I have started selenium server using below command and I wanted to use custom firefox profile. But some how it creates a new firefoxprofile in /tmp/ directory for each test case I run.
/usr/bin/java -jar
/usr/local/groundwork/selenium/java/selenium-server-standalone-2.33.0.jar
-firefoxProfileTemplate /root/.mozilla/firefox/lfmvce8i.selenium/ &
When I check firefox process using below command I can see that temporary profile has been created in /tmp directory.
root 35660 4.6 12.9 810852 131352 pts/0 Sl 10:10 0:10
/usr/lib64/firefox/firefox -profile
/tmp/customProfileDirf4461dd4c0fd4b388a595f159568fd4b root 35934
0.0 0.0 103244 840 pts/0 S+ 10:14 0:00 grep firefox
Can someone please help me to use custom firefox profile with selenium.
The option firefoxProfileTemplate is not valid anymore.
Use webdriver.firefox.profile instead.
Your command should be
/usr/bin/java -jar /usr/local/groundwork/selenium/java/selenium-server-standalone-2.33.0.jar -Dwebdriver.firefox.profile=selenium &
See:
http://code.google.com/p/selenium/wiki/FirefoxDriver
Note that -Dwebdriver.firefox.profile takes the NAME of the profile as parameter, not the path.
I am also trying to get the selenium standalone to use a custom firefox profile. By calling the selenium-server from the commandline in a batch file.
I've seen in other posts about custom firefox profile, that the parameter -firefoxProfileTemplate is not valid. If that is the case, why is it listed in the help?
java -jar selenium-server-standalone-2.44.0.jar -h
-firefoxProfileTemplate <dir>: normally, we generate a fresh empty
Firefox profile every time we launch. You can specify a directory
to make us copy your profile directory instead.
I also cant see any difference wether or not I use -firefoxProfileTemplate <path-to-profile> or -Dwebdriver.firefox.profile=<name-of-profile>
java -jar selenium-server-standalone-2.44.0.jar -htmlSuite "*googlechrome" "http://qa-map-pat.valtech.dk" "Test/TESTSUITE.html" "results.html"
Another related issue I'm seing is that I am unable to set the path to the firefox.exe file. I've tried to set it using -Dwebdriver.firefox.bin "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" but it is like this option is just ignored. Instead I had to add the path to my PATH environment variable in Windows.
So it seems to me that the options supplied when calling the selenium server from the commandline are not properly handled?
Related
I would like to add a command line start for Selenium IDE test scripts to our build process so some of the tests are run immediately after the latest code is built for our products.
I have been looking and everything I find seems to relate to older versions. I can't find anything that looks up to date.
Can I run tests that I have recorded in Selenium IDE 2.9.1 from the command line - and by extension, a batch file to run multiple tests.
Is there documentation that I did not find? Can someone direct me to it?
Thanks.
You didnt specify an operating system but i think you mean windows, and yes, you can run selenium IDE test suites from powershell or CMD on windows.
You will need Java installed on your machine, and also the Selenium Server.jar file which should have come with your installation of Selenium, if not you can download from the Selenium Site.
Then, create a test suite in IDE and save it somewhere on your machine. (you can only run test suites, not testcases - i wont explain the difference between the two here)
Then in powershell or CMD you run this command, you will need to change it depending on your installation directories.
C:\Java\JDK1.8.0_66-X64\bin\java -jar C:\Selenium\Selenium-Server\selenium-server.jar -htmlSuite *firefox "baseurl" "C:\temp\testsuitename" "C:\TEMP\logs" -timeout 0060 -trustAllSSLCertificates
I will break this down for you -
C:\JDK1.8.0_66-X64\bin\java -jar - this is your Java installation directory (mine is Java JDK 1.8)
C:\Selenium\Selenium-Server\selenium-server.jar - This is the location of your Selenium .jar file.
