[W3C] Encountered internal error running command: Error: Either JSONWP or W3C capabilities sh

Heorhi_Boika · December 27, 2022, 11:50am

Hi,
Can’t launch appium session, get an errors:

SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module
Error: Either JSONWP or W3C capabilities should be provided

Can someone help me on how to resolve this?

Appium v1.20.2
appium-xcuitest-driver v3.62
WDA v4.9.0
Node v18.12.1
Java-client v5.0.0-BETA9
MacOS Monterey 12.6.2
Xcode 14.2

Log:
2022-12-27 12:15:54:939 - [HTTP] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:940 - [HTTP] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:941 - [debug] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:941 - [debug] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:945 - [debug] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:946 - [debug] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:946 - [debug] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:946 - [debug] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:946 - [debug] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:946 - [debug] [Appium] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:946 - [debug] [Appium] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:946 - [debug] [Appium] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:947 - [debug] [Appium] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:947 - [debug] [Appium] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:947 - [debug] [Appium] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:947 - [debug] [Appium] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:947 - [debug] [Appium] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:947 - [debug] [Appium] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:947 - [debug] [Appium] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:948 - [debug] [Appium] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:948 - [debug] [Appium] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:948 - [debug] [Appium] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:949 - [debug] [Appium] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:949 - [debug] [Appium] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:949 - [debug] [Appium] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:951 - [debug] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:956 - [debug] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:956 - [debug] [MJSONWP] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:957 - [debug] [MJSONWP] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:957 - [debug] [MJSONWP] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:958 - [debug] [MJSONWP] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:958 - [debug] [MJSONWP] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:958 - [debug] [MJSONWP] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:958 - [debug] [MJSONWP] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:958 - [debug] [MJSONWP] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:958 - [debug] [MJSONWP] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:958 - [debug] [MJSONWP] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:959 - [debug] [MJSONWP] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:959 - [debug] [MJSONWP] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:959 - [debug] [MJSONWP] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:959 - [debug] [MJSONWP] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:959 - [debug] [MJSONWP] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:959 - [debug] [MJSONWP] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:963 - [HTTP] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:964 - [HTTP]
2022-12-27 12:15:54:966 - [HTTP] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:967 - [HTTP] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:973 - [debug] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:973 - [debug] 2022-12-27 12:15:54:998 - [debug] 2022-12-27 12:15:55:001 - [debug] 2022-12-27 12:15:55:001 - [debug] [W3C] 2022-12-27 12:15:55:001 - [debug] [W3C] 2022-12-27 12:15:55:001 - [debug] [W3C] 2022-12-27 12:15:55:002 - [debug] [W3C] 2022-12-27 12:15:55:002 - [debug] [W3C] 2022-12-27 12:15:55:002 - [debug] [W3C] 2022-12-27 12:15:55:003 - [debug] [W3C] 2022-12-27 12:15:55:003 - [debug] [W3C] 2022-12-27 12:15:55:003 - [debug] [W3C] 2022-12-27 12:15:55:003 - [debug] [W3C] 2022-12-27 12:15:55:003 - [debug] [W3C] 2022-12-27 12:15:55:003 - [debug] [W3C] 2022-12-27 12:15:55:003 - [debug] [W3C] 2022-12-27 12:15:55:003 - [debug] [W3C] 2022-12-27 12:15:55:004 - [debug] [W3C] 2022-12-27 12:15:55:004 - [debug] [W3C] --> POST /wd/hub/session
{“desiredCapabilities”:{“noReset”:true,“clearSystemFiles”:true,“useJSONSource”:true,“language”:“en”,“iCloudPassword”:“Qa12345678”,“deviceName”:“Auto126”,“usePrebuiltWDA”:true,“showIOSLog”:false,“iCloudEmail”:“[email protected]”,“showXcodeLog”:true,“newCommandTimeout”:720000,“platformVersion”:“10.0”,“automationName”:“XCUITest”,“wdaStartupRetries”:10,“platformName”:“iOS”,“udid”:“00008101-001508423480001E”,“wdaConnectionTimeout”:“120000”,“app”:"/Users/autoqa/IdeaProjects/automation-framework/Viber_debug.ipa",“preventWDAAttachments”:“true”,“viberUserName”:“Auto126”,“commandTimeouts”:“60000”,“bundleId”:“com.viber.testing”,“derivedDataPath”:"/Users/autoqa/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/WebDriverAgent-ciegwgvxzxdrqthilmrmczmqvrgu",“launchTimeout”:120000,“wdaLocalPort”:8207,“mjpegServerPort”:1002,“largeScreenSize”:false,“machineUser”:“eliaf”,“phoneNumber”:“0611125126”,“wdaStartupRetryInterval”:2000,“location”:“Israel”},“requiredCapabilities”:{}}
[MJSONWP] Calling AppiumDriver.createSession() with args: [{“noReset”:true,“clearSystemFiles”:true,“useJSONSource”:true,“language”:“en”,“iCloudPassword”:“Qa12345678”,“deviceName”:“Auto126”,“usePrebuiltWDA”:true,“showIOSLog”:false,“iCloudEmail”:“[email protected]”,“showXcodeLog”:true,“newCommandTimeout”:720000,“platformVersion”:“10.0”,“automationName”:“XCUITest”,“wdaStartupRetries”:10,“platformName”:“iOS”,“udid”:“00008101-001508423480001E”,“wdaConnectionTimeout”:“120000”,“app”:"/Users/autoqa/IdeaProjects/automation-framework/Viber_debug.ipa",“preventWDAAttachments”:“true”,“viberUserName”:“Auto126”,“commandTimeouts”:“60000”,“bundleId”:“com.viber.testing”,“derivedDataPath”:"/Users/autoqa/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/WebDriverAgent-ciegwgvxzxdrqthilmrmczmqvrgu",“launchTimeout”:120000,“wdaLocalPort”:8207,“mjpegServerPort”:1002,“largeScreenSize”:false,“machineUser”:“eliaf”,“phoneNumber”:“0611125126”,“wdaStartupRetryInterval”:2000,“location”:“Israel”},{},null]
[BaseDriver] Event ‘newSessionRequested’ logged at 1672136154941 (12:15:54 GMT+0200 (Israel Standard Time))
[Appium] /usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-webdriveragent/index.js:1
[Appium] import * as dependencies from ‘./lib/check-dependencies’;
