Karate : Visual Studio Code: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.intuit.karate.cli.Main - karate

Question

Error when I run the file.
An exception occured while executing the Java class. Using visual studio code for api tets
com.intuit.karate.cli.Main ->
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.intuit.karate.cli.Main
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass (URLClassLoader.java:471)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass (ClassLoader.java:588)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass (ClassLoader.java:521)
at org.codehaus.mojo.exec.ExecJavaMojo$1.run (ExecJavaMojo.java:270)
at java.lang.Thread.run (Thread.java:834)
Running karate feature file in visual studio code.
This is how my pom.xml file looks
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.allegion.engage</groupId>
<artifactId>Engage</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1</version>
<name>Engage</name>
<!-- FIXME change it to the project's website -->
<url>http://www.example.com</url>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.intuit.karate</groupId>
<artifactId>karate-apache</artifactId>
<version>0.9.4</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.intuit.karate</groupId>
<artifactId>karate-junit4</artifactId>
<version>0.9.4</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.8</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>net.masterthought</groupId>
<artifactId>cucumber-reporting</artifactId>
<version>3.8.0</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<testResources>
<testResource>
<directory>src/test/java</directory>
<excludes>
<exclude>**/*.java</exclude>
</excludes>
</testResource>
</testResources>
<pluginManagement>
<!-- lock down plugins versions to avoid using Maven defaults (may be moved to parent pom) -->
<plugins>
<!-- clean lifecycle, see https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/lifecycles.html#clean_Lifecycle -->
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1.0</version>
</plugin>
<!-- default lifecycle, jar packaging: see https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/default-bindings.html#Plugin_bindings_for_jar_packaging -->
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.8.0</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.22.1</version>
<configuration>
<skipTests>true</skipTests>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.5.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.8.2</version>
</plugin>
<!-- site lifecycle, see https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/lifecycles.html#site_Lifecycle -->
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.7.1</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0</version>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
</build>
</project>
package com.allegion.engage.Login;
import com.intuit.karate.KarateOptions;
#KarateOptions(features = "classpath:Login/Login.feature")
public class LoginRunner{
}
Feature: Login and get the token
Scenario: Login and get the token
Given url loginUrl
And request {username: 'someusername', password: 'test' }
When method POST
Then status 200
And def authToken = response
Then print authToken
Kindly helo if I have missed any run configurations. I am using vscode in mac.

Answer 1

com.intuit.karate.cli.Main is only in 0.9.5 onwards, so can you point your dependencies to karate version 0.9.5.RC3
This is mentioned in the docs BTW: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=kirkslota.karate-runner