p")
public WebElement errorMessage;
@FindBy(xpath = "//*[@id='app']/div[1]/div/div[1]/div/div[2]/div[2]/form/div[1]/div/span")
public WebElement missingUsernameErrorMessage;
}
Below is the sample code for the HomePageLocators.
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.FindBy;
public class HomePageLocators {
@FindBy(xpath = "//*[@id='app']/div[1]/div[2]/div[2]/div/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/h5")
public WebElement homePageUserName;
}
Create the action classes for each web page. These action classes contain all the methods needed by the step definitions. In this case, I have created 2 action classes – LoginPageActions and HomePageActions .
LoginPageActions
import org.openqa.selenium.support.PageFactory;
import com.example.locators.LoginPageLocators;
import com.example.utils.HelperClass;
public class LoginPageActions {
LoginPageLocators loginPageLocators = null;
public LoginPageActions() {
this.loginPageLocators = new LoginPageLocators();
PageFactory.initElements(HelperClass.getDriver(),loginPageLocators);
}
public void login(String strUserName, String strPassword) {
loginPageLocators.userName.sendKeys(strUserName);
loginPageLocators.password.sendKeys(strPassword);
loginPageLocators.login.click();
}
// Get the error message when invalid credentials are provided
public String getErrorMessage() {
return loginPageLocators.errorMessage.getText();
}
// Get the error message when username is blank
public String getMissingUsernameText() {
return loginPageLocators.missingUsernameErrorMessage.getText();
}
}
HomePageActions
import org.openqa.selenium.support.PageFactory;
import com.example.locators.HomePageLocators;
import com.example.utils.HelperClass;
public class HomePageActions {
HomePageLocators homePageLocators = null;
public HomePageActions() {
this.homePageLocators = new HomePageLocators();
PageFactory.initElements(HelperClass.getDriver(),homePageLocators);
}
// Get the User name from Home Page
public String getHomePageText() {
return homePageLocators.homePageUserName.getText();
}
}
Create a Helper class where we are initializing the web driver, initializing the web driver wait, defining the timeouts, and creating a private constructor of the class, it will declare the web driver, so whenever we create an object of this class, a new web browser is invoked.
import java.time.Duration;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import io.github.bonigarcia.wdm.WebDriverManager;
public class HelperClass {
private static HelperClass helperClass;
private static WebDriver driver;
public final static int TIMEOUT = 10;
private HelperClass() {
WebDriverManager.chromedriver().setup();
driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofSeconds(TIMEOUT));
driver.manage().window().maximize();
}
public static void openPage(String url) {
driver.get(url);
}
public static WebDriver getDriver() {
return driver;
}
public static void setUpDriver() {
if (helperClass==null) {
helperClass = new HelperClass();
}
}
public static void tearDown() {
if(driver!=null) {
driver.close();
driver.quit();
}
helperClass = null;
}
}
Step 9 – Create the Step Definition class or Glue Code in src/test/java
Now, we need to create the Step Definition of the Feature File – LoginPageDefinitions.java.
import org.testng.Assert;
import org.testng.SkipException;
import com.example.actions.HomePageActions;
import com.example.actions.LoginPageActions;
import com.example.utils.HelperClass;
import io.cucumber.java.en.Given;
import io.cucumber.java.en.Then;
import io.cucumber.java.en.When;
public class LoginPageDefinitions {
LoginPageActions objLogin = new LoginPageActions();
HomePageActions objHomePage = new HomePageActions();
@Given("User is on HRMLogin page {string}")
public void loginTest(String url) {
HelperClass.openPage(url);
}
@When("User enters username as {string} and password as {string}")
public void goToHomePage(String userName, String passWord) {
objLogin.login(userName, passWord);
}
@Then("User should be able to login sucessfully and new page open")
public void verifyLogin() {
Assert.assertTrue(objHomePage.getHomePageText().contains("Employee Information"));
}
@Then("User should be able to see error message {string}")
public void verifyErrorMessageForInvalidCredentials(String expectedErrorMessage) {
Assert.assertEquals(objLogin.getErrorMessage(),expectedErrorMessage);
}
@Then("User should be able to see error message for empty username as {string}")
public void verifyErrorMessageForEmptyUsername(String expectedErrorMessage) {
Assert.assertEquals(objLogin.getMissingUsernameText(),expectedErrorMessage);
}
}
Step 10 – Create a Hook class to contain the initialization and closing of the browser in src/test/java
Below is the example of the Hook class where we initialize the browser as well as close the browser at the end of the execution.
import org.openqa.selenium.OutputType;
import org.openqa.selenium.TakesScreenshot;
import com.example.utils.HelperClass;
import io.cucumber.java.After;
import io.cucumber.java.Before;
import io.cucumber.java.Scenario;
public class BaseClass {
@Before
public static void setUp() {
HelperClass.setUpDriver();
}
@After
public static void tearDown(Scenario scenario) {
//validate if scenario has failed
if(scenario.isFailed()) {
final byte[] screenshot = ((TakesScreenshot) HelperClass.getDriver()).getScreenshotAs(OutputType.BYTES);
scenario.attach(screenshot, "image/png", scenario.getName());
}
HelperClass.tearDown();
}
}
Step 11 – Create a TestNG Cucumber Runner class in src/test/java
Cucumber needs a TestRunner class to run the feature files. It is suggested to create a folder with the name of the runner in the src/test/java directory and create the Cucumber TestRunner class in this folder. Below is the code of the Cucumber TestRunner class.
import io.cucumber.testng.AbstractTestNGCucumberTests;
import io.cucumber.testng.CucumberOptions;
@CucumberOptions(tags = "", features = {"src/test/resources/features/LoginPage.feature"}, glue = {"com.example.definitions"})
public class CucumberRunnerTests extends AbstractTestNGCucumberTests {
}
Step 12 – Run the tests from Command Line
Run the below command in the command prompt to run the tests and to get the test execution report.
gradle cucumber
The output of the above program is

Step 13 – Cucumber Report Generation
To get Cucumber Test Reports, add cucumber.properties under src/test/resources and add the below instruction in the file.
cucumber.publish.enabled=true
Below is the image of the Cucumber Report generated using the Cucumber Service.


In the above example, as we can see, one of the tests has failed. So, when a test fails, we have written the code to take a screenshot of the failed step. The highlighted box above shows the image of the failed test. You can click on that to see the screenshot.

Congratulations on making it through this tutorial and hope you found it useful! Happy Learning!! Cheers!!
Gradle – Allure Report for Selenium and TestNG
The previous tutorial explained the generation of Allure Report for Selenium and TestNG in a Maven Project. This tutorial explains the generation of Allure Report for Selenium and TestNG in a Gradle project.
Pre-Requisite:
- Java 8 or higher installed
- Gradle installed
- Eclipse or IntelliJ installed
This framework consists of:
- Selenium – 4.3
- Java 11
- TestNG – 7.6.1
- Gradle – 7.5.1
- Allure Maven Plugin – 2.11.0
- Allure TestNG – 2.19.1
Project Structure

To create a Gradle project from the command line, please refer to this tutorial – How to create a Java Gradle project using Command Line.