[Appium] ^^^^^^
[Appium]
[Appium] SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module
at Object.compileFunction (node:vm:360:18)
at wrapSafe (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1088:15)
at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1123:27)
at Object.Module._extensions…js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1213:10)
at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1037:32)
at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:878:12)
at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1061:19)
at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:103:18)
at Object. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-xcuitest-driver/lib/driver.js:5:1)
at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1159:14)
at Object.Module._extensions…js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1213:10)
at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1037:32)
at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:878:12)
at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1061:19)
at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:103:18)
at Object. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-xcuitest-driver/index.js:4:1)
[BaseDriver] Event ‘newSessionStarted’ logged at 1672136154950 (12:15:54 GMT+0200 (Israel Standard Time))
[MJSONWP] Encountered internal error running command: Error: Could not load a driver for automationName ‘XCUITest’ and platformName ‘iOS’. Please verify your Appium installation
at AppiumDriver.getDriverAndVersionForCaps (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/lib/appium.js:252:11)
at AppiumDriver.createSession (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/lib/appium.js:324:66)
at commandExecutor (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-base-driver/lib/basedriver/driver.js:334:9)
at AppiumDriver.executeCommand (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-base-driver/lib/basedriver/driver.js:348:15)
at AppiumDriver.executeCommand (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/lib/appium.js:533:26)
at asyncHandler (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-base-driver/lib/protocol/protocol.js:297:34)
at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-base-driver/lib/protocol/protocol.js:423:15
at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:95:5)
at next (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/express/lib/router/route.js:144:13)
at Route.dispatch (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/express/lib/router/route.js:114:3)
at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:95:5)
at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:284:15
at Function.process_params (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:346:12)
at next (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:280:10)
at logger (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/morgan/index.js:144:5)
at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:95:5)
<-- POST /wd/hub/session 500 21 ms - 253
--> POST /wd/hub/session
{“capabilities”:[{“desiredCapabilities”:{“noReset”:true,“clearSystemFiles”:true,“useJSONSource”:true,“language”:“en”,“iCloudPassword”:“Qa12345678”,“deviceName”:“Auto126”,“usePrebuiltWDA”:true,“showIOSLog”:false,“iCloudEmail”:“[email protected]”,“showXcodeLog”:true,“newCommandTimeout”:720000,“platformVersion”:“10.0”,“automationName”:“XCUITest”,“wdaStartupRetries”:10,“platformName”:“iOS”,“udid”:“00008101-001508423480001E”,“wdaConnectionTimeout”:“120000”,“app”:"/Users/autoqa/IdeaProjects/automation-framework/Viber_debug.ipa",“preventWDAAttachments”:“true”,“viberUserName”:“Auto126”,“commandTimeouts”:“60000”,“bundleId”:“com.viber.testing”,“derivedDataPath”:"/Users/autoqa/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/WebDriverAgent-ciegwgvxzxdrqthilmrmczmqvrgu",“launchTimeout”:120000,“wdaLocalPort”:8207,“mjpegServerPort”:1002,“largeScreenSize”:false,“machineUser”:“eliaf”,“phoneNumber”:“0611125126”,“wdaStartupRetryInterval”:2000,“location”:“Israel”}},{“requiredCapabilities”:{}}]}
[MJSONWP] Calling AppiumDriver.createSession() with args: [null,null,[{“desiredCapabilities”:{“noReset”:true,“clearSystemFiles”:true,“useJSONSource”:true,“language”:“en”,“iCloudPassword”:“Qa12345678”,“deviceName”:“Auto126”,“usePrebuiltWDA”:true,“showIOSLog”:false,“iCloudEmail”:“[email protected]”,“showXcodeLog”:true,“newCommandTimeout”:720000,“platformVersion”:“10.0”,“automationName”:“XCUITest”,“wdaStartupRetries”:10,“platformName”:“iOS”,“udid”:“00008101-001508423480001E”,“wdaConnectionTimeout”:“120000”,“app”:"/Users/autoqa/IdeaProjects/automation-framework/Viber_debug.ipa",“preventWDAAttachments”:“true”,“viberUserName”:“Auto126”,“commandTimeouts”:“60000”,“bundleId”:“com.viber.testing”,“derivedDataPath”:"/Users/autoqa/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/WebDriverAgent-ciegwgvxzxdrqthilmrmczmqvrgu",“launchTimeout”:120000,“wdaLocalPort”:8207,“mjpegServerPort”:1002,“largeScreenSize”:false,“machineUser”:“eliaf”,“phoneNumber”:“0611125126”,“wdaStartupRetryInterval”:2000,“location”:“Israel”}},{“requiredCapabilities”:{}}]]
[BaseDriver] Event ‘newSessionRequested’ logged at 1672136154973 (12:15:54 GMT+0200 (Israel Standard Time))
[BaseDriver] Event ‘newSessionStarted’ logged at 1672136154998 (12:15:54 GMT+0200 (Israel Standard Time))
[W3C] Encountered internal error running command: Error: Either JSONWP or W3C capabilities should be provided
at parseCapsForInnerDriver (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/lib/utils.js:58:14)
at AppiumDriver.createSession (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/lib/appium.js:309:26)
at commandExecutor (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-base-driver/lib/basedriver/driver.js:334:9)
at AppiumDriver.executeCommand (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-base-driver/lib/basedriver/driver.js:348:15)
at AppiumDriver.executeCommand (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/lib/appium.js:533:26)
at asyncHandler (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-base-driver/lib/protocol/protocol.js:297:34)
at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-base-driver/lib/protocol/protocol.js:423:15
at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:95:5)
at next (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/express/lib/router/route.js:144:13)
at Route.dispatch (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/express/lib/router/route.js:114:3)
at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:95:5)
at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:284:15
at Function.process_params (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:346:12)
at next (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:280:10)
at logger (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/morgan/index.js:144:5)
at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:95:5)

