RESTful API

Table of Contents Generic response OK Error GET method General culebra help Assets CulebraTester getInfo getDebugInfo Device getArt getDisplayMetrics getDisplayRealSize Javascript ObjectStorage get list Storage Template UiAutomatorHelper quit recording action UiDevice click using coordinates using oid dumpWindowHierarchy findObject using resourceId using selector getCurrentPackageName getDisplayHeight getDisplayRotation getDisplaySizeDp getDisplayWidth getLastTraversedText getProductName pressBack pressHome pressKeyCode pressRecentApps setOrientationLeft setOrientationNatural setOrientationRight swipe using start and end point using segments takeScreenshot waitForIdle waitForWindowUpdate UiObject click getText isChecked setText UiObject2 click clickAndWait getText isChecked setText UiScrollable new getChildByText flingBackward flingForward flingToBeginning flingToEnd setAsHorizontalList setAsVerticalList PUT method POST method Javascript DELETE method

Generic response

OK

The generic format for the response is

 { "status": "OK", ...}

Error

The generic format for the error response is

 { "status": "ERROR", "statusCode": n, "msg": "Error message", ...}

GET method

General

culebra

Invokes the main culebra UI.

help

Shows some help about the basic commands. Help can also be obtained from the UI.

Assets

Gets the Android asset specified by the path that follows.

For example: /Assets/path/to/file.txt

CulebraTester

getInfo

Gets the CulebraTester info.

For example the response is:

{ "status": "OK", "versionName": "0.8.10", "versionCode": 8010, "instrumentation": true }

getDebugInfo

parameter	description	example
format	Output format	`format=markdown`
escape	Escape HTML	`escape=yes`

Example output

 Culebra Tester: Debug Info Helper
 Key | Value
 ----|------
 Device|hammerhead
 Brand|Android
 Board|hammerhead
 Hardware|LGE
 Model|AOSP on HammerHead
 API|23
 Build|hammerhead MASTER

Device

getArt

Gets the device art.

parameter	description	example
model	The device model	`model=nexus_4`

getDisplayMetrics

getDisplayRealSize

Gets some information about the real size of the device display and other useful information.

For example the response is:

 { "device": "mako", "x": 768, "y": 1280, "artWidth": 428, "artHeight": 830, "screenshotWidth": 384, "screenshotX": 21, "screenshotY": 93 }

Javascript

ObjectStorage

get

Gets the object corresponding to the OID.

parameter	description	example
oid	object ID	`oid=123`

Example output:

 {"oid":1,"object":"{ \"uis\":\"android.support.test.uiautomator.UiScrollable@f102e21\",\"selector\":\"new UiSelector().resourceId(\"com.android.launcher3:id/apps_list_view\").packageName(\"com.android.launcher3\")\" }","class":"com.dtmilano.android.uiautomatorhelper.UiScrollableBundle"}

list

List the objects.

Example output:

 [{"oid":1,"object":"com.dtmilano.android.uiautomatorhelper.UiObject2Bundle@5198cf7"},
 {"oid":2,"object":"com.dtmilano.android.uiautomatorhelper.UiObject2Bundle@2de7764"},
 {"oid":3,"object":"com.dtmilano.android.uiautomatorhelper.UiObject2Bundle@c717dcd"},
 {"oid":4,"object":"com.dtmilano.android.uiautomatorhelper.UiObject2Bundle@a353682"}]

Storage

Template

UiAutomatorHelper

quit

Quits the Instrumentation and Service.

recording

action

action	description
getState	Gets recording state
save	Saves the recording
setLanguage	Sets recording language to one of Python,Java,Javascript or Groovy
start	Starts recording
stop	Stops recording

UiDevice

click

using coordinates

Clicks at the specified position.

parameter	description	example
x	x	`x=100`
y	y	`y=100`

using oid

Clicks on the specified object. The target object should have been found using RESTful-API#findObject.

parameter	description	example
oid	the OID	`oid=100`

dumpWindowHierarchy

Dumps the window hierarchy. If format is not specified the dump is XML.

parameter	description	example
format	the dump format	`format=JSON`

This is an example of a JSON dump

{"id":"hierarchy","text":"Window Hierarchy","children":[{"id":0,"resourceId":"","contentDescription":"","text":"android.widget.LinearLayout__","bounds":[0,1184,768,1280],"children":[{"id":1,"resourceId":"com.android.systemui:id/rot0","contentDescription":"","text":"android.widget.FrameLayout_com.android.systemui:id/rot0_","bounds":[0,1184,768,1280],"children":[{"id":2,"resourceId":"com.android.systemui:id/deadzone","contentDescription":"","text":"android.view.View_com.android.systemui:id/deadzone_","bounds":[0,1184,768,1280],"children":[]}

findObject

Finds an object. The object found, if any, can be later used in other call like RESTful-API#click.

using resourceId

parameter	description	example
resourceId	the resource id	`resourceId=com.android.calendar:id/d0_label`

For example the response if found is

 { "status": "OK", "oid": 1, "className": "android.widget.TextView"}

using selector

Sets the resource name criteria for matching. A UI element will be considered a match if its resource name exactly matches the selector parameter and all other criteria for this selector are met.

parameter	description	example
uiSelector	the selector	`selector=res@com.android.calendar:id/d0_label`
bySelector	the selector	`selector=res@com.android.calendar:id/d0_label`

The format of the selector string is

     sel@[$]value,...

Where sel can be one of

clickable
depth
desc
res
text
scrollable

@ replaces the = sign that is used to separate parameters and values in the URL. If the first character of value is $ then a Pattern is created.

For example the response if found is

 { "status": "OK", "oid": 1, "className": "android.widget.TextView"}