Implementation Steps
- Add Selenium, TestNG, and Allure-TestNG dependencies in build.gradle
- Create Pages and Test Code for the pages
- Create testng.xml
- Execute the Tests
- Generate Allure Report
Step 1 – Add Selenium, TestNG, and Allure-TestNG dependencies in the build.gradle
plugins {
// Apply the application plugin to add support for building a CLI application in Java.
id 'application'
id 'io.qameta.allure' version '2.11.0'
}
repositories {
// Use Maven Central for resolving dependencies.
mavenCentral()
}
java {
sourceCompatibility = 11
targetCompatibility = 11
}
dependencies {
// Use TestNG framework, also requires calling test.useTestNG() below
testImplementation 'org.testng:testng:7.6.1'
// This dependency is used by the application.
implementation 'com.google.guava:guava:31.0.1-jre'
implementation 'org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-java:4.4.0'
implementation 'io.github.bonigarcia:webdrivermanager:5.3.0'
implementation 'io.qameta.allure:allure-testng:2.19.0'
}
application {
// Define the main class for the application.
mainClass = 'com.example.App'
}
tasks.named('test') {
// Use TestNG for unit tests.
useTestNG() {
useDefaultListeners = true
suites "./testng.xml"
}
testLogging {
events "PASSED", "FAILED", "SKIPPED"
exceptionFormat = 'full'
}
}
Step 2 – Create Pages and Test Code for the pages
Below is the sample project which uses Selenium and TestNG which is used to generate an Allure Report.
We have used the PageFactory model to build the tests. I have created a package named pages and created the page classes in that folder. Page class contains the locators of each web element present on that particular page along with the methods of performing actions using these web elements.
This is the BaseClass that contains the PageFactory.initElements. The initElements is a static method of PageFactory class that is used to initialize all the web elements located by @FindBy annotation.
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.PageFactory;
public class BasePage {
public WebDriver driver;
public BasePage(WebDriver driver) {
this.driver = driver;
PageFactory.initElements(driver,this);
}
}
Below is the code for LoginPage and HomePage
LoginPage
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.FindBy;
public class LoginPage extends BasePage{
public LoginPage(WebDriver driver) {
super(driver);
}
@FindBy(name = "username")
public WebElement userName;
@FindBy(name = "password")
public WebElement password;
@FindBy(xpath = "//*[@id='app']/div[1]/div/div[1]/div/div[2]/div[2]/form/div[1]/div/span")
public WebElement missingUsernameErrorMessage;
@FindBy(xpath = "//*[@id='app']/div[1]/div/div[1]/div/div[2]/div[2]/form/div[1]/div/span")
public WebElement missingPasswordErrorMessage;
@FindBy(xpath = "//*[@id='app']/div[1]/div/div[1]/div/div[2]/div[2]/form/div[3]/button")
public WebElement login;
@FindBy(xpath = "//*[@id='app']/div[1]/div/div[1]/div/div[2]/div[2]/div/div[1]/div[1]/p")
public WebElement errorMessage;
// Get the error message when password is blank
public String getMissingPasswordText() {
return missingPasswordErrorMessage.getText();
}
// Get the Error Message
public String getErrorMessage() {
return errorMessage.getText();
}
public void login(String strUserName, String strPassword) {
userName.sendKeys(strUserName);
password.sendKeys(strPassword);
login.click();
}
}
HomePage
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.FindBy;
public class HomePage extends BasePage {
public HomePage(WebDriver driver) {
super(driver);
}
@FindBy(xpath = "//*[@id='app']/div[1]/div[2]/div[2]/div/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/h5")
public WebElement homePageUserName;
// Get the User name from Home Page
public String getHomePageText() {
return homePageUserName.getText();
}
}
Here, we have BaseTests Class also which contains the common methods needed by other test pages.
import java.time.Duration;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import org.testng.annotations.AfterMethod;
import org.testng.annotations.BeforeMethod;
import io.github.bonigarcia.wdm.WebDriverManager;
import io.qameta.allure.Step;
public class BaseTests {
public WebDriver driver;
public final static int TIMEOUT = 30;
@BeforeMethod
@Step("Start the application")
public void setup() {
WebDriverManager.chromedriver().setup();
driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.manage().window().maximize();
driver.get("https://opensource-demo.orangehrmlive.com/");
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofSeconds(TIMEOUT));
}
@Step("Stop the application")
@AfterMethod
public void tearDown() {
driver.quit();
}
}
LoginTests
import org.testng.Assert;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;
import io.qameta.allure.Description;
import io.qameta.allure.Severity;
import io.qameta.allure.SeverityLevel;
public class LoginTests extends BaseTests{
@Severity(SeverityLevel.NORMAL)
@Test(description = "This test validates error message when credentials are incorrect", priority = 0)
@Description("Test Description : Login Test with invalid credentials")
public void invalidCredentials() {
LoginPage objLoginPage = new LoginPage(driver);
objLoginPage.login("Admin", "admin123$$");
// Verify Error Message
Assert.assertEquals(objLoginPage.getErrorMessage(),"Invalid credentials");
}
@Severity(SeverityLevel.BLOCKER)
@Test(description = "This test validates login to the application", priority = 1)
@Description("Test Description : Login Test with valid credentials")
public void gotoHomePage() {
LoginPage objLoginPage = new LoginPage(driver);
objLoginPage.login("Admin", "admin123");
HomePage objHomePage = new HomePage(driver);
// Verify Home Page
Assert.assertEquals(objHomePage.getHomePageText(),"Employee Information");
}
@Severity(SeverityLevel.NORMAL)
@Test(description = "This test will fail", priority = 2)
@Description("Test Description : Login Test with missing username")
public void missingUsername() {
LoginPage objLoginPage = new LoginPage(driver);
objLoginPage.login("", "admin123");
// Verify Error Message
Assert.assertEquals(objLoginPage.getMissingUsernameText(),"Invalid credentials");
}
@Severity(SeverityLevel.NORMAL)
@Test(description = "This test will skip", priority = 3, enabled = false)
@Description("Test Description : Login Test with missing password")
public void missingPassword() {
LoginPage objLoginPage = new LoginPage(driver);
objLoginPage.login("admin", "");
// Verify Error Message
Assert.assertEquals(objLoginPage.getErrorMessage(),"Invalid credentials");
}
}
Step 3 – Create testng.xml
Right-click on the project and select TestNG -> Convert to TestNG.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE suite SYSTEM "https://testng.org/testng-1.0.dtd">
<suite name="Suite">
<test name="Gradle - Selenium with TestNG Tests">
<classes>
<class name="com.example.LoginTests"/>
</classes>
</test> <!-- Test -->
</suite> <!-- Suite -->
Step 4 – Execute the Tests
Note:- As you can see my project has two parts – the app and GradleSeleniumTestNG.
Go to the app project and run the tests, using the below command
gradle clean test
The output of the test execution is

Step 5 – Generate the Allure Report
Once the test execution is finished, a folder named allure-results will be generated in the build folder.

To generate Allure Report, use the below command
allure serve build/allure-results

This will generate the beautiful Allure Test Report as shown below.
Allure Report Dashboard
The overview page hosts several default widgets representing the basic characteristics of your project and test environment.
- Statistics – overall report statistics.
- Launches – if this report represents several test launches, statistics per launch will be shown here.
- Behaviors – information on results aggregated according to stories and features.
- Executors – information on test executors that were used to run the tests.
- History Trend – if tests accumulated some historical data, its trend will be calculated and shown on the graph.
- Environment – information on the test environment.

Categories in Allure Report
The categories tab gives you a way to create custom defects classifications to apply for test results. There are two categories of defects – Product Defects (failed tests) and Test Defects (broken tests).

Suites in Allure Report
On the Suites tab a standard structural representation of executed tests, grouped by suites and classes can be found.

Here, I have used TestNG, so to skip the tests have used enabled. But, in the Allure Report, it is marked as unknown (pink color).
Graphs in Allure Report
Graphs allow you to see different statistics collected from the test data: status breakdown or severity and duration diagrams.

Timeline in Allure Report
The timeline tab visualizes retrospective test execution, allure adaptors collect precise timings of tests, and here on this tab, they are arranged accordingly to their sequential or parallel timing structure.

Behaviors of Allure Report
This tab groups test results according to Epic, Feature, Story, Test Severity, Test Description, Test Steps, and so on.

Packages in Allure Report
The packages tab represents a tree-like layout of test results, grouped by different packages.

Congratulations on making it through this tutorial and hope you found it useful! Happy Learning!! Cheers!!
PDF ExtentReport for Cucumber and TestNG
In this tutorial, we will generate PDF reports using an Extent Adapter.
Step 1: Follow this article to add POM.xml, create and configure the sample project with the extent property file, and add the plugin to the Test Runner class.
Step 2: To attach the screenshot to your extent report, refer to How to add Screenshot to Cucumber ExtentReports.
Step 3: Add additional PDF-related properties in extent.properties.
extent.reporter.spark.start=true
extent.reporter.spark.out=Reports/Spark.html
#PDF Report
extent.reporter.pdf.start=true
extent.reporter.pdf.out=PdfReport/ExtentPdf.pdf
#FolderName
basefolder.name=ExtentReports/SparkReport_
basefolder.datetimepattern=d_MMM_YY HH_mm_ss
#Screenshot
screenshot.dir=/Screenshots/
screenshot.rel.path=../Screenshots/
Execute the test code. The PDF report will be generated as shown below:

The report contains six sections – dashboard, summary, tags, features, scenarios, and detailed sections.
1. Dashboard
This section is a single-page dashboard that summarizes the test run. This contains the report title, duration, and status of breakups.