MohammedAfroz · January 2, 2023, 10:52am

I have the same Error

Please suggest solution

wreed · January 2, 2023, 6:24pm

Use Appium 2 with Xcode 14.

MohammedAfroz · January 3, 2023, 7:04am

Thank you Very Much Wreed
working on Appium2 now and configured WDA in Xcode as Well and Installed Integration app on real device.
But I got another Error now with appium 2
Please i need Your help with this…

log file
Checking if driver ‘xcuitest’ is updatable
Checking if driver ‘xcuitest’ needs an update
Checking if driver ‘uiautomator2’ is updatable
Checking if driver ‘uiautomator2’ needs an update
Update report:
- ‘xcuitest’ had no updates available
- ‘uiautomator2’ had no updates available

-MacBook-Pro ~ % appium
[Appium] Welcome to Appium v2.0.0-beta.48
[Appium] Attempting to load driver xcuitest…
[debug] [Appium] Requiring driver at /Users/findia12/.appium/node_modules/appium-xcuitest-driver
[Appium] Could not load driver ‘xcuitest’, so it will not be available. Error in loading the driver was: Cannot find module ‘./capabilities’

Screenshot 2023-01-03 at 12.31.42 PM

wreed · January 3, 2023, 4:44pm

You haven’t given enough information. This looks like some kind of GUI error. Maybe try to ask a better question:

https://stackoverflow.com/help/how-to-ask

MohammedAfroz · January 4, 2023, 6:14am

Thank You @wreed , Appium is working fine now.