-htmlSuite *firefox These are .jar file options to tell the jar file you are running it from a command line and to use firefox
"baseurl" In here, you should enter your base url which would normally be at the top of the IDE gui. eg, www.google.com
"C:\temp\testsuitename" The full path where you have saved your test suite
"C:\TEMP\logs" Running from command line produces a html log, advise where you want this placed
-timeout 0060 -trustAllSSLCertificates There are additional options, of which there are many. In this case the total time the command will run before it times out is 60 seconds, and it will ignore all those untrusted certificate errors that firefox often gets (where you need to keep adding exceptions etc).
Hope i could help!
May be it's easy question but I can't find any info about that.
I used to run selenium 2.x as that way. I start server:
java -jar selenium-server-standalone-2.53.1.jar -Dwebdriver.chrome.driver=chromedriver -browserSideLog -debug -timeout 60
And then I run my tests. I use Dart so I do
pub run test test/selenium/custom_component_test.dart
But now i'm trying use selenium 3. I have downloaded it and substitute my old terminal call with new jar but seems I can do it. Selenium tells me it doesn't know such parameter "-Dwebdriver.chrome.driver". And in help I can't see parameters to specify parameter.
So, how to run selenium 3 with chrome driver?
your options are out of order. -D... is a java runtime variable. it needs to come before the -jar directive.
Change your command to
java -Dwebdriver.chrome.driver=chromedriver -jar selenium-server-standalone-2.53.1.jar -browserSideLog -debug -timeout 60
I used to run selenium 2.x as that way.
Yes, we changed the source to use JCommander in 3.0 to parse options passed into the jar. -D directives are now parsed as options you are trying to pass into the jar, just like -debug and -timeout. For your command to be well formed, you really should be using -D... before the -jar directive.
Is it possible to make Jenkins use actual browser instead of headless browser? I a running some tests written in TestNG (using Selenium webdriver). When I run the testng.xml file in Eclipse, the browser starts and the tests run. But when I use Jenkins and run the tests with maven, it doesn't start any browsers.
If your jenkins is hosted in a Windows machine, there are some special configurations you should know about services that are allow to use the interface.
By the way, the easiest way to see the browsers running is starting jenkins using the command line:
java -jar jenkins.war
In linux you could use the same command or use xvfb plugin to run browsers in background.
Hope helps
In addition to this, the main reason for not launching the browser is JNLP (java network launch protocol) , when we execute the war we can interact with the desktop applications.
Using Selenium Grid will allow you to execute the test on Jenkins but open the browser on a remote slave.
To achieve this you need to create an instance RemoteWebdriver than ChromeDriver, IEDriver etc I
For linux. If jenkins is running as a daemon, you could specify active display to connect to and run your browser on it. Check what display you could connect to:
ps e | grep -Po " DISPLAY=[\.0-9A-Za-z:]* " | sort -u
My output is:
DISPLAY=:10.0
DISPLAY=:2
DISPLAY=:2.0
Then go to your jenkins project -> Configure -> Build and add the next string above your main build configuration through "Add build step -> Execute shell"
/bin/bash -c "export DISPLAY=:10"
Edited: I've encountered the issue again recently. To resolve it:
I've given for the jenkins' user ability to interact with the desktop of my current user:
xhost +si:localuser:jenkins
so if I connect to my linux system through ssh using jenkins' user credentials, export display of my current user (export DISPLAY=:10) and run, for example google-chrome or firefox inside of putty's terminal, they are launching on my current user's desktop.
After this I've checked If I could start "mvn test" command inside of workspace/MyTests folder from my putty so it will start browser and execute tests.
At the end I've created simple script in the root of my current user:
vi ~/.startup.sh
#!/bin/bash
xhost +si:localuser:jenkins
and added it to my Xfce4 GUI: Application -> Settings -> Session and Startup -> Application Autostart, specifying command field as:
sh -c $HOME/.startup.sh
It's because of this script should work only when desktop is loaded to share my current user's display with jenkins' user. After reboot and connecting to this server through RDC desktop loads with xhost command applied. And after this jenkins could interract with desktop even when I close the RDP connection but leaving current user's session alive.