2. Summary section
This section provides an overview of the test run in terms of a feature breakdown, comprising duration, scenario count, and step count. The scenarios and steps are divided into status counts. The feature name has a link that navigates to further details in the detailed step section. This link is only present if the detailed section is enabled.

3. Tag section
This section provides an overview of the test run in terms of a tag breakdown, comprising feature count and scenario count.

4. Feature section
This section describes the feature details with a stacked bar chart and a table of the scenario status and duration. This section display can be controlled by a configuration setting, enabled by default. The feature name has a link that navigates to further details in the detailed step section. This link is only present if the detailed section is enabled.

5. Scenario section
This section describes the scenario details with a stacked bar chart and a table of the step status and duration. This section display can be controlled by a configuration setting, enabled by default. The feature and scenario names have a link that navigates to further details in the detailed step section. This link is only present if the detailed section is enabled.

6. Detailed section
This section describes the details of individual steps and hooks, along with status and duration. This section display can be controlled by a configuration setting, enabled by default.



This section also contains screenshots of the failed images.
Customized PDF Report
The report settings can be used to toggle on and off optional report sections, and change the report title, text color for various data, background color, and other options.
The settings are saved in a YAML file called pdf-config.yaml, which is located in the project’s src/test/resources folder. If the file is missing or no settings are specified, the default values are used. To change the default values, create a pdf-config.yaml file in the project’s src/test/resources folder that contains only the new values for the settings.

A sample YAML configuration file is shown below:
passColor: 05a167
failColor: ff00ff
skipColor: a89132
displayFeature: true
displayScenario: true
displayDetailed: true
displayAttached: false
displayExpanded: true
dashboardConfig:
title: Cucumber PDF Report
dataBackgroundColor: 4F0CC8
titleColor: FF0000
dateColor: 969696
timeColor: 000000
dial:
featureRanges: 60 95
scenarioRanges: 70 90
stepRanges: 75 85
badColor: f768a1
averageColor: 93ffff
goodColor: 32ecab
summaryConfig:
totalColor: FF0000
durationColor: FF0000
tagConfig:
totalColor: FF0000
featureConfig:
totalColor: FF0000
durationColor: FF0000
scenarioConfig:
totalColor: FF0000
durationColor: FF0000
detailedFeatureConfig:
featureNameColor: FF0000
startEndTimeColor: 000000
tagColor: 404040
dataHeaderColor: FFFFFF
dataBackgroundColor: 404040
totalColor: 0000FF
durationColor: FFFFFF
durationBackgroundColor: 404040
detailedScenarioConfig:
featureNameColor: 404040
scenarioNameColor: FF0000
startEndTimeColor: 000000
tagColor: 404040
dataHeaderColor: FFFFFF
dataBackgroundColor: 404040
totalColor: 0000FF
durationColor: FFFFFF
durationBackgroundColor: 404040
stepChartBarColor: 7f32a8
detailedStepHookConfig:
stepTextColor: 0000FF
stepBackgroundColor: FFFFFF
hookTextColor: 00FF00
hookBackgroundColor: FFFFFF
durationColor: FF0000
errorMsgColor: 000000
logMsgColor: 000000
Execute the test code. Now the PDF Report will be generated as shown below:

This method of configuring report settings using a yaml properties file can be used both for the Maven plugin report generation and the ExtentReport style.
The passed, failed, and skipped colors can be set with the passColor, failColor and skipColor properties. These take in the colors in hex values (without the leading ‘#’) and are valid throughout the report.
The features, scenarios, and detailed sections can be displayed by setting the displayFeature, displayScenario and displayDetailed properties to true. The default value for these settings is true.

Screenshots are displayed as thumbnails and can be opened in the available native application. This is the default behaviour, in which the screenshot file is embedded in the PDF file. This can be toggled by the displayAttached setting. When the setting is set to false, only the thumbnail is displayed. These can also be displayed in zoomed images in a separate section by setting the displayExpanded to true and also displayAttached to false.
To know more about various settings in PDF Report, refer to this tutorial.
ExtentReports Version 5 for Cucumber 6 and JUnit4
The previous tutorial explained the steps to generate ExtentReports for Cucumber with TestNG. We can generate ExtentReports for Cucumber with JUnit4 also. This tutorial explains the steps that need to be followed to generate an ExtentReports Version5.
Pre-Requisite:
- Java 8 or higher is needed for ExtentReport5
- Maven or Gradle
- JAVA IDE (like Eclipse, IntelliJ, or soon)
- JUnit4 installed
- Cucumber Eclipse plugin (in case using Eclipse)
Project Structure

