I'm trying to upload a file while running my test on a remote server.
Works fine on Chrome, not on Firefox (both works locally).
The file is already stored on the remote machine.
My upload code:
uploaded.getUploadBtn().sendKeys("C://resources//images//pic1.jpg");
It seems like webdriver is getting the wrong file path, but i'm not sure. how can I debug this issue?
Linux does not have a path that starts with C:!!!
If you need this to be cross-OS compatible, why don't you treat the pic as a resource and then you could easily find it with getClass().getResource("res/pic1.jpg").getFile(), regardless of what platform you are on.
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Due to organization policy, the Chrome browser installation on my Windows Server machine is automatically updated. I have some processes that rely on python Selenium and chromedriver. Because of this, my process breaks whenever my org decides to push out an update.
Is it possible to have chromedriver depend on some binary other than Chrome browser that will not be managed by my organization so that this doesn't happen?
Few of the workarounds to resolve the issue:
We have kept the chrome exe file in an artifactory and we download and install that particular chrome version every time before our execution through automation (our requirement is like that).
As #Corey is suggesting you can webdrivermanager, PFB link for more details
https://github.com/bonigarcia/webdrivermanager
You can try Dockerized Selenium, there you'll have the control in the docker-compose.yml file.
Am running my selenium java tests in Docker's chrome container installed in my windows system.
Tests to upload will pass if i run tests in windows - chrome, but failing with error path is not absolute: D:\xyz.csv if i run same tests in docker.
Am pushing my tests on chrome node in docker.
Normal selenium tests work in docker, but upload doesn't.
Please suggest on how to copy this file inside container to give that path for upload tests..
Thanks
That is because Chrome would look for that path in the system where it. But the container is a linux based system and the file paths are not like this.
So you need to share volume while launching the chrome container
docker run -v localfolder:containerfolder
and in your test you need to use the contaienrfolder path and not the localfolder path
I got the solution of this problem long time back.
Use below command to copy the files from windows/Linux system to Chrome container running in docker's say 'tmp' folder , this path can be later referenced in selenium tests running in Docker.
"docker cp D:\file.csv docker_chrome_1:/tmp/"
This above command can be run once Docker's Chrome container is up and running in Windows/Linux machine.
I am doing selenium program and have written the script for Firefox browser. When I run the test, it opens a browser, but nothing happens after that. Console has below error:
"Could not start a new session. Possible causes are invalid address of the remote server or browser start-up failure."
What is the solution for this?
I am using code as :-
System.setProperty("webdriver.firefox.marionette","C:\\geckodriver-v0.18.0-win32\\geckodriver.exe");
Update your selenium jars and geckodriver. Update your firefox browser too.
This problem is happening when the jars are too old to handle new changes in browser.
Downlaod selenium jars :-
http://www.seleniumhq.org/download/
Download geckodriver :-
https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases
You are using wrong gecko parameter :-
System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver","C:\\geckodriver-v0.18.0-win32\\geckodriver.exe");
Hope it will help you :)
I had redhat Linux server command line but there is no GUI for that and I need to run selenium code on this server with firefox. As I am new to selenium so I am not sure whether it will work or not.
For achieving this I had install Firefox on my Redhat linux machine successfully but not able to trigger that as it is showing no display found.
Is there any other way to achieve this for headless browsing, where virtually a firefox will be opened and selenium code can be executed without GUI. Is it possible to do??
You can use HtmlUnitDriver of selenium to use headless browsing but it will not open firefox and may be not loading all content to it's cache as same as firefox
Refer Below:-
https://code.google.com/p/selenium/wiki/HtmlUnitDriver
Another thing you can use is Phantomjs with selenium Webdriver. This is most using pattern by industries for headless browsing
Refer below:-
http://www.guru99.com/selenium-with-htmlunit-driver-phantomjs.html
Yes you can trigger selenium file using command line
http://www.tutorialspoint.com/testng/testng_executing_tests.htm
Bash file is running fine in windows for testng but it is not working in linux/mac
Now if still your firefox is not opening then it is basically issue of some setting with your OS with firefox
Refer that too :-
https://serverfault.com/questions/279036/open-terminal-via-ssh-run-firefox-display-not-found
May be you have problem with some permission in red hat
Hope it will help you :)
I know I'll get crap for this but it's worth it if someone can help.
I can't find a guide, tutorial, or instructions anywhere for installing web driver on a windows machine. I've got a site running on a homestead vagrant box and need a way of running acceptance tests locally. I had tests setup using PhpBrowser but those don't simulate JavaScript. If anyone knows of a guide to do this or a better way to run acceptance tests it would help immensely. I've got Ajax calls so PhpBrowser and resources like it won't work.
Thanks!
Just download the selenium webserver the jar file and run it in a command shell with java -jar selenium-server-standalone-2.43.1.jar. The selenium server will now listen on the default port 4444. If you run your test it should work as expected. Keep in mind that selenium webserver opens firefox and uses it for testing. It's pretty useful for watching the test cases.
If you want a headless test (no visible browser) you need to download phantomjs. Unpack it and run the phantomjs.exe with --webdriver=4444 as an argument (so phantomjs.exe --webdriver=4444).
Download and Run the selenium-server-standalone-2.43.1.jar as stated in the comment. I had to add firefox_binary: C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe under capabilities: in my acceptance.suite.yml file. I also added it to the path variable but I'm not sure if that made a difference. Had to add the firefox_binary to make it work.