Selenium
RC
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Selenium
Web driver
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It is easy and small API.
These API’s are less Object oriented
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As compared to RC, it
is bit complex and large API. API’s are entirely Object oriented
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Selenium RC is slower
since it uses a JavaScript program called Selenium Core. This Selenium
Core is the one that directly controls the browser, not you.
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Web Driver is faster
than Selenium RC since it speaks directly to the browser uses the
browser’s own engine to control it.
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Selenium Core, just
like other JavaScript codes, can access disabled elements.
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Web Driver interacts
with page elements in a more realistic way. It interacts natively with
browser application
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Required to start
server before executing the test script.
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Doesn’t required to
start server before executing the test script.
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It is standalone java
program which allow you to run Html test suites.
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It actual core API
which has binding in a range of languages.
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Selenium RC cannot
support the headless HtmlUnit browser. It needs a real, visible browser
to operate on.
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Web Driver can support
the headless HtmlUnit browser.
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It doesn’t supports of
moving mouse cursors.
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It supports of moving
mouse cursors.
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Selenium RC Has
Built-In Test Result Generator. Selenium RC automatically generates an HTML
file of test results.
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Web Driver has no
built-in command that automatically generates a Test Results File.
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It does not supports
listeners
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It supports the
implementation of listeners
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Selenium RC needs the
help of the RC Server in order to do so.
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web Driver directly
talks to the browser
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It does not support to
test iphone/Android applications
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It support to test
iphone/Android applications
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Selenium RC can support
new browsers
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It cannot readily
support new browsers
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Showing posts with label Selenium RC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Selenium RC. Show all posts
Saturday, July 5, 2014
Difference between Selenium RC and Selenium Web Driver
Friday, December 3, 2010
How to automate onblur through selenium RC .
How to automate onblur through selenium RC .
How to automate lost focus through selenium.
I faced the problem while automating the form submit. All of the form fields are having some action on their lost focus.
The onblur event occurs when an object loses focus.
For example : I have two fields First Name and Last Name. When i enter first name and press tab then it loses its focus and onblur function gets called.
and its calls upperCase and it changes the first name in Upper case.
the same case with Last Name. When i enter last name and press tab it calls blur function lowerCase and changes the letters in lower case.
But the problem in automation is i cant automate lost focus. when we type in first name and last name it simply types in first name and last name text box.
It does not call onblur function upper case and lower case and does not change the letter respectively.
so, fireEvent is a special command in selenium which helps in automating onblur function.
this is html of the element and blur javascript functions
But by using fireEvent fuction of selenium we can call blur function.
First this will type "niraj" in First Name and then selenium.fireEvent("fname", "blur"); this will call the onblur fuction "upperCase()" which changes the First Name in upper case "NIRAJ".
then it types in Last Name and then selenium.fireEvent("lname", "blur"); which means it will press tab and lost the function and on the lost focus it calls
blur function lowerCase which changes the Last Name in lower case.
How to automate lost focus through selenium.
I faced the problem while automating the form submit. All of the form fields are having some action on their lost focus.
The onblur event occurs when an object loses focus.
For example : I have two fields First Name and Last Name. When i enter first name and press tab then it loses its focus and onblur function gets called.
and its calls upperCase and it changes the first name in Upper case.
the same case with Last Name. When i enter last name and press tab it calls blur function lowerCase and changes the letters in lower case.
But the problem in automation is i cant automate lost focus. when we type in first name and last name it simply types in first name and last name text box.
It does not call onblur function upper case and lower case and does not change the letter respectively.
so, fireEvent is a special command in selenium which helps in automating onblur function.
this is html of the element and blur javascript functions
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function upperCase()
{
var x=document.getElementById("fname").value;
document.getElementById("fname").value=x.toUpperCase();
}
function lowerCase()
{
var x=document.getElementById("lname").value;
document.getElementById("lname").value=x.toLowerCase();
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
Enter your First Name: <input type="text" id="fname" onblur="upperCase()" />
<br />
Enter your Last Nast: <input type="text" id="lname" onblur="lowerCase()" />
</body>
</html>
selenium.type("fname", "niraj");
selenium.type("lname", "KUMAR");
But by using fireEvent fuction of selenium we can call blur function.
selenium.type("fname", "niraj");
selenium.fireEvent("fname", "blur");
selenium.type("lname", "KUMAR");
selenium.fireEvent("lname", "blur");
First this will type "niraj" in First Name and then selenium.fireEvent("fname", "blur"); this will call the onblur fuction "upperCase()" which changes the First Name in upper case "NIRAJ".
then it types in Last Name and then selenium.fireEvent("lname", "blur"); which means it will press tab and lost the function and on the lost focus it calls
blur function lowerCase which changes the Last Name in lower case.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
How to locate an element which have same name and same atrributes in selenium
Automation using selenium is a great experience. It provides many way to identif an object or element on the web page.
But sometime we face the problems of idenfying the objects on a page which have same attributes. When we get more than
one element which are same in attribute and name like multiple checkboxes with same name and same id. More than one button having
same name and ids. There are no way to distingues those element. In this case we have problem to instruct selenium to identify a perticular
object on a web page.