Step 1 – Add Maven dependencies to the POM
Add ExtentReport dependency
<dependency>
<groupId>com.aventstack</groupId>
<artifactId>extentreports</artifactId>
<version>5.0.9</version>
</dependency>
Add tech grasshopper maven dependency for Cucumber
<dependency>
<groupId>tech.grasshopper</groupId>
<artifactId>extentreports-cucumber6-adapter</artifactId>
<version>2.13.0</version>
</dependency>
The complete POM.xml will look like as shown below with other Selenium and JUnit4 dependencies.
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<selenium.version>4.3.0</selenium.version>
<cucumber.version>6.11.0</cucumber.version>
<extentreports.cucumber6.adapter.version>2.13.0</extentreports.cucumber6.adapter.version>
<extentreports.version>5.0.9</extentreports.version>
<junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
<apache.common.version>2.4</apache.common.version>
<webdrivermanager.version>5.2.1</webdrivermanager.version>
<maven.compiler.plugin.version>3.10.1</maven.compiler.plugin.version>
<maven.surefire.plugin.version>3.0.0-M7</maven.surefire.plugin.version>
<maven.compiler.source.version>11</maven.compiler.source.version>
<maven.compiler.target.version>11</maven.compiler.target.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
<artifactId>cucumber-java</artifactId>
<version>${cucumber.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
<artifactId>cucumber-junit</artifactId>
<version>${cucumber.version}</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/tech.grasshopper/extentreports-cucumber6-adapter -->
<dependency>
<groupId>tech.grasshopper</groupId>
<artifactId>extentreports-cucumber6-adapter</artifactId>
<version>${extentreports.cucumber6.adapter.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Extent Report -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.aventstack</groupId>
<artifactId>extentreports</artifactId>
<version>${extentreports.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Junit -->
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>${junit.version}</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- Apache Common -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.directory.studio</groupId>
<artifactId>org.apache.commons.io</artifactId>
<version>${apache.common.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Selenium -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
<artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
<version>${selenium.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Web Driver Manager -->
<dependency>
<groupId>io.github.bonigarcia</groupId>
<artifactId>webdrivermanager</artifactId>
<version>${webdrivermanager.version}</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${maven.compiler.plugin.version}</version>
<configuration>
<source>${maven.compiler.source.version}</source> <!--For JAVA 8 use 1.8-->
<target>${maven.compiler.target.version}</target> <!--For JAVA 8 use 1.8-->
<encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
Step 2: Create a feature file in src/test/resources
Below is a sample feature file.
Feature: Login to HRM Application
@ValidCredentials
Scenario: Login with valid credentials
Given User is on HRMLogin page "https://opensource-demo.orangehrmlive.com/"
When User enters username as "Admin" and password as "admin123"
Then User should be able to login successfully and new page open
@InvalidCredentials
Scenario Outline: Login with invalid credentials
Given User is on HRMLogin page "https://opensource-demo.orangehrmlive.com/"
When User enters username as "<username>" and password as "<password>"
Then User should be able to see error message "<errorMessage>"
Examples:
| username | password | errorMessage |
| | abc | Username cannot be empty |
| admin | | Password cannot be empty |
| | | Username cannot be empty |
| admin | Admin123 | Invalid credentials |
@ForgetPassword
Scenario: Verify Forget Password Functionality
Given User is on HRMLogin page "https://opensource-demo.orangehrmlive.com/"
When User clicks on Forgot your password link
Then User should be able to navigate to new page of title "Forgot Your Password?"
Step 3: Create extent.properties file in src/test/resources
We need to create the extent.properties file at the src/test/resources folder for the grasshopper extent report adapter to recognize it. Using a property file for reporting is quite helpful if you want to define several different properties.
Let’s enable spark report in an extent properties file:
extent.reporter.spark.start=true
extent.reporter.spark.out=Reports/Spark.html
#FolderName
basefolder.name=ExtentReports/SparkReport_
basefolder.datetimepattern=d_MMM_YY HH_mm_ss
#Screenshot
screenshot.dir=/Screenshots/
screenshot.rel.path=../Screenshots/
Step 4: Create a Helper class in src/main/java
We have used Page Object Model with Cucumber and TestNG.
Create a Helper class where we are initializing the web driver, initializing the web driver wait, defining the timeouts, and creating a private constructor of the class, it will declare the web driver, so whenever we create an object of this class, a new web browser is invoked. We are using a setter and getter method to get the object of Chromedriver with the help of a private constructor itself within the same class.
HelperClass
import java.time.Duration;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.WebDriverWait;
import io.github.bonigarcia.wdm.WebDriverManager;
public class HelperClass {
private static HelperClass helperClass;
private static WebDriver driver;
private static WebDriverWait wait;
public final static int TIMEOUT = 10;
private HelperClass() {
WebDriverManager.chromedriver().setup();
driver = new ChromeDriver();
wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, Duration.ofSeconds(TIMEOUT));
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofSeconds(TIMEOUT));
driver.manage().window().maximize();
}
public static void openPage(String url) {
driver.get(url);
}
public static WebDriver getDriver() {
return driver;
}
public static void setUpDriver() {
if (helperClass==null) {
helperClass = new HelperClass();
}
}
public static void tearDown() {
if(driver!=null) {
driver.close();
driver.quit();
}
helperClass = null;
}
}
Step 5: Create Locator classes in src/main/java
Create a locator class for each page that contains the detail of the locators of all the web elements. Here, I’m creating 3 locator classes – LoginPageLocators, HomePageLocators, and ForgetPasswordPageLocators.
LoginPageLocators
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.FindBy;
public class LoginPageLocators {
@FindBy(name = "txtUsername")
public WebElement userName;
@FindBy(name = "txtPassword")
public WebElement password;
@FindBy(id = "logInPanelHeading")
public WebElement titleText;
@FindBy(id = "btnLogin")
public WebElement login;
@FindBy(id = "spanMessage")
public WebElement errorMessage;
@FindBy(xpath = "//*[@id='forgotPasswordLink']/a")
public WebElement forgotPasswordLink;
}
HomePageLocators
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.FindBy;
public class HomePageLocators {
@FindBy(id = "welcome")
public WebElement homePageUserName;
}
ForgetPasswordPageLocators
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.FindBy;
public class ForgetPasswordPageLocators {
@FindBy(xpath = "//*[@id='content']/div[1]/div[2]/h1")
public WebElement forgotPasswordPageHeading;
}
Step 6: Create Action classes in src/main/java
Create the action classes for each web page. These action classes contain all the methods needed by the step definitions. In this case, I have created 3 action classes – LoginPageActions, HomePageActions, and ForgetPasswordPageActions.
LoginPageActions
In this class, the very first thing will do is to create the object of LoginPageLocators class so that we should be able to access all the PageFactory elements. Secondly, create a public constructor of LoginPageActions class.
import org.openqa.selenium.support.PageFactory;
import com.example.junit.locators.LoginPageLocators;
import com.example.junit.utils.HelperClass;
public class LoginPageActions {
LoginPageLocators loginPageLocators = null;
public LoginPageActions() {
this.loginPageLocators = new LoginPageLocators();
PageFactory.initElements(HelperClass.getDriver(),loginPageLocators);
}
// Set user name in textbox
public void setUserName(String strUserName) {
loginPageLocators.userName.sendKeys(strUserName);
}
// Set password in password textbox
public void setPassword(String strPassword) {
loginPageLocators.password.sendKeys(strPassword);
}
// Click on login button
public void clickLogin() {
loginPageLocators.login.click();
}
// Get the title of Login Page
public String getLoginTitle() {
return loginPageLocators.titleText.getText();
}
// Get the title of Login Page
public String getErrorMessage() {
return loginPageLocators.errorMessage.getText();
}
// Click on forgotYourPassword Link
public void clickOnForgotPasswordLink() {
loginPageLocators.forgotPasswordLink.click();
}
public void login(String strUserName, String strPassword) {
// Fill user name
this.setUserName(strUserName);
// Fill password
this.setPassword(strPassword);
// Click Login button
this.clickLogin();
}
}
HomePageActions
import org.openqa.selenium.support.PageFactory;
import com.example.junit.locators.HomePageLocators;
import com.example.junit.utils.HelperClass;
public class HomePageActions {
HomePageLocators homePageLocators = null;
public HomePageActions() {
this.homePageLocators = new HomePageLocators();
PageFactory.initElements(HelperClass.getDriver(),homePageLocators);
}
// Get the User name from Home Page
public String getHomePageText() {
return homePageLocators.homePageUserName.getText();
}
}
ForgetPasswordPageActions
import org.openqa.selenium.support.PageFactory;
import com.example.junit.locators.ForgetPasswordPageLocators;
import com.example.junit.utils.HelperClass;
public class ForgetPasswordPageActions {
ForgetPasswordPageLocators forgetPasswordPageLocators = null;
public ForgetPasswordPageActions() {
this.forgetPasswordPageLocators = new ForgetPasswordPageLocators();
PageFactory.initElements(HelperClass.getDriver(), forgetPasswordPageLocators);
}
public String getHeading() {
return forgetPasswordPageLocators.forgotPasswordPageHeading.getText();
}
}
Step 7: Create Step Definition file in src/test/java
Create the corresponding Step Definition file of the feature file.
LoginPageDefinitions
import org.junit.Assert;
import com.example.junit.actions.ForgetPasswordPageActions;
import com.example.junit.actions.HomePageActions;
import com.example.junit.actions.LoginPageActions;
import com.example.junit.utils.HelperClass;
import io.cucumber.java.en.Given;
import io.cucumber.java.en.Then;
import io.cucumber.java.en.When;
public class LoginPageDefinitions{
LoginPageActions objLogin = new LoginPageActions();
HomePageActions objHomePage = new HomePageActions();
ForgetPasswordPageActions objForgotPasswordPage = new ForgetPasswordPageActions();
@Given("User is on HRMLogin page {string}")
public void loginTest(String url) {
HelperClass.openPage(url);
}
@When("User enters username as {string} and password as {string}")
public void goToHomePage(String userName, String passWord) {
// login to application
objLogin.login(userName, passWord);
// go the next page
}
@When("User clicks on Forgot your password link")
public void clickOnForgotPasswordLink() {
objLogin.clickOnForgotPasswordLink();
}
@Then("User should be able to login successfully and new page open")
public void verifyLogin() {
// Verify home page
Assert.assertTrue(objHomePage.getHomePageText().contains("Welcome"));
}
@Then("User should be able to see error message {string}")
public void verifyErrorMessage(String expectedErrorMessage) {
// Verify home page
Assert.assertEquals(objLogin.getErrorMessage(),expectedErrorMessage);
}
@Then("User should be able to navigate to new page of title {string}")
public void verifyForgotPasswordPage(String heading) {
Assert.assertEquals(objForgotPasswordPage.getHeading(),heading);
}
}
Step 8: Create Hook class in src/test/java
Create the hook class that contains the Before and After hook. @Before hook contains the method to call the setup driver which will initialize the chrome driver. This will be run before any test.
After Hook – Here will call the tearDown method.
import org.openqa.selenium.OutputType;
import org.openqa.selenium.TakesScreenshot;
import com.example.junit.utils.HelperClass;
import io.cucumber.java.After;
import io.cucumber.java.Before;
import io.cucumber.java.Scenario;
public class Hooks {
@Before
public static void setUp() {
HelperClass.setUpDriver();
}
@After
public static void tearDown(Scenario scenario) {
//validate if scenario has failed
if(scenario.isFailed()) {
final byte[] screenshot = ((TakesScreenshot) HelperClass.getDriver()).getScreenshotAs(OutputType.BYTES);
scenario.attach(screenshot, "image/png", scenario.getName());
}
HelperClass.tearDown();
}
}
Step 9: Create a Cucumber Test Runner class in src/test/java
Add the extent report cucumber adapter to the runner class’s CucumberOption annotation. It is an important component of the configuration. It also ensures that the cucumber runner class recognizes and launches the extent report adapter for the cucumber. Please add the following text as a plugin to the CucumberOptions as described below.
plugin = {"com.aventstack.extentreports.cucumber.adapter.ExtentCucumberAdapter:"}
This is how your runner class should look after being added to our project. Moreover, be sure to keep the colon “:” at the end.
import io.cucumber.junit.Cucumber;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import io.cucumber.junit.CucumberOptions;
@RunWith(Cucumber.class)
@CucumberOptions(tags = "", features = "src/test/resources/features/LoginPage.feature", glue = "com.example.junit.definitions",
plugin = {"com.aventstack.extentreports.cucumber.adapter.ExtentCucumberAdapter:"})
public class CucumberRunnerTests {
}
Step 10: Execute the code
Right Click on the Runner class and select Run As -> JUnit Test.
Below is the screenshot of the Console.

