Browser Automation With Selenium

Selenium is a browser automation framework. it is available in many flavors such as Java , .net , python . I am interested in Java implementation of Selenium.  Selenium can be successfully used in regression automation. It provides all the necessary functionalists required to automate the browser. Such as navigating, verifying, drag and drop,  clicking , selecting..etc.

Selenium can be downloaded from here
Getting started guide



Following program will demonstrate some of the basic functionalists of the selenium.

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.OutputType;
import org.openqa.selenium.TakesScreenshot;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxProfile;



public class SeleniumBasics {

  /**
   * @param args
   * @throws IOException 
   */
  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    //get configured webdriver
    WebDriver driver=getWebdriver();
    
    //goto google.lk
    driver.get("http://www.google.lk");
    WebElement searchBox=driver.findElement(By.xpath("//input[@type='text' and @name='q']"));
    //enter some text in the search textbox
    searchBox.sendKeys("Namo Buddhaya!!!");
    
    //cick on search button
    WebElement searchButton=driver.findElement(By.xpath("//button[@aria-label='Google Search' and @name='btnG']"));
    searchButton.click();
    
    //waiting until results div is loading successfully or 5sec is over
    long endTime=System.currentTimeMillis()+5000;
    while(System.currentTimeMillis()<endTime){
      WebElement resultsDiv=driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[@id='ires']"));
      if(resultsDiv.isDisplayed()){
        break;
      }
    }
    
    //list down the search results
    List<WebElement> searchResults=driver.findElements(By.xpath("//a[@class='l']"));
    for(WebElement w : searchResults){
      System.out.println(w.getText());
    }

    //saving a screenshot
    File scrFile = ((TakesScreenshot)driver).getScreenshotAs(OutputType.FILE);
    FileUtils.copyFile(scrFile, new File("c:\\tmp\\screenshot.png"));
    
    System.out.println("-==DONE==-");
  }
  
  //creates the default driver
  public static WebDriver getWebdriver() {
    WebDriver driver = null;
    try {
      File firebug = new File("C:\\FFPlugins\\firebug-1.7.3.xpi");
      File xpathChecker = new File("C:\\FFPlugins\\xpath_checker-0.4.4-fx.xpi");
      FirefoxProfile profile = new FirefoxProfile();
      profile.setAcceptUntrustedCertificates(true);
      profile.setAssumeUntrustedCertificateIssuer(true);
      profile.addExtension(firebug);  //installing pligins
      profile.addExtension(xpathChecker);
      profile.setPreference("extensions.firebug.currentVersion", "1.7.3");
      profile.setPreference("extensions.xpath_checker.currentVersion", "0.4.4");
      driver=new FirefoxDriver(profile);
    } catch(IOException e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
    return driver;
  }
}