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Send report through email in Selenium Webdriver

Do you know that we can send reports through email in Selenium Webdriver with small code with help of additional jars?

Today I will show you how you can send reports through email in Selenium Webdriver using simple steps and trust me this is one of the most important features that you should include in your framework as well.

It does not matter which framework you are using it could be Keyword driver, Data-driven, and Hybrid you should implement email report functionality after test execution.

 

Send report through email in Selenium Webdriver

 

Options to send email in Java

1- Apache Common Email– This is a very easy library in Java, which can help you to send an email with few lines of code.

You can use simple email and email with attachments as well.

                                          I have a dedicated video on this that covers the same.

2- Java mail jar  – Another lib to send email in Java. 

 

Step by Step process to Send report through email in Selenium Webdriver

  1. Download java mail jar file which contains the library to send the email.
  2. download-jar-for-email
  3. Add jar into your project and if you are working with maven project then you can use dependency.
  4. Be ready with the file which you want to send. In our case, it will be Selenium Report.
  5. Write program, which will send the email to the team or a specific person.

 

Complete program to Send report through email in Selenium Webdriver

 

package macSelenium;

import java.util.Properties;

import javax.activation.DataHandler;
import javax.activation.DataSource;
import javax.activation.FileDataSource;
import javax.mail.BodyPart;
import javax.mail.Message;
import javax.mail.MessagingException;
import javax.mail.Multipart;
import javax.mail.PasswordAuthentication;
import javax.mail.Session;
import javax.mail.Transport;
import javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress;
import javax.mail.internet.MimeBodyPart;
import javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage;
import javax.mail.internet.MimeMultipart;

public class SendMailSSLWithAttachment {

	public static void main(String[] args) {

		// Create object of Property file
		Properties props = new Properties();

		// this will set host of server- you can change based on your requirement 
		props.put("mail.smtp.host", "smtp.gmail.com");

		// set the port of socket factory 
		props.put("mail.smtp.socketFactory.port", "465");

		// set socket factory
		props.put("mail.smtp.socketFactory.class","javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory");

		// set the authentication to true
		props.put("mail.smtp.auth", "true");

		// set the port of SMTP server
		props.put("mail.smtp.port", "465");

		// This will handle the complete authentication
		Session session = Session.getDefaultInstance(props,

				new javax.mail.Authenticator() {

					protected PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() {

					return new PasswordAuthentication("add your email", "add your password");

					}

				});

		try {

			// Create object of MimeMessage class
			Message message = new MimeMessage(session);

			// Set the from address
			message.setFrom(new InternetAddress("mukeshotwani.50@gmail.com"));

			// Set the recipient address
			message.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO,InternetAddress.parse("mukesh.otwani50@gmail.com"));
            
                        // Add the subject link
			message.setSubject("Testing Subject");

			// Create object to add multimedia type content
			BodyPart messageBodyPart1 = new MimeBodyPart();

			// Set the body of email
			messageBodyPart1.setText("This is message body");

			// Create another object to add another content
			MimeBodyPart messageBodyPart2 = new MimeBodyPart();

			// Mention the file which you want to send
			String filename = "G:\\a.xlsx";

			// Create data source and pass the filename
			DataSource source = new FileDataSource(filename);

			// set the handler
			messageBodyPart2.setDataHandler(new DataHandler(source));

			// set the file
			messageBodyPart2.setFileName(filename);

			// Create object of MimeMultipart class
			Multipart multipart = new MimeMultipart();

			// add body part 1
			multipart.addBodyPart(messageBodyPart2);

			// add body part 2
			multipart.addBodyPart(messageBodyPart1);

			// set the content
			message.setContent(multipart);

			// finally send the email
			Transport.send(message);

			System.out.println("=====Email Sent=====");

		} catch (MessagingException e) {

			throw new RuntimeException(e);

		}

	}

}

 

Above program will send the report to the respective recipient with the attachment. 

You can also send  the email via Jenkins which is quite easy but you are not using Jenkins then you can use above program.

 

Important points

1- You can create a custom library which should accept recipients as arguments so that we can reuse this as much we can.

2- Write the logic to get the path of the report, so that we can set the same in our methods.