Step 11: View ExtentReport
Refresh the project and will see a new folder – Report. The ExtentReport will be present in that folder with the name Spark.html.

Right-click on Spark.html and select open with Web Browser.
The report also has a summary section that displays the summary of the execution. The summary includes the overview of the pass/fail using a pictogram, start time, end time, and pass/fail details of features as shown in the image below.

Click on the first icon present on the left side of the report. To view the details about the steps, click on the scenarios. Clicking on the scenario will expand, showing off the details of the steps of each scenario. As we can see that a screenshot is attached to the failed tests here.

Congratulation!! We are able to create an Extent Report for Cucumber and JUnit4. Happy Learning!!!
ExtentReports Version 5 for Cucumber 6 and TestNG
In this tutorial, we will discuss what is the ExtentReport and how to generate the ExtentReport.
Table of Contents
- What is ExtentReport?
- Prerequisite
- Project Structure
- Implementation Steps
- Add Maven dependencies to the POM
- Create a feature file in src/test/resources/
- Create extent.properties file in src/test/resources
- Create a Helper class in src/main/java
- Create Locator classes in src/main/java
- Create Action classes in src/main/java
- Create a Step Definition file in src/test/java
- Create Hook class in src/test/java
- Create a Cucumber Test Runner class in src/test/java
- Create the testng.xml for the project
- Execute the code
- View the ExtentReport
- How to customize the report folder name
What is ExtentReport?
ExtentReport is a logger-style reporting library for automated tests. ExtentReports uses the logging style to add information about test sessions, such as the creation of tests, adding screenshots, assigning tags, and adding events or series of steps to sequentially indicate the flow of test steps. ExtentReports 5 is built on an open-Core. That means, both community and professional editions use the same, full-featured API with the exception of a few reporters.
Extent Report 4 onwards, there are 2 editions of Extent Report – Core and Professional.
Below is the screenshot that shows which reporters are available in Professional or Community Editions. You can also visit this page.

This tutorial explains the use of Extent Report Core Edition.
Prerequisite:
- Java 8 or higher is needed for ExtentReport5
- Maven or Gradle
- JAVA IDE (like Eclipse, IntelliJ, or soon)
- TestNG installed
- Cucumber Eclipse plugin (in case using Eclipse)
Project Structure

