Can someone point me to a website or information that discusses how to setup Selenium and write automated scripts? I need to write scripts to test a web based application. I know how to use Java and would like to do that approach.
Thanks
From the description, it looks like you want to automate the MS Edge (Chromium) browser using Selenium web driver.
I suggest you refer to the steps below.
Download the Java binding of Selenium 4.0.0-beta-1 from here.
Download the matching version of Microsoft Edge Driver from this page.
Create a new JAVA project and try to add a reference to the Java binding files by Right-click the project folder-> Build path-> Configure Build path-> Libraries tab-> Add External JARs.
Add the code below to your JAVA project.
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.edge.EdgeDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.edge.EdgeOptions;
public class test {
public static void main(String[] args)
{
System.setProperty("webdriver.edge.driver", "Edge_web_driver_path_here....\\msedgedriver.exe"); //Modify path here...
EdgeOptions edgeOptions = new EdgeOptions();
//edgeOptions.addArguments("-inprivate");
WebDriver driver = new EdgeDriver(edgeOptions);
driver.get("https://Website_URL_here..."); //Modify URL here...
//--------------------------------------
//Your_Automation_code_here....
//--------------------------------------
driver.quit();
}
}
Run the code.
Output:
Further, you can try to modify the code example as per your requirements.
Related
How to you tell which version of Edge web driver you are using?
I want to use the web driver Microsoft Edge 44.18362.449.0, Microsoft EdgeHTML 18.18363
as instructed here I did this to get the Webdriver
"Install via DISM by running the following command in an elevated command prompt: DISM.exe /Online /Add-Capability /CapabilityName:Microsoft.WebDriver~~~~0.0.1.0"
I am using selenium with java, I have tests working with chrome browser selenium and I access the web driver by using .exe file however no .exe file was provided, or I am unaware where it was install. I looked in the directory I was in when I ran the command above and no exe was found.
please advise on how i can connect to the web driver using java and selenium.
You should find the MicrosoftWebDriver.exe' atC:\Windows\System32\MicrosoftWebDriver.exe` as shown in the below screenshot.
Yes, I agree with the suggestion given by #supputuri.
You can also directly reference the path in a code like below. It will also work.
Example:
package selenium_test;
import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.edge.*;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
public class new_java_class
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
System.setProperty("webdriver.edge.driver","C:\\\\Windows\\\\System32\\\\MicrosoftWebDriver.exe");
WebDriver browser = new EdgeDriver();
browser.get("https://microsoft.com");
}
}
I need to test Firefox using an extension. I want to automate the test and visit several websites.
I installed Selenium and it opens in geckodriver. However, the extension is not there. I can install it manually from about:debugging but the problem is that I want the Selenium test to launch the gecko driver while the extension is already there. How to do this? How to install the extension permanently in the geckodriver so it is there when I launch the geckodriver from selenium?
EDIT:
I also tried to install the extension (add it to the browser) from the Firefox extensions websites. It gets added but once I close the gecko window, the extension disappear in the next run. How to install it permanently?
Note: OP didn't specify a language, so this answer is for Python. The other Selenium WebDriver language bindings have similar mechanisms for creating profiles and adding extensions.
You can install the Extension each time you instantiate the driver.
First, download the extension (XPI file) you want from: https://addons.mozilla.org.
Then, in your code... create a FirefoxProfile() and use the add_extension() method to add the extension. Then you can instantiate a driver using that profile.
For example, this will launch Firefox with a newly created profile containing the "HTTPS Everywhere" extension:
from selenium import webdriver
profile = webdriver.FirefoxProfile()
profile.add_extension(extension='https_everywhere-2019.1.31-an+fx.xpi')
driver = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_profile=profile)
You need to launch geckdriver with an exisitng profile by specifying the profile path of firefox
For python you can do it by this:
profile = FirefoxProfile('/home/student/.mozilla/firefox/gwi6uqpe.Default') // change this path
browser = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_profile=profile)
For C# you can do this:
string path = #"C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\myi5go1k.default";
FirefoxProfile ffprofile = new FirefoxProfile(path);
Driver = new FirefoxDriver(ffprofile);
I found that this was warking for me:
from selenium import webdriver
driver_path = r"G:\Libs\geckoDriver\firefox\geckodriver.exe"
driver = webdriver.Firefox(executable_path=driver_path)
path = r"G:\Libs\ext\uBlock0_1.38.7b5.firefox.signed.xpi"
driver.install_addon(path, temporary=True)
driver.profile = webdriver.FirefoxProfile()
driver.profile.add_extension(path)
driver.profile.set_preference("security.fileuri.strict_origin_policy", False)
driver.profile.update_preferences()`enter code here`
Reference:
[Python] https://cyruslab.net/2020/08/26/python-adding-extension-to-geckodriver-with-selenium/
You can install an extension/addon permanently within a specific Firefox Profile and use it. To achieve that you need follow the below mentioned steps:
You need to create a new Firefox Profile manually (e.g. FirefoxExtensionProfile) following the instructions at Creating a new Firefox profile on Windows.
Open a Firefox Browsing session manually and invoke the url https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/
In the Search Box search for an extension e.g. HTTPS Everywhere.
Click on the search result and install / enable (incase previously installed and currently disabled) the extension.