3- Always call this code after test execution. You can use @AfterSuite of TestNG which run only when complete suite execute.

 

Conclusion

1- Sending reports after every execution is very important but if you are running multiple tests in one day better to send combined reports at once.

2-Try to keep all screenshots in a common location where everyone will have access so when they click on report and screenshot then it should be accessible.

I hope you liked the above article on Send report through email in Selenium Webdriver.

Please try from your side as well and let me know if any thoughts on this.

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Comments

  1. Deepti says

    I am getting the error – [AppClassLoader@18b4aac2] warning javax.* types are not being woven because the weaver option ‘-Xset:weaveJavaxPackages=true’ has not been specified.

    I am trying to attach the emailable report. Please help.

    Reply

  2. VarunMehta says

    I am getting “530 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first. b15-20020a170902b60f00b001aafe232bcfsm1470623pls.44 – gsmtp”

    Reply

  3. Sharad Gupta says

    Exception in thread “main” java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/sun/mail/util/MailLogger
    at javax.mail.Session.initLogger(Session.java:283)
    at javax.mail.Session.(Session.java:268)
    at javax.mail.Session.getDefaultInstance(Session.java:378)
    at utilities.SendMailSSLWithAttachment.main(SendMailSSLWithAttachment.java:45)
    Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.sun.mail.util.MailLogger
    at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.loadClass(BuiltinClassLoader.java:581)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoaders.java:178)
    at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:522)
    … 4 more

    Reply

  4. Chaitanya says

    Hi Mukesh,

    I’m able to sent report in Email, but after downloading the report, its displaying as empty.
    Any suggestions how to rectify it

    Reply

  6. Kulvir singh says

    hello sir
    my test case is not showing in extent report as there sequence
    it showing test result in chronological manner but i want to show in as per there execution order
    plsese help me or suggest any your video
    i m use selenium 2.53.0
    extent:-2.41.2
    testNG:-6.8.5

    Reply

  7. pavithra says

    Hi sir i have a project where 10 test cases are there. i need to send all testcases result in single mail with report.
    how can i do this

    Reply

  8. Rahul Gabani says

    Hello Mukesh,

    Can you help me to know how can we show the summary of result in email body and detailed report as an attachment to email. I also want to add few words in email body as well. I am planning to send an email through outlook company email.

    Reply

  9. Gaurav Vats says

    Hi i want to send report through my outlook account and email address is in my company domain i dont know its smtp server and port details do i need to ask someone for this?

    Reply

    • Mukesh Otwani says

      Hi Gaurav,

      Ideal way to send email notification is using code/script because when you will run your test in CI/CD then outlook wont be configured. If you still want to send email using Outlook then use WinAppDriver or Winium or RPA tools.
      Note-You can get your email server details from IT team/support.

      Reply

  10. sonam kumari says

    Hello Mukesh,

    Is it possible to download a file and send it through email using above code?

    Waiting for your reply

    Reply

  11. Destany says

    My report is sending correct, but when I open up the report it seems to be missing the CSS styles. SO my report looks like plain text and its hard to read. Any Idea on how I could fix this issue?

    Reply

  12. Nidhi says

    Hi Mukesh,

    I am using default TestNG Emailable-report to generate the report.
    Facing an issue with report when i run sendmail function, email is sent successfully.
    but email contains old report instead of new one.

    Please help me to solve this issue.

    Reply

  13. Ashok says

    Hi Mukesh,

    Mail functionality is properly working but I am getting previous report.
    Please help me to solve this issue.

    Awaiting for your reply

    Reply

  14. Gagan Sehgal says

    Hi sir,
    Trying to send email using code but every time it is showing error.

    Exception in thread “main” org.apache.commons.mail.EmailException: Sending the email to the following server failed : mail.gmail.com:465
    at org.apache.commons.mail.Email.sendMimeMessage(Email.java:1398)
    at org.apache.commons.mail.Email.send(Email.java:1423)
    at Email.SendEmailJava.sendEmail(SendEmailJava.java:27)
    at Email.SendEmailJava.main(SendEmailJava.java:12)
    Caused by: javax.mail.MessagingException: Unknown SMTP host: mail.gmail.com;
    nested exception is:
    java.net.UnknownHostException: mail.gmail.com
    i tried to execute it as per your explanation but not getting the solution of this error. Please help.