Implementation Steps
Step 1 – Add Maven dependencies to the POM
Add ExtentReport dependency
<dependency>
<groupId>com.aventstack</groupId>
<artifactId>extentreports</artifactId>
<version>5.0.9</version>
</dependency>
Add tech grasshopper maven dependency for Cucumber
<dependency>
<groupId>tech.grasshopper</groupId>
<artifactId>extentreports-cucumber6-adapter</artifactId>
<version>2.13.0</version>
</dependency>
The complete POM.xml will look like as shown below with other Selenium and TestNG dependencies.
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<cucumber.version>6.11.0</cucumber.version>
<extentreports.cucumber6.adapter.version>2.13.0</extentreports.cucumber6.adapter.version>
<extentreports.version>5.0.9</extentreports.version>
<selenium.version>4.3.0</selenium.version>
<webdrivermanager.version>5.2.1</webdrivermanager.version>
<testng.version>7.4.0</testng.version>
<maven.compiler.plugin.version>3.10.1</maven.compiler.plugin.version>
<maven.surefire.plugin.version>3.0.0-M7</maven.surefire.plugin.version>
<maven.compiler.source.version>11</maven.compiler.source.version>
<maven.compiler.target.version>11</maven.compiler.target.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
<artifactId>cucumber-java</artifactId>
<version>${cucumber.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
<artifactId>cucumber-testng</artifactId>
<version>${cucumber.version}</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- Cucumber ExtentReport Adapter -->
<dependency>
<groupId>tech.grasshopper</groupId>
<artifactId>extentreports-cucumber6-adapter</artifactId>
<version>${extentreports.cucumber6.adapter.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Extent Report -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.aventstack</groupId>
<artifactId>extentreports</artifactId>
<version>${extentreports.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Selenium -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
<artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
<version>${selenium.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Web Driver Manager -->
<dependency>
<groupId>io.github.bonigarcia</groupId>
<artifactId>webdrivermanager</artifactId>
<version>${webdrivermanager.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- TestNG -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.testng</groupId>
<artifactId>testng</artifactId>
<version>${testng.version}</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- Apache Common -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.directory.studio</groupId>
<artifactId>org.apache.commons.io</artifactId>
<version>2.4</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${maven.compiler.plugin.version}</version>
<configuration>
<source>${maven.compiler.source.version}</source> <!--For JAVA 8 use 1.8-->
<target>${maven.compiler.target.version}</target> <!--For JAVA 8 use 1.8-->
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${maven.surefire.plugin.version}</version>
<configuration>
<suiteXmlFiles>
<suiteXmlFile>testng.xml</suiteXmlFile>
</suiteXmlFiles>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
Step 2: Create a feature file in src/test/resources
Below is a sample feature file. I have also added a failed scenario in @FaceBookLink.
Feature: Login to HRM Application
@ValidCredentials
Scenario: Login with valid credentials
Given User is on HRMLogin page "https://opensource-demo.orangehrmlive.com/"
When User enters username as "Admin" and password as "admin123"
Then User should be able to login sucessfully and new page open
@InvalidCredentials
Scenario Outline: Login with invalid credentials
Given User is on HRMLogin page "https://opensource-demo.orangehrmlive.com/"
When User enters username as "<username>" and password as "<password>"
Then User should be able to see error message "<errorMessage>"
Examples:
| username | password | errorMessage |
| | abc | Username cannot be empty |
| admin | | Password cannot be empty |
| | | Username cannot be empty |
| Admin | admin12$$ | Invalid credentials |
| admin$$ | admin123 | Invalid credentials |
@FaceBookLink
Scenario: Verify FaceBook Icon on Login Page
Given User is on HRMLogin page "https://opensource-demo.orangehrmlive.com/"
Then User should be able to see FaceBook Icon
@LinkedInLink
Scenario: Verify LinkedIn Icon on Login Page
Given User is on HRMLogin page "https://opensource-demo.orangehrmlive.com/"
Then User should be able to see LinkedIn Icon
Step 3: Create extent.properties file in src/test/resources
We need to create the extent.properties file at the src/test/resources folder for the grasshopper extent report adapter to recognize it. Using a property file for reporting is quite helpful if you want to define several different properties.
Let’s enable spark report in an extent properties file:
extent.reporter.spark.start=true
extent.reporter.spark.out=Reports/Spark.html
Step 4: Create a Helper class in src/main/java
We have used Page Object Model with Cucumber and TestNG.
Create a Helper class where we are initializing the web driver, initializing the web driver wait, defining the timeouts, and creating a private constructor of the class, within it will declare the web driver, so whenever we create an object of this class, a new web browser is invoked. We are using a setter and getter method to get the object of Chromedriver with the help of a private constructor itself within the same class.
HelperClass
import java.time.Duration;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.WebDriverWait;
import io.github.bonigarcia.wdm.WebDriverManager;
public class HelperClass {
private static HelperClass helperClass;
private static WebDriver driver;
private static WebDriverWait wait;
public final static int TIMEOUT = 10;
private HelperClass() {
WebDriverManager.chromedriver().setup();
driver = new ChromeDriver();
wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, Duration.ofSeconds(TIMEOUT));
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofSeconds(TIMEOUT));
driver.manage().window().maximize();
}
public static void openPage(String url) {
driver.get(url);
}
public static WebDriver getDriver() {
return driver;
}
public static void setUpDriver() {
if (helperClass==null) {
helperClass = new HelperClass();
}
}
public static void tearDown() {
if(driver!=null) {
driver.close();
driver.quit();
}
helperClass = null;
}
}
Step 5: Create Locator classes in src/main/java
Create a locator class for each page that contains the detail of the locators of all the web elements. Here, I’m creating 2 locator classes – LoginPageLocators and HomePageLocators.
LoginPageLocators
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.FindBy;
public class LoginPageLocators {
@FindBy(name = "txtUsername")
public WebElement userName;
@FindBy(name = "txtPassword")
public WebElement password;
@FindBy(id = "logInPanelHeading")
public WebElement titleText;
@FindBy(id = "btnLogin")
public WebElement login;
@FindBy(id = "spanMessage")
public WebElement errorMessage;
@FindBy(xpath = "//*[@id='social-icons']/a[1]/img")
public WebElement linkedInIcon;
@FindBy(xpath = "//*[@id='social-icons']/a[6]/img") //Invalid Xpath
public WebElement faceBookIcon;
}
HomePageLocators
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.FindBy;
public class HomePageLocators {
@FindBy(id = "welcome")
public WebElement homePageUserName;
}
Step 6: Create Action classes in src/main/java
Create the action classes for each web page. These action classes contain all the methods needed by the step definitions. In this case, I have created 2 action classes – LoginPageActions and HomePageActions
LoginPageActions
In this class, the very first thing will do is to create the object of LoginPageLocators class so that we should be able to access all the PageFactory elements. Secondly, create a public constructor of LoginPageActions class
import org.openqa.selenium.support.PageFactory;
import com.example.locators.LoginPageLocators;
import com.example.utils.HelperClass;
public class LoginPageActions {
LoginPageLocators loginPageLocators = null;
public LoginPageActions() {
this.loginPageLocators = new LoginPageLocators();
PageFactory.initElements(HelperClass.getDriver(),loginPageLocators);
}
// Set user name in textbox
public void setUserName(String strUserName) {
loginPageLocators.userName.sendKeys(strUserName);
}
// Set password in password textbox
public void setPassword(String strPassword) {
loginPageLocators.password.sendKeys(strPassword);
}
// Click on login button
public void clickLogin() {
loginPageLocators.login.click();
}
// Get the title of Login Page
public String getLoginTitle() {
return loginPageLocators.titleText.getText();
}
// Get the title of Login Page
public String getErrorMessage() {
return loginPageLocators.errorMessage.getText();
}
// LinkedIn Icon is displayed
public Boolean getLinkedInIcon() {
return loginPageLocators.linkedInIcon.isDisplayed();
}
// FaceBook Icon is displayed
public Boolean getFaceBookIcon() {
return loginPageLocators.faceBookIcon.isDisplayed();
}
public void login(String strUserName, String strPassword) {
// Fill user name
this.setUserName(strUserName);
// Fill password
this.setPassword(strPassword);
// Click Login button
this.clickLogin();
}
}
HomePageActions
import org.openqa.selenium.support.PageFactory;
import com.example.locators.HomePageLocators;
import com.example.utils.HelperClass;
public class HomePageActions {
HomePageLocators homePageLocators = null;
public HomePageActions() {
this.homePageLocators = new HomePageLocators();
PageFactory.initElements(HelperClass.getDriver(),homePageLocators);
}
// Get the User name from Home Page
public String getHomePageText() {
return homePageLocators.homePageUserName.getText();
}
}
Step 7: Create a Step Definition file in src/test/java
Create the corresponding Step Definition file of the feature file.
LoginPageDefinitions
import org.testng.Assert;
import com.example.actions.HomePageActions;
import com.example.actions.LoginPageActions;
import com.example.utils.HelperClass;
import io.cucumber.java.en.Given;
import io.cucumber.java.en.Then;
import io.cucumber.java.en.When;
public class LoginPageDefinitions{
LoginPageActions objLogin = new LoginPageActions();
HomePageActions objHomePage = new HomePageActions();
@Given("User is on HRMLogin page {string}")
public void loginTest(String url) {
HelperClass.openPage(url);
}
@When("User enters username as {string} and password as {string}")
public void goToHomePage(String userName, String passWord) {
// login to application
objLogin.login(userName, passWord);
// go the next page
}
@Then("User should be able to login sucessfully and new page open")
public void verifyLogin() {
// Verify home page
Assert.assertTrue(objHomePage.getHomePageText().contains("Welcome"));
}
@Then("User should be able to see error message {string}")
public void verifyErrorMessage(String expectedErrorMessage) {
// Verify home page
Assert.assertEquals(objLogin.getErrorMessage(),expectedErrorMessage);
}
@Then("User should be able to see LinkedIn Icon")
public void verifyLinkedInIcon( ) {
Assert.assertTrue(objLogin.getLinkedInIcon());
}
@Then("User should be able to see FaceBook Icon")
public void verifyFaceBookIcon( ) {
Assert.assertTrue(objLogin.getFaceBookIcon());
}
}
Step 8: Create Hook class in src/test/java
Create the hook class that contains the Before and After hook. @Before hook contains the method to call the setup driver which will initialize the chrome driver. This will be run before any test.
After Hook – Here will call the tearDown method.
import com.example.utils.HelperClass;
import io.cucumber.java.After;
import io.cucumber.java.Before;
public class Hooks {
@Before
public static void setUp() {
HelperClass.setUpDriver();
}
@After
public static void tearDown() {
HelperClass.tearDown();
}
}
Step 9: Create a Cucumber Test Runner class in src/test/java
Add the extent report cucumber adapter to the runner class’s CucumberOption annotation. It is an important component of the configuration. It also ensures that the cucumber runner class recognizes and launches the extent report adapter for cucumber. Please add the following text as a plugin to the CucumberOptions as described below.
plugin = {"com.aventstack.extentreports.cucumber.adapter.ExtentCucumberAdapter:"})
This is how your runner class should look after being added to our project. Moreover, be sure to keep the colon “:” at the end.
import io.cucumber.testng.AbstractTestNGCucumberTests;
import io.cucumber.testng.CucumberOptions;
@CucumberOptions(tags = "", features = "src/test/resources/features/LoginPage.feature", glue = "com.example.definitions",
plugin = {"com.aventstack.extentreports.cucumber.adapter.ExtentCucumberAdapter:"})
public class CucumberRunnerTests extends AbstractTestNGCucumberTests {
}
Step 10: Create the testng.xml for the project
Right-click on the project and select TestNG -> convert to TestNG.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE suite SYSTEM "https://testng.org/testng-1.0.dtd">
<suite name="Suite">
<test name="ExtentReport5 for Cucumber">
<classes>
<class name = "com.example.runner.CucumberRunnerTests"/>
</classes>
</test> <!-- Test -->
</suite> <!-- Suite -->
Step 11: Execute the code
Right-Click on the Runner class and select Run As -> TestNG Test.
Below is the screenshot of Console. As expected, 7 tests, out of 8 are passed and 1 is failed.

Step 12: View the ExtentReport
Refresh the project and will see a new folder – Report. The ExtentReport will be present in that folder with the name Spark.html.

Right-click and open with Web Browser.
The report also has a summary section that displays the summary of the execution. The summary includes the overview of the pass/fail using a pictogram, start time, end time, and pass/fail details of features as shown in the image below.

Click on the first icon present on the left side of the report. To view the details about the steps, click on the scenarios. Clicking on the scenario will expand, showing off the details of the steps of each scenario.