I've removed Build step in my jenkins' project configuration that was stated "Invoke top-level Maven targets". It could not start my browsers.
I've changed my "Add build step -> Execute shell" to:
export DISPLAY=:10
cd /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/MyTests
mvn test
I've tried grid also, turning selenium-server-standalone -hub and -node into daemons. But it was slower than launching browsers with WebDriver in the such way.
I have a problem with Selenium and can't get it to work.
What I want to do:
A customer of ours sends us a Selenium test case which shall be executed automatically in several locations and the time taken shall be recorded.
We want to use Selenium and Firefox Portable, because we want to make the tests completely independent of any user input and the installed software at the different locations.
So much for the starting conditions ;)
What we did so far:
The first version was completely written in Java, we exported the test case from the customer to Java with the Selenium IDE Plugin -> Export to Java WebDriver.
This cannot be done anymore, because the customer now uses some functions the WebDriver export does not support. And as we don't want to alter the test from the customer, Java export is no longer an option.
So for the first run we are using this command (any variables are set correctly):
java -jar selenium-2.33.0/selenium-server-standalone-2.33.0.jar -port 5555
-firefoxProfileTemplate "Firefox\Data\profile" -log logs\selenium_server.log
-htmlSuite "*firefox" http://localhost:5555 Testsuite.html
logs\results-firefox-%curTimestamp%.html
This starts my preinstalled firefox, not the portable one. On the customers machine, no firefox is started whatsoever, because it is not installed. So I had to provide the path to the firefox instead, using the "custom" htmlSuite:
java -jar selenium-2.33.0/selenium-server-standalone-2.33.0.jar -port 5555
-firefoxProfileTemplate "Firefox\Data\profile" -log logs\selenium_server.log
-htmlSuite "*custom %FF_DIR%\FirefoxPortable.exe" http://localhost:5555 Testsuite.html
logs\results-firefox-%curTimestamp%.html
This does not work, as the Selenium Server cannot execute this command if run under Windows, which we do (see: http://code.google.com/p/selenium/issues/detail?id=3274)
As comment #6 has some diffs, we patched the selenium Server standalone Jar and ran the test again. Now the browser could be started, but the test could not be run. After the first page loaded we get the error "Permission denied to access property 'document'".
A solution here suggests, a user-rights problem could be the cause and you should try the "chrome" htmlSuite (see: https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/1453/how-to-fix-permission-denied-to-access-property-document)
So we did:
java -jar selenium-2.33.0/selenium-server-standalone-2.33.0-patched.jar
-port 5555 -firefoxProfileTemplate "FirefoxPortable\Data\profile"
-log logs\selenium_server.log -htmlSuite "*chrome %FF_DIR%\FirefoxPortable.exe"
http://localhost:5555 Testsuite.html logs\results-firefox-%curTimestamp%.html
Notice our "patched" selenium and the "chrome" htmlSuite.
That didn't work, as well.
So, here in short the results:
htmlSuite = firefox: the preinstalled Firefox is used, if installed, not the Portable one. In case, no FF is installed, the test fails altogether
htmlSuite = chrome: the server cannot start the browser, as it tries to set EnvironmentVariables, which is not supported running Windows (see: http://code.google.com/p/selenium/source/browse/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/os/WindowsProcessGroup.java#67 lines 67 following)
htmlSuite = googleChrome: Google Chrome Portable can be started, but the Chrome browser cannot find some elements specified by the test, so we cannot use Chrome (altering the test is no option, as stated above)
htmlSuite = iexplore: Internet Explorer starts, but then a JavaScript error appears, referencing a custom Profile created by Selenium, so the test does not work in IE, either
htmlSuite = custom: the Portable Firefox is started (yeehaw), but does not have sufficient rights to execute the test.
You may use a Continuous Integration System like Jenkins, or TeamCity to execute your tests automatically.
we have now decided to support the customer in installing Firefox on the machines to test, so we can use our batchfile without problems.