    Reply

    • Mukesh Otwani says

      Hi Gagan,

      Have you used below mentioned details
      SMTP server address: smtp.gmail.com
      SMTP username: Your Gmail address (for example, example@gmail.com)
      SMTP password: Your Gmail password
      SMTP port (TLS): 587
      SMTP port (SSL): 465
      SMTP TLS/SSL required: Yes

      Moreover, if you’re trying this inside your organization network then kindly check with your network admin that there is no proxy/firewall

      Reply

  15. Vijaya says

    Hi Mukesh,

    How to get all records from the UI Table if pagination exists? I am getting records from only the first page.
    Suppose the code for the table is
    col 1
    col 2
    td 1
    td 2

    and i have tried with the below code
    List allrecord= driver.findElements(By.xpath(“//*[@id=’demo-dt-basic’]/tbody/tr”));
    System.out.println(“The size of the records is “+allrecord.size());
    There are 199 entries in the table and 11 records display per page. I want to get all the records in the list. But I am getting size 11, That means only first page records are counting.

    Reply

    • Mukesh Otwani says

      Hi Vijaya,

      Once you get first 11 eleven items, save required values in an ArrayList and click on next page link. On new page, hopefully xpath won’t get change so you can use same xpath again to get next 11 items. Do this in looping mechanism till last page.

      Reply

  16. Arun says

    I have tried sending default TestNG Emailable-report and also the reportng index.html . The issue over here is if i run this sendmail function at the end in aftersuit . Though the executon completes successfully and mail is also sent. The report mailed is old one . The report is not updated at the end of execution at all.

    but if i comment the sendmail function then the report is successfully updated.

    Reply

    • Mukesh Otwani says

      Hi Arun,

      Apologies for late reply….
      As per @AfterSuite annotation, after execution of all statements inside corresponding method, TestNG report will get finalize as @AfterSuite annotated method is also part of your test execution. If you want to send emailable-report then you should use TestNg Listeners, which you can use after @AfterSuite annotated method.

      Reply

  18. Mily Chacko says

    Hi Mukesh, Im getting an error as below:
    Caused by: javax.mail.AuthenticationFailedException: 535 5.7.3 Authentication unsuccessful [SYBPR01CA0209.ausprd01.prod.outlook.co

    in-fact the program is for mailing m ethe reports post execution, and was working well. Its been a dy this error has started coming me without me changing any configurations. Kindly guide.

    Reply

  19. Rodrigo González says

    Hi Mukesh. I’m facing the next error:

    Exception in thread “main” java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/sun/mail/util/MailLogger
    at javax.mail.Session.initLogger(Session.java:261)
    at javax.mail.Session.(Session.java:245)
    at javax.mail.Session.getDefaultInstance(Session.java:356)
    at cl.cuadrante.util.email.EnviaMailConPantallazo.main(SendMailSSLWithAttachment.java:36)
    Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.sun.mail.util.MailLogger
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:382)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:424)
    at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:349)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357)

    Reply

  22. Rathish says

    Hi Mukesh,
    Thank you so much. Awesome Explanation. This article helped me a lot.

    I need one clarification. I was using XSLT report and generated index.html file. I have sent index.html file to my email id using the above program. When I open the file from my email. I am getting “Page cannot be displayed”. I am unable to view the report.

    Awaiting for your reply.

    Thanks in advance.

    Reply

  25. biswa busan mishra says

    Hi Mukesh,

    Awesome explanation with much valuable information.
    I implemented the same in my frame works and successfully able to trigger the mail.
    But few clarification needed
    1.As of now am not using any xslt report or customised report ,am using the default testing one only.So each time need to refresh manually for generating the new mailable report.
    2.So After refresh its taking the updated file,else its triggering the old file only.
    3.So do we have any code for refreshing the local file automatically so that no need to do it manually.
    Awaiting for your reply!!
    Once again thanks a ton for the effort you spending.
    hats off to you mukesh!!

    Reply

    • Mukesh Otwani says

      Hi Biswa,

      Refresh task we have to do manually in eclipse but in local driver it refresh automatically. But still you can wait for sometime and the attach the report 🙂

      Reply

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