how to create a new file in selenium ?
And also how can i write a data into the newly created file ?
How does selenium IDE & Selenium RC differs ?
Assuming from your last question and your comments there, you want to get some text from a page and save it in a file.
I might be wrong, but I think you can't do that in Selenium IDE and will need the full power of a programming language in Selenium RC (which has been officially deprecated like a year ago) or Selenium WebDriver.
Once you're using one or another in any language you like (currently C#, Java, Ruby, Perl and PHP are supported), you can use the language's standard tools to write into a file.
Regarding your file questions, it's not clear whether you are referring to test files, files on the Selenium server, or files on the clients which run the browsers driven by Selenium.
Regarding Selenium IDE vs RC, that question is already answered at:
What is the difference between Selenium IDE, Server, RC, 2.0, and WebDriver?.
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I have to write a recorder and playback feature for browser based applications. I am first exploring the open source alternatives available. I am fluent with java. I am wondering in which language selenium ide written in?. My research shows javascript, but still would like to confirm it with someone who is familiar with this domain.
Thanks,
Seems to be javascript.
It's an open source project so you can see the code here https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium-ide
I have been trying to port Selenium IDE into a chrome extension I have been working on but to no avail. Specifically, I want to be able to execute selenium-built commands (e.g. click, assertElementVisible, etc.) in my extension.
I am aware that porting Selenium into another extension has been done before (Katalon Recorder), but I could find absolutely nothing online on how the porting was done.
That said, can anyone give me some pointers on:
Specifically what files I should port from the IDE repository
How to set up and call Selenium commands in my extension
How I may properly accredit Selenium in my use of its code
I am aware that the old Selenium IDE is deprecated, so I plan on using the new Selenium IDE on github. The new IDE is still under development, but I believe that the functionalities that I require are ready to be used at this moment (I only require running commands on DOM elements).
I'm pretty newbie to selenium.
Im trying to configure selenium for a project in my university like the one configured with phppgadmin.
There is no .jar file, I dont need to run anything, dont even need to install libraries, etc... I dont know if this is a RC Server or Webdriver.
Also, I want to use the PHPUnit format, cause this way I can just export test cases from the Firefox Selenium IDE plugin. There is a way to do that?
There is a lot of information, webdrivers, etc in Internet but I believe the way phppgadmin do this is the best way.
If you're just looking for something quick and dirty Selenium 1 imported off of the IDE is probably for you. If in the future you plan on continuing your university project I would highly recommend learning about Selenium Webdriver (Selenium 2).
Just as a small aside: You can export your tests from the selenium IDE in any language you desire, PHP is just one of the many choices that include (Java (JUnit), Java (TestNG), Ruby, and Python). If you're interested in PHPUnit look here http://www.phpunit.de/manual/3.1/en/selenium.html, this will give you the back drop on how to start coding your Selenium Tests.
If you're going to be using the selenium RC you want to go to http://seleniumhq.org/download/. Download Selenium server. You start the server with a java -jar command. So java -jar /path/to/sel/selenium-server-standalone-2.24.1.jar. This will start the RC server and when you're interested in running some tests execute the tests and then selenium server will take care of the rest
I have Selenium IDE and i want to install Selenium Webdriver.
1) Can anyone tell me where can i download selenium webdriver. i don't see any link available in the documentation.
2)Can i use selenium webdriver with PHPUnit? I see some materials saying php is not supported in selenium 2 however there are some download links available for phpbindings for webdriver what is this exactly?
3)If i have Selenium webdriver do i still need selenium server to run test cases in different browsers?
I would appreciate your answers...
I completely agree with you. They have a ton of documentation, but they do a horrible job of explaining what you actually need. It took me about 2 days to put all the pieces together. You will need a few things...
If you are running tests with C#, download NUnit, C# client drivers. Create a class library project in Visual Studio and reference the dlls (assemblies) for NUnit (for appropriate dotnet version) and the C# client drivers. Compile your class library. It should create a dll inside of the bin\Debug directory. Then go into NUnit, create a project, and then open your assembly in that bin\Debug directory. That should get you started.
If you're developing using Java, download JUnit (not NUnit) and then download the Java Client Drivers, and use Eclipse instead of Visual Studio. You can launch JUnit right from Eclipse.
I've only tried NUnit and JUnit before. But I'm sure PHPUnit can also be launched from Eclipse (educated guess). There seems to be the most documentation for Java and Python.. from experience, but I've been doing everything in .NET and I haven't had anything I couldn't solve.
The Unit Testing software isn't required, but the code the format add-ins for Firefox Selenium IDE will build the code for NUnit (C#) or JUnit (Java), etc... so most use those tools.
If you want to get some boilerplate code, go into Selenium IDE and turn on experimental features under options. Then export your C# code (or Java code) from the format menu after you've recorded your commands. It won't all convert 100%, so be aware of that. Just google from there to get questions answered.
One thing to watch out for... clickAndWait commands won't convert to click and wait in the code. You will either need to do an implicit wait or a thread.sleep wait after certain commands before you'll be able to access the next element if you're waiting for an action to occur. You will also want to turn on native events so you can fire certain JavaScript events. Your fire events won't work if the driver doesn't have this turned on. The WebDriver driver.
If you have any other questions, let me know.
You can download Selenium server as well as client driver from the following:
http://code.google.com/p/selenium/downloads/list
You can download "php-webdriver-bindings-0.9.0.zip" from the following source:
http://code.google.com/p/php-webdriver-bindings/downloads/detail?name=php-webdriver-bindings-0.9.0.zip
In C# context:
Now the better way of including packages in C# project is using nuGet. nuGet is packaging utility which when executed from its powershell command window, quickly downloads the dll files and links them to project. Below link details on how to use nUGet to install packages of selenium webdriver, selenium support and nUnit.
How to invoke/run different type of web driver browser using remote webdriver in C#
My project is compatible only with Internet Explorer. I want the test scripts to get generated automatically as it is done in Selenium IDE.Can i use selenium RC to test my application?
I could not use selenium IDE as it can be used only with Mozilla Firefox.
Can you suggest any other free tools for my project.
thanks in advance ...
I think if you dig around for earlier versions of selenium they are compatible with IE. We use it here for front-end automation via IE6 anyway