As for the bug in selenium look here (code.google.com/p/selenium/issues/detail?id=5554#c14), there is a link to a nightly build that does work (at least for us) with Firefox v23, which Selenium 2.33 does not.
Thanks for everyone who contributed, but I think my first approach can not be achieved the way I thought it could :(
I solved this problem.
Visit this link: http://www.townx.org/blog/elliot/dealing-self-signed-ssl-certificates-when-running-selenium-server-firefox
Point 9:
Delete everything in the directory except for the cert_override.txt and cert8.db files.
Hope it helps
I made then saved a test case with the Firefox extension "Selenium IDE".
Now I want to use command line to run this exported html file.
I try to follow this how-do-i-launch-the-selenium-ide-from-the-command-line-with-a-specific-test-case but it doesn't work.
Please help me.
You will need the Selenium RC which you can get from:
http://seleniumhq.org/download/
And Java 1.5 or higher (Download Java here)
1) Install Java
2) Unpack Selenium RC.
3) Open a cmd.exe window and go to the directory containing the Selenium Server (selenium-remote-control-1.0.1\selenium-server-1.0.1)
4) Run the command below:
java -jar selenium-server.jar -htmlSuite "*firefox" "http://10.8.100.106" "C:\mytestsuite\mytestsuite.html" "C:\mytestsuite\results.html"
This should run your test suite in Firefox and write the results to the html file. Obviously you will need to change the "http://10.8.100.106" argument to your own server (this might just be localhost / 127.0.0.1)
It is possible to run individual test cases using Selenese Runner. You can specify a single test case file or a test suite as the unit to run.
We should execute the SeleniumRC in using following command;
java -jar filename.jar
ex:
java -jar program1.jar
the program1 consist of the followings are:
program1.class file
Resource library file such as SeleniumRC Server.jar and Selenium Java client.jar file
This method is applicable for SeleniumRC execution. We can directly create the program1.jar file from eclipse using
File->Export.
Here is an article that explains you step-by-step process of how to run Selenium RC application in Java.
Create a Java Selenium RC test script and executing the script
I have needed to do this before, and used the following:
An Ant Build (complex)
Creating a test runner class(a part of junit framework)class.
Most commonly we would run into build path errors while trying to run from cmd.
If you want to run it from command prompt you may consider writing your selenium test in python.
Make sure you have python installed if you are on windows. Mac will have python by default.
Running test from CMD is quite easy.
Follow below steps
1- Go to home directory and Set class path
Home Directory > set classpath=Home Directory\bin; and press enter
Home Directory > set classpath=Home Directory\lib*; and press enter
2-Home-directory > java org,testng.TestNG testng.xml testng2.xml testng2.xml and hit enter
I have documented all steps here. Hope it will help. Cheers
1) Running from CMD
java -cp "C:\ProjectX\Mortgage\bin;C:\Selenium_latest\selenium2.49.1\*;C:\Selenium_latest\selenium-2.49.1\libs\*" org.testng.TestNG C:\ProjectX\Mortgage\testng.xml
Run above command in C:\ProjectX\Mortgage
2) Create batch file name runner.bat
SET projectLocation=C:\ProjectX\Mortgage
CD %projectLocation%
SET classpath=%projectLocation%\bin;C:\Selenium_latest\selenium-2.49.1\*;C:\Selenium_latest\selenium-2.49.1\libs\*
java org.testng.TestNG %projectLocation%\testng.xml
PAUSE
3) Run the batch file by double clicking on it.
To be able to run in Chrome browser, you can use *chrome option instead of *firefox like below
java -jar selenium-server.jar -htmlSuite "*chrome" "http://localhost" "C:\testsuite\testsuite.html" "C:\testsuite\results.html"
Other browsers list include:
*firefox
*mock
*firefoxproxy
*pifirefox
*chrome
*iexploreproxy
*iexplore
*firefox3
*safariproxy
*googlechrome
*konqueror
*firefox2
*safari
*piiexplore
*firefoxchrome
*opera
*iehta
*custom
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