Step 13: How to customize the report folder name
We learned how to generate an ExtentReport in Cucumber Junit in the previous section. The problem with the previous approach is that it will continue to override the previous report once the new report is created. Typically, we must keep a backup of all the reports generated by previous tests. To accomplish this, we must save each report with a unique report name or folder name.
It’s simple to create reports with different folder names using the Extent reporter plugin adapter. Two settings must be added to our extent. basefolder.name and basefolder.datetimepattern are properties files. The values assigned to these will be combined to form a folder name. As a result, a report will be generated within that. The basefolder.datetimepattern value must be in a valid date-time format.
Let us update the extent.properties file.
extent.reporter.spark.start=true
extent.reporter.spark.out=Spark.html
#FolderName
basefolder.name=Reports/SparkReport
basefolder.datetimepattern=d-MMM-YY HH-mm-ss
The value for basefolder.name in the preceding snippet is “Report/SparkReport.” It means that the folder will be named SparkReport, and that it will create a Report folder within the project directory. You can specify the location of your folder. In the following setting, we’ve used a date and time stamp to create unique folder names by concatenating them with the report name.
So, when we run the report, it will generate at the location shown in the image below:

Congratulation!! We are able to create an Extent Report for Cucumber. Happy Learning!!!
ExtentReports Version 4 with Selenium and TestNG
In this tutorial, I will describe How to generate an ExtentReport in Selenium with the TestNG maven project.
Table of Contents
What is ExtentReports?
ExtentReports is a logger-style reporting library for automated tests. ExtentReports is a library that can be used to build a customized detailed report. It can be integrated with TestNG, JUnit, etc. This report can be built in JAVA, .NET and it provides a detailed summary of each test case and each test step too in a graphical manner. Extent reports produce HTML-based documents that offer several advantages like pie charts, graphs, screenshots addition, and test summary. ExtentReports 4 is built on an open-Core.
Project Structure

Implementation Steps
1. Add the dependencies to the POM.xml
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<selenium.version>4.3.0</selenium.version>
<testng.version>7.4.0</testng.version>
<extentreports.version>4.0.0</extentreports.version>
<webdrivermanager.version>5.2.1</webdrivermanager.version>
<maven-surefire-plugin-version>3.0.0-M5</maven-surefire-plugin-version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<!-- Extent Report -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.aventstack</groupId>
<artifactId>extentreports</artifactId>
<version>${extentreports.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- TestNG -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.testng</groupId>
<artifactId>testng</artifactId>
<version>${testng.version}</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- Apache Common -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.directory.studio</groupId>
<artifactId>org.apache.commons.io</artifactId>
<version>2.4</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Selenium -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
<artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
<version>${selenium.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Web Driver Manager -->
<dependency>
<groupId>io.github.bonigarcia</groupId>
<artifactId>webdrivermanager</artifactId>
<version>${webdrivermanager.version}</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<source>11</source> <!--For JAVA 8 use 1.8-->
<target>11</target> <!--For JAVA 8 use 1.8-->
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${maven-surefire-plugin-version}</version>
<configuration>
<suiteXmlFiles>
<suiteXmlFile>testng.xml</suiteXmlFile>
</suiteXmlFiles>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
2. Create ExtentManager Class
In this class, we created a createInstance() method. Also, you need to set your ExtentReports report HTML file location.
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Date;
import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
import org.openqa.selenium.TakesScreenshot;
import com.aventstack.extentreports.ExtentReports;
import com.aventstack.extentreports.reporter.ExtentHtmlReporter;
import com.aventstack.extentreports.reporter.configuration.Theme;
import com.example.testcases.BaseTests;
import org.openqa.selenium.OutputType;
public class ExtentManager extends BaseTests{
private static ExtentReports extent;
public static String screenshotName;
public static ExtentReports createInstance(String fileName) {
ExtentHtmlReporter htmlReporter = new ExtentHtmlReporter(fileName);
htmlReporter.config().setTheme(Theme.DARK);
htmlReporter.config().setDocumentTitle(fileName);
htmlReporter.config().setEncoding("utf-8");
htmlReporter.config().setReportName(fileName);
extent = new ExtentReports();
extent.attachReporter(htmlReporter);
extent.setSystemInfo("Release No", "22");
extent.setSystemInfo("Environment", "QA");
extent.setSystemInfo("Build no", "B-12673");
return extent;
}
public static void captureScreenshot() {
TakesScreenshot screenshot = (TakesScreenshot)driver;
// Call method to capture screenshot
File src = screenshot.getScreenshotAs(OutputType.FILE);
try
{
Date d = new Date();
screenshotName = d.toString().replace(":", "_").replace(" ", "_") + ".jpg";
FileUtils.copyFile(src,new File(System.getProperty("user.dir") + "\\reports\\" + screenshotName));
System.out.println("Successfully captured a screenshot");
} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println("Exception while taking screenshot " + e.getMessage());
}
}
}
The ExtentHtmlReporter is used for creating an HTML file, and it accepts a file path as a parameter.
ExtentHtmlReporter htmlReporter = new ExtentHtmlReporter(fileName);
The file path represents the path in which our extent report would be generated. This is defined in ExtentListeners class.
static Date d = new Date();
static String fileName = "ExtentReport_" + d.toString().replace(":", "_").replace(" ", "_") + ".html";
private static ExtentReports extent = ExtentManager.createInstance(System.getProperty("user.dir")+"\\reports\\"+fileName);
ExtentHtmlReporter is also used to customize the extent reports. It allows many configurations to be made through the config() method. Some of the configurations that can be made are described below.
htmlReporter.config().setDocumentTitle(fileName);
htmlReporter.config().setEncoding("utf-8");
htmlReporter.config().setReportName(fileName);
We have two themes – STANDARD and DARK for customizing the look and feel of our extent reports.
htmlReporter.config().setTheme(Theme.DARK);

STANDARD Look
htmlReporter.config().setTheme(Theme.STANDARD);

captureScreenshot() is a method in ExtentTest class that attaches the captured screenshot in the Extent Report. It takes the image path where the screenshot has been captured as the parameter and attaches the screenshot to the Extent Report in Selenium.
public static void captureScreenshot() {
TakesScreenshot screenshot = (TakesScreenshot)driver;
// Call method to capture screenshot
File src = screenshot.getScreenshotAs(OutputType.FILE);
try
{
Date d = new Date();
screenshotName = d.toString().replace(":", "_").replace(" ", "_") + ".jpg";
FileUtils.copyFile(src,new File(System.getProperty("user.dir") + "\\reports\\" + screenshotName));
System.out.println("Successfully captured a screenshot");
} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println("Exception while taking screenshot " + e.getMessage());
}
}
3. Create ExtentListeners class
This class contains the action done by extent report on each step. In our tests, we implement ITestListener and use its methods. TestNG provides the @Listeners annotation, which listens to every event that occurs in a Selenium code. TestNG Listeners are activated either before the test or after the test case. It is an interface that modifies the TestNG behavior. If any event matches an event for which we want the listener to listen then it executes the code, which ultimately results in modifying the default behavior of TestNG. To know more about ITestListener, please refer to this tutorial.
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Date;
import org.testng.ITestContext;
import org.testng.ITestListener;
import org.testng.ITestResult;
import com.aventstack.extentreports.ExtentReports;
import com.aventstack.extentreports.ExtentTest;
import com.aventstack.extentreports.MediaEntityBuilder;
import com.aventstack.extentreports.Status;
import com.aventstack.extentreports.markuputils.ExtentColor;
import com.aventstack.extentreports.markuputils.Markup;
import com.aventstack.extentreports.markuputils.MarkupHelper;
public class ExtentListeners implements ITestListener {
static Date d = new Date();
static String fileName = "ExtentReport_" + d.toString().replace(":", "_").replace(" ", "_") + ".html";
private static ExtentReports extent = ExtentManager.createInstance(System.getProperty("user.dir")+"\\reports\\"+fileName);
public static ThreadLocal<ExtentTest> testReport = new ThreadLocal<ExtentTest>();
public void onTestStart(ITestResult result) {
ExtentTest test = extent.createTest(result.getTestClass().getName()+" @TestCase : "+result.getMethod().getMethodName());
testReport.set(test);
}
public void onTestSuccess(ITestResult result) {
String methodName=result.getMethod().getMethodName();
String logText="<b>"+"TEST CASE:- "+ methodName.toUpperCase()+ " - PASSED"+"</b>";
Markup markup = MarkupHelper.createLabel(logText, ExtentColor.GREEN);
testReport.get().pass(markup);
}
public void onTestFailure(ITestResult result) {
String excepionMessage = Arrays.toString(result.getThrowable().getStackTrace());
testReport.get().fail("<details>" + "<summary>" + "<b>" + "<font color=" + "red>" + "Exception Occured:Click to see"
+ "</font>" + "</b >" + "</summary>" +excepionMessage.replaceAll(",", "<br>")+"</details>"+" \n");
try {
ExtentManager.captureScreenshot();
testReport.get().fail("<b>" + "<font color=" + "red>" + "Screenshot of failure" + "</font>" + "</b>",
MediaEntityBuilder.createScreenCaptureFromPath(ExtentManager.screenshotName)
.build());
} catch (Exception e) {
}
String failureLogg="TEST CASE FAILED";
Markup markup = MarkupHelper.createLabel(failureLogg, ExtentColor.RED);
testReport.get().log(Status.FAIL, markup);
}
public void onTestSkipped(ITestResult result) {
String methodName=result.getMethod().getMethodName();
String logText="<b>"+"TEST CASE:- "+ methodName.toUpperCase()+ " - SKIPPED"+"</b>";
Markup markup = MarkupHelper.createLabel(logText, ExtentColor.ORANGE);
testReport.get().skip(markup);
}
public void onTestFailedButWithinSuccessPercentage(ITestResult result) {
}
public void onStart(ITestContext context) {
}
public void onFinish(ITestContext context) {
if (extent != null) {
extent.flush();
}
}
}
I have defined actions for onTestStart(), onTestSuccess(), onTestFailure(), onTestSkipped() and onFinish() methods.
The ITestListener is an interface that has unimplemented methods by default and we can add lines of code within each method. So whenever a specific event occurs, the code written within that method will be executed.
onTestFailure() is a method in which this listener will be invoked whenever the test fails. Within this method, we shall add our code to capture screenshots whenever the test case fails on execution. The screenshot of the failed test case is also embedded in the report.