Now you can use the following Java solution to open the Firefox Profile FirefoxExtensionProfile containing the extension HTTPS Everywhere
Code Block:
package A_MozillaFirefox;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxOptions;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxProfile;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.ProfilesIni;
public class A_FirefoxProfile_dc_opt {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver", "C:\\Utility\\BrowserDrivers\\geckodriver.exe");
ProfilesIni profile = new ProfilesIni();
FirefoxProfile testprofile = profile.getProfile("FirefoxExtensionProfile");
FirefoxOptions opt = new FirefoxOptions();
opt.setProfile(testprofile);
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(opt);
driver.get("https://www.google.com");
}
}
Browser Snapshot:
Reference
You can find a couple of relevant discussions in:
[Python] How to load extension within chrome driver in selenium with python
[Python] How to install Chrome Extension using Selenium & Python
I am trying to create a simple automation task. For now I want to log in to the webpage. This all works fine when I run the test in Visual Studio 2017. However this will need to be executed as an exe on regular interval in windows system. When I run the executable it hangs after displaying:
Starting ChromeDriver 2.32.498550 (9dec58e66c31bcc53a9ce3c7226f0c1c5810906a)
on port 9515
Only local connections are allowed.
I understand this is just info not an error per most SO posts related to this issue such as - When running WebDriver with Chrome browser, getting message, "Only local connections are allowed" even though browser launches properly
(note: my browser does not launch)
How do I run the test code as an executable?
Do I have to write additional code to invoke the test when running as executable?
Nuget Version Info
namespace RevuSeleniumAutomation
{
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Firefox;
using OpenQA.Selenium.IE;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Remote;
using OpenQA.Selenium.PhantomJS;
using System;
[TestClass]
public class RevuAutomater
{
private string baseURL = "http://example.com/";
private RemoteWebDriver driver;
private string browser;
public TestContext TestContext { get; set; }
[TestMethod]
[TestCategory("Selenium")]
[Priority(1)]
[Owner("Chrome")]
public void AutomateSite()
{
driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.Manage().Window.Maximize();
driver.Manage().Timeouts().ImplicitlyWait(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30));
driver.Navigate().GoToUrl(this.baseURL);
driver.FindElementById("UserName").SendKeys("user");
driver.FindElementById("Password").SendKeys("12345");
}
[TestCleanup()]
public void MyTestCleanup()
{
driver.Quit();
}
[TestInitialize()]
public void MyTestInitialize()
{
}
}
}
The cmd window message after launching exe
Thank you for your time.
To run as EXE I think there are two options:
1) not with selenium server or grid
. you need package the chromedriver.exe with your code into the EXE
. you code need to calculate the path of chromedriver.exe in runtime, because you don't know user will put the EXE in which folder
. specify chromedriver.exe by ChromeOptions to tell selenium where to find it when create driver instance
Shortage of this way: a chromedriver.exe of certian version support limited chrome verions, not all chrome verions, you need to tell user which chrome the EXE support.
2) use selenium server/grid
. you code need accept selenium server/grid address from a config file which user can modify it
. create RemoteWebDriver instance with above address, not ChromeDriver in code
. no need to package chromedriver.exe with your code
Shortage of this way: A selenium server/grid need be ready before execute EXE,
But your code no need to consider the compatibility of chrome and chromedriver.exe, because they had been considered when setup selenium server/grid.
I would like to know if it's possible to run a WebDriver test in Java using just a plain text editor, Firefox browser, Java SDK and WebDriver JAR?
I am trying to come up with the most "bare-metal" way to run a test without adding Test Runners, Test Frameworks, Dependency Managers into the mix.
I understand that this is not the "right" way to do things, but I am trying to find a way to create a new kind of WebDriver tutorial that will focus only on the API.
I am using OS X right now but instructions for Windows would be equally appreciated.
Running WebDriver is as simple as
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
driver.get("http://www.google.com");
}
}
The only thing that you need is a correct classpath, which is just selenium-java-2.38.0.jar and supporting libraries, namely: guava-15.0.jar json-20080701.jar commons-exec-1.1.jar httpcore-4.3.jar httpclient-4.3.1.jar commons-logging-1.1.1.jar
Or, as per JimEvans, you can download standalone selenium-server-standalone-2.40.0.jar that has all dependencies included.
Firstly record and run the script you want to do then export it as junit4 test suite and save. Second copy the full code and aste it in eclipse then you can get the option "Run as junit4 test" while running code.
I get an error:
The file Capabilities [BrowserName=, IsJavaScriptEnabled=False, Platform=Any, Version=]\IEDriverServer.exe does not exist. The driver can be downloaded at http://code.google.com/p/selenium/downloads/list`
What must I do to solve this error because really I can't find information ....
Unless you're building the Selenium project from sources, or are using the .NET bindings and have set a specific option in the InternetExplorerOptions class, you shouldn't be seeing this message. The current source code is volatile in this particular area, as the project is currently implementing the usage of a standalone executable server for the IE driver, similar to what happens currently for the Chrome driver. If you are building from source, or are interested in using this new functionality, you should download the standalone IE driver server executable from the URL specified in the exception's message.
Download the IEDriver.exe for the given URL
http://code.google.com/p/selenium/downloads/list
Assuming the exe file is saved in E:\IEdriver.exe.
In Selenium you have to set the property of IEDriver, since Selenium has only firefox driver with it.
Set the system property and then invoke the IEDriver.
WebDriver driver;
System.setProperty("webdriver.ie.driver", "E:\\IEdriver.exe");
//Selenium will not support single slash, so we are providing double slash in path.
driver = new InternetExplorerDriver();
// By this it will call the IEDriver and execute
Thanks
An example to share:
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.setProperty("webdriver.ie.driver", "D:\\selenium\\IEDriverServer.exe");
WebDriver driver = new InternetExplorerDriver();
driver.get("www.google.com");
driver.findElement(By.id("gbqfq")).sendKeys("abc");
driver.close();
}
}