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take_screenshot

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take_screenshot() public

Takes a screenshot of the current page in the browser.

take_screenshot can be used at any point in your system tests to take a screenshot of the current state. This can be useful for debugging or automating visual testing.

The screenshot will be displayed in your console, if supported.

You can set the RAILS_SYSTEM_TESTING_SCREENSHOT environment variable to control the output. Possible values are:

inline (default)

display the screenshot in the terminal using the iTerm image protocol (http://iterm2.com/documentation-images.html).
simple

only display the screenshot path. This is the default value if the CI environment variables is defined.
artifact

display the screenshot in the terminal, using the terminal artifact format (http://buildkite.github.io/terminal/inline-images/).

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# File actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/system_testing/test_helpers/screenshot_helper.rb, line 23
        def take_screenshot
          save_image
          puts display_image
        end

take_screenshot

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