WebDriver is a tool for writing automated tests of websites. It aims to mimic the behavior of a real user, and as such interacts with the HTML of the application. Rather than running as a JavaScript application within the browser (with the limitations this brings, such as the "same origin" ...
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OperaDriver is not navigating to desired URL
I have tried to open a URL using the OperaDriver. My issue is that I am getting browser launched but the desired page is not getting loaded. Below is the code.
@BeforeClass
public static void ...
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parameterized JUnit tests with HtmlUnitDriver leading to test termination
I came across an unusual issue with my automation tests while using the HtmlUnitDriver. I have been using the junit parameterized class to iterate over a list of urls to run some of my tests. The test ...
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manual tester wanting to get into automation
So its been a year since I have been studying python, and just recently I started picking up webdriver. It was a long journey, and I am still pretty noob, but I finally understand how to use it lol. I ...
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Selenium tests aren´t launched anymore
I used to be able to launch all my Selenium2 WebDriver tests in Ruby on Rails via rake test:units. But recently, my test case(s) won't be found anymore. I dont get any notification or error message. ...
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How to include passed assertions in the Test NG test resul report
I use Selenium webdriver 2 with Test-NG. Test-NG gives nice report in case an assertion fails. Customer wishes to see the same report in case an assertion passes. Is it possible to do with default ...
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Selenium Webdriver cannot locate element for right click event
Hi Guys. I have a problem with right click mouse event in Selenium 2.0. I'm using that method but in a console I've got:
Unable to locate element:
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Can we write wrapper class for TestNG and Junit framework
I am writing a framework to run tests using Selenium webdriver which uses the TestNG framework. My requirement is to write a wrapper class to class TestNG framework, however I don't want to directly ...
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Testing Server/Workstation Hardware specs recommendations?
I wanted to reach out and get some opinions of Testing hardware. Should I use VMs or a stand-alone tower? If I use VMs, what would be some recommended hardware specs for the hosting server? If a ...
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Issue with losing focus of “hover” command when the mouse is outside of the active window
If I automate mouse actions using Selenium2/Webdriver in combination with Firefox 12, I can easily get the "mouse" to move to and hover over a context menu so the sub-menus are seen. However, if I ...
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Problem with IE9 security certificate when accessing HTTPS URLs using Selenium 2 WebDriver
I have some Selenium 2 WebDriver test cases for Firefox and Internet Explorer 9. When I access HTTPS URLs on IE9 (Windows 7 64bit) I get:
There is a problem with this website's security ...
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Selenium WebDriver | Unable to switch to apparent pop-up
I am trying to automate Peoplesoft 9 based Web application on Firefox 20.0.1. On clicking a search icon another form opens which I thought to be a pop-up and tried my code -
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Problems with maintenance of Selenium on grid service
We have cluster of 5 nodes with all of them are Firefox nodes only. We have ran into so many issues maintaining the grid up and running.
Selenium nodes goes out of memory (JAVA heap space issues)
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Selenium Tests run in the background when TeamCity CI is run as a Windows service
Our test suite is written in Python and makes use of the WebDriver Python bindings. We are looking into moving to TeamCity for continuous integration.
The setup I have in mind is a build triggered for ...
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Unable to launch Chrome in remote webdriver
I have tried the following three options . I am using C#
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = DesiredCapabilities.Chrome();
capabilities.SetCapability("chrome.binary", ...
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Best practices for developers to increase testability of web apps for QA?
I'm writing a document for a developer at my company who will be working on a web app. Here's the advice I have for him so far (below). Can any of you think of more that I can add? Not sure which tool ...
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Selenium Web-driver tests failing in Test-Controller machine when its not viewed
I am facing a strange problem with my selenium webdriver qa automation project.
FindElementByXPath(element); seems to work fine when running it in my local machine but then does not work when i try ...
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IE always opens with random local host and msg:"This is the initial start page for the WebDriver server
i have my webdriver tests running parallel in IE, chrome and firefox, when i run test in IE browser it node gets registered with the hub, and the browser opens and it gets redirected to some random ...
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Using Selenium Opera Driver doesn't start my test execution
I am able to open the Opera browser using Selenium Opera driver. But I am unable to navigate to any URL using: driver.get("www.google.com");
Opera driver starts and doesn't load the given link.
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Selenium Webdriver | Unable to locate element error
I am trying to run the below code but getting error. Can you please point out the issue?
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.Keys;
import ...
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Webdriver Check if Checkbox is Set and Set it if Not
I am learning Webdriver with JUnit by going through Alan Richardson's Selenium Simplified book and taking translating the exercises/tests from Selenium RC to Webdriver. So far, this has proven to be ...
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Is it a good idea to learn Selenium RC alongside Webdriver
I have recently started exploring Selenium. According to the experts future lies in Selenium Webdriver. But my question is being a predecessor should I also learn Selenium RC? Will it be worth ...
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Running tests in parallel using Jenkins Grid plugin
I have Jenkins 1.499 running Watir-Webdriver tests on a Windows 2008 (64bit) server alongside the Grid 2 standalone server (and Jenkins Selenium Grid plugin).
I can run my tests through the ...
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How to handle self-signed SSL certificate error in IE8? (Selenium Webdriver + Java)
I am literally stuck to this problem for two days now.
Scenario
The website that needs to be tested has a self-signed certificate. So Internet Explorer (8 in Windows XP) shows
"The security ...
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Selenium 2.0 WebDriver: Clearing Session Data
Is there a way to clear out session data for a driver instance in WebDriver? My code is written in C# (and NUnit), but I'm not picky on the language for the answer.