onTestSuccess() is a method that is invoked once the test execution is complete and the test has been passed. We shall add the log included in the Extent Report to mark the test case as passed within this method
String methodName=result.getMethod().getMethodName();
String logText="<b>"+"TEST CASE:- "+ methodName.toUpperCase()+ " PASSED"+"</b>";
Markup markup = MarkupHelper.createLabel(logText, ExtentColor.GREEN);
testReport.get().pass(markup);

onTestSkipped() is a method that is invoked if the test execution is skipped. This is the same as the onTestSuccess() method.
public void onTestSkipped(ITestResult result) {
String methodName=result.getMethod().getMethodName();
String logText="<b>"+"TEST CASE:- "+ methodName.toUpperCase()+ " - SKIPPED"+"</b>";
Markup markup = MarkupHelper.createLabel(logText, ExtentColor.ORANGE);
testReport.get().skip(markup);
}

4. Create the BaseTests class
This class contains the methods to initialize the browser and exit the browser after every test.
import java.time.Duration;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.WebDriverWait;
import org.testng.annotations.AfterTest;
import org.testng.annotations.BeforeTest;
import io.github.bonigarcia.wdm.WebDriverManager;
public class BaseTests {
public static WebDriver driver;
public WebDriverWait wait;
@BeforeTest
public void setup() throws Exception {
driver = WebDriverManager.firefoxdriver().create();
driver.get("https://opensource-demo.orangehrmlive.com/");
wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, Duration.ofSeconds(10));
driver.manage().window().maximize();
}
@AfterTest
public void closeBrowser() {
driver.close();
}
5. Create the LoginPage class
This class contains the locator of all the web elements and methods needed for the testing of the page.
package com.example.testcases;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.FindBy;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.PageFactory;
public class LoginPage extends BaseTests{
WebDriver driver;
@FindBy(name = "txtUsername")
WebElement userName;
@FindBy(name = "txtPassword")
WebElement password;
@FindBy(id = "logInPanelHeading")
WebElement titleText;
@FindBy(id = "btnLogin")
WebElement login;
@FindBy(id="spanMessage")
WebElement errorMessage;
@FindBy(id="forgotPasswordLink")
WebElement forgetPasswordLink;
@FindBy(xpath="//*[@id='social-icons']/a[1]/img")
WebElement linkedInIcon;
public LoginPage(WebDriver driver) {
this.driver = driver;
// This initElements method will create all WebElements
PageFactory.initElements(driver, this);
}
// Set user name in textbox
public void setUserName(String strUserName) {
userName.sendKeys(strUserName);
}
// Set password in password textbox
public void setPassword(String strPassword) {
password.sendKeys(strPassword);
}
// Click on login button
public void clickLogin() {
login.click();
}
// Get the title of Login Page
public String getLoginTitle() {
return titleText.getText();
}
// Get the text of forgotPasswordLink
public String getforgotPasswordLinkText() {
return forgetPasswordLink.getText();
}
// Get the errorMessage
public String getErrorMessage() {
return errorMessage.getText();
}
// Verify linkedInIcon is enabled
public Boolean isEnabledLinkedIn() {
return linkedInIcon.isEnabled();
}
public void login(String strUserName, String strPasword) {
// Fill user name
this.setUserName(strUserName);
// Fill password
this.setPassword(strPasword);
// Click Login button
this.clickLogin();
}
}
6. Create the LoginTests class
This class contains all the tests. As we are using, I have assigned priority to all the tests to run the tests in a specified order.
import static org.testng.Assert.assertTrue;
import org.testng.Assert;
import org.testng.SkipException;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;
public class LoginTests extends BaseTests{
LoginPage objLogin;
@Test(priority = 0)
public void verifyLoginPageTitle() {
// Create Login Page object
objLogin = new LoginPage(driver);
// Verify login page text
String loginPageTitle = objLogin.getLoginTitle();
Assert.assertTrue(loginPageTitle.contains("LOGIN Panel"));
}
@Test(priority = 1)
public void verifyforgetPasswordLink() {
String expectedText= objLogin.getforgotPasswordLinkText();
Assert.assertTrue(expectedText.contains("Forgot your password?"));
}
@Test(priority = 2)
public void HomeTest() {
// login to application
objLogin.login("Admin1", "admin1234");
String expectedError = objLogin.getErrorMessage();
// Verify home page
Assert.assertTrue(expectedError.contains("Username cannot be empty"));
}
@Test(priority = 3)
public void verifyLinkedIn() {
System.out.println("Actual linkedIn Text :" + objLogin.isEnabledLinkedIn());
assertTrue(objLogin.isEnabledLinkedIn());
System.out.println("Im in skip exception");
throw new SkipException("Skipping this exception");
}
}
In this example, there are 4 tests, and out of 4, 2 should pass, 1 should fail and 1 should skip.
7. Create TestNG.xml
In the TestNG.xml file, we shall add our classes and also the listener class.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE suite SYSTEM "https://testng.org/testng-1.0.dtd">
<suite name="Extent Report Demo">
<listeners>
<listener class-name ="com.example.extentlisteners.ExtentListeners"/>
</listeners>
<test name="Login Tests">
<classes>
<class name="com.example.testcases.LoginTests"/>
</classes>
</test> <!-- Test -->
</suite> <!-- Suite -->
8. Execute the tests from testng.xml
Right-click on testng.xml and select Run As -> TestNG Suite.

9 Test Execution Result
The test execution result can be seen in the console.

10. Extent Report Generation
Refresh the project and will see a folder with the name of the reports present in the project.

Right-click the report and open it in your choice of browser.
Upon opening the Extent Report, you can see the summary of the tests executed.

This is the view of the dashboard in the Extent Report. This page provides a complete view of the total number of tests executed, passed tests, failed tests, the total time taken for executing the tests, and also the classification of the tests based on the category.

Extent reports produce simple and visually appealing reports. Furthermore, the HTML-based report is simple to share with other stakeholders. Extent Reports provide greater detail, allowing testers to be more effective when it comes to quickly debugging software.
Congratulations!! We are able to generate an ExtentReport. Happy Learning!!