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Is Selenium 2 WebDriver JavaDoc API available offline?
Can I get a offline copy/archive of Selenium Webdriver Javadoc API which is available here so that I can bind the same to my Eclipse IDE for offline use?
A ready-made HTML archive will be ...
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Webdriver addon is not starting with Firefox
I have a Selenium test suite configured to run with Django & teamcity but today I have noticed that when running my tests locally, Firefox launches without the Webdriver addon bar across the ...
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Fitnesse + WebDriver: any working solution?
Could you please tell me if there were any attempts to integrate Fitnesse and Selenium WebDriver? I'm looking for something like Selenesse (https://github.com/marisaseal/selenesse), but for WebDriver, ...
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Is it possible to stop page loading on the browser using selenium web-driver?
I searched online, but couldn't find anything about how to stop page loading over a browser using selenium web-driver.
Any idea for the same?
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Testing Page Layout with webdriver
Has anyone tried to test the page layout of a website using webdriver? To be specific, using webelement.getPosition() and webelement.getDimension().
Shouldn't these two methods be enough for testing ...
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Parse .htaccess credentials in Internet Explorer
I am trying to access a .htaccess protected test url
and I get the following error When i am trying to run the tests in IE
Failed to navigate to ...
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selenium: How to identify the button WebElement
On my web page I have the following two buttons:
<button onclick="addToSelected('newApplicationForm');">Add Strategy</button>
<button ...
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3answers
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Unable to get Selenium Web Driver running with Java
I tried running the following code to start running Selenium WebDriver on Java, using the following code
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import ...
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Connection refused error when running selenium with chrome and firefox drivers
I am running selenium tests with firefox and chrome drivers. I get a connection refused error when I run the tests in as a block
Test example :
require 'minitest_helper'
headless = Headless.new
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What is the best way to have a SpecFlow project run across multiple browsers?
I'm working on setting up a SpecFlow project to test a portal. Thus far I've haven't had issues writing some "hello world" features and steps. My question is as the testing project grows, what is the ...
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Watir, Selenium::WebDriver for Chrome?
I've been using Watir for a month or so now and use
profile = Selenium::WebDriver::Firefox::Profile.new
profile.proxy = Selenium::WebDriver::Proxy.new :http=> proxy # proxy = "IP:Port"
This ...
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Set attribute of an element using webdriver + python
I am trying to automate uploading an image. The uploader is a Flash object and using AutoIt is not an option. So I am trying to work my way around this with just webdriver.
The idea is to 'set' the ...
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How to extract the Safari extension from the base code?
I got the developer certificate from Apple and running Selenium 2.23.1 jar. I checked out the base code from Selenium website and when I ran the command " go Safari", I am getting the following error ...
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How do I download a file using Selenium's WebDriver?
Basically I want to at least check that a download-able file exists / download link works, and preferably get stuff like the file size too.
Here's an example:
link = ...
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WebDriver Ruby binding: How to specify Firefox binary path in code?
I'm writing my test cases in Windows7 with Ruby (v1.9.3-p194).
Please, note that I want to specify Firefox binary path when using RemoteWebDriver, not FirefoxDriver.
Here is the command line I used ...
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Getting nose test runner to execute a test against multiple browsers / configurations?
Surely someone else has run into this problem. I'm trying to figure out how to loop through Firefox, Chrome, and IE in conjunction with nose.
Right now I have:
"setup.cfg" file that specifies ...
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Selenium WebDriver and Highchart testing
I know this question has been asked before on S.O. and other websites but I haven't found a definite answer -- most of them say its not easily done but I wanted to make sure that was the final ...
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2answers
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Need help to frame locator for webdriver script
I have a button reach_analysis_button with id="x-auto-7".
But directly using that i am not able to locate the element from webdriver.
I tried ...
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How to automate the action on a canvas object, when the canvas element has no name or ID in Selenium?
I want to automate the testing for a digital signature, which is a canvas element...Can anyone provide me with sample code, which could be used...I have tried, selenium.clickAt(), ...
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How to start a Selenium2 WebDriver window in background?
I have a series of Selenium2 test cases in C#/NUnit that are run sequentially. Each test case runs in a new instance of the WebDriver (and this is necessary) - which means that each time a new test ...
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Why can't my Selenium Grid VM node get parameters from/register to the hub?
I'm trying to set up a Selenium Grid node on a virtual machine. I am using VirtualBox for the VM and Jenkins (with VirtualBox plugin) to set up the grid. When I try to register the node, I get the ...
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Selenium WebDriver: select value from KendoUI DropDownList
I'm not being able to select a value from a Kendo's dropdown, this is the code (C#):
var select = FindElement(By.Id("Type"));
select.SelectByValue("HouseHold");
That's not the selenium raw api, I'm ...
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How to close pop up window in Selenium webdriver?
Below is my Selenium Webdriver script. When I run this script my website is opened but the popup window is also opened. How do I close this popup window so the script can continue? Take a look on ...
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How to open multiple browsers using webdriver?
I want to perform multiple browser testing:
While working on a project i needed to open multiple browsers simultaneously using Webdriver script.
Does anyone have experience in implementing this ?
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Unable to get focus back to child window
I have scenario where clicking on some link in parent window opens a new window, after performing the actions on the child window, iam unable get back focus on the parent window, I have used the ...
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"Element is no longer attached to the DOM” StaleElementReferenceException when selecting HTML table row
I am using Selenium 2/WebDriver for automation. I have a table and am trying to select a row in it. When the test runs, I can see the row become highlighted as if it is clicked, but then immediately I ...