I am giving you a simple example . In the below html source there are 6 checkboxes are there having same type and same name.
It is really tough to select third or fifth.
Thare are some function we can use in Xpath to identify the abject in above cases.
An XPath expression can return one of four basic XPath data types:
* String
* Number
* Boolean
* Node-set
XPath Type : Functions
Node set : last(), position(), count(), id(), local-name(), namespace-uri(), name()
String : string(), concat(), starts-with(), contains(), substring-before(), substring-after(), substring(), string-length(), normalize-space(), translate()
Boolean : boolean(), not(), true(), false(), lang()
Number : number(), sum(), floor(), ceiling(), round()
I will show you how we can use some of these above functions in xpath to identify the objects.
Node Set : last()
In the above html file there are six checkboxes and all are having same attributes (same type and name)
How we can select the last checkbox based on the position. We can use last() function to indentify the last object among all similar objects.
Below code will check or uncheck the last checkbox.
Below code will check or uncheck the second last checkbox and thrid last checkbox respectively.
Node Set : position()
If you want to select any object based on their position using xpath then you can use position() function in xpath.
You want to select second checkbox and forth checkbox then use below command
String : starts-with()
Many web sites create dynamic element on their web pages where Ids of the elements gets generated dynamically.
Each time id gets generated differently. So to handle this situation we use some JavaScript functions.
Sometimes an element gets identfied by a value that could be surrounded by other text, then contains function can be used.
To demonstrate, the element can be located based on the ‘suggest’ class without having
to couple it with the ‘top’ and ‘business’ classes using the following
Example: How to click on link on the page which has many links with same name and attributes.
Below is the example of your html which has 3 links with same name and same attributes
If you want to click on first link then use below command
But sometime we face the problems of idenfying the objects on a page which have same attributes. When we get more than
one element which are same in attribute and name like multiple checkboxes with same name and same id. More than one button having
same name and ids. There are no way to distingues those element. In this case we have problem to instruct selenium to identify a perticular
object on a web page.
I am giving you a simple example . In the below html source there are 6 checkboxes are there having same type and same name.
It is really tough to select third or fifth.
<html>
<body>
<input type='checkbox' name='chk'>first
<br><input type='checkbox' name='chk'>second
<br><input type='checkbox' name='chk'>third
<br><input type='checkbox' name='chk'>forth
<br><input type='checkbox' name='chk'>fifth
<br><input type='checkbox' name='chk'>sixth
</body>
</html>
Thare are some function we can use in Xpath to identify the abject in above cases.
An XPath expression can return one of four basic XPath data types:
* String
* Number
* Boolean
* Node-set
XPath Type : Functions
Node set : last(), position(), count(), id(), local-name(), namespace-uri(), name()
String : string(), concat(), starts-with(), contains(), substring-before(), substring-after(), substring(), string-length(), normalize-space(), translate()
Boolean : boolean(), not(), true(), false(), lang()
Number : number(), sum(), floor(), ceiling(), round()
I will show you how we can use some of these above functions in xpath to identify the objects.
Node Set : last()
In the above html file there are six checkboxes and all are having same attributes (same type and name)
How we can select the last checkbox based on the position. We can use last() function to indentify the last object among all similar objects.
Below code will check or uncheck the last checkbox.
selenium.click("xpath=(//input[@type='checkbox'])[last()]");
Below code will check or uncheck the second last checkbox and thrid last checkbox respectively.
selenium.click("xpath=(//input[@type='submit'])[last()-1]");
selenium.click("xpath=(//input[@type='submit'])[last()-2]");
Node Set : position()
If you want to select any object based on their position using xpath then you can use position() function in xpath.
You want to select second checkbox and forth checkbox then use below command
selenium.click("xpath=(//input[@type='checkbox'])[position()=2]");
selenium.click("xpath=(//input[@type='checkbox'])[position()=4]");
String : starts-with()
Many web sites create dynamic element on their web pages where Ids of the elements gets generated dynamically.
Each time id gets generated differently. So to handle this situation we use some JavaScript functions.
XPath: //button[starts-with(@id, 'continue-')]
Sometimes an element gets identfied by a value that could be surrounded by other text, then contains function can be used.
To demonstrate, the element can be located based on the ‘suggest’ class without having
to couple it with the ‘top’ and ‘business’ classes using the following
XPath: //input[contains(@class, 'suggest')].
Example: How to click on link on the page which has many links with same name and attributes.
Below is the example of your html which has 3 links with same name and same attributes
<html>
<body>
<a href="http://www.google.com" name="a1">Link</a>
<a href="http://www.yahoo.com" name="a1">Link</a>
<a href="http://www.gmail.com" name="a1">Link</a>
</body>
</html>
If you want to click on first link then use below command
<tr>
<td>clickAndWait</td>
<td>xpath=(//a[@name='a1'])[position()=1]</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>clickAndWait</td>
<td>xpath=(//a[@name='a1'])[position()=2]</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>clickAndWait</td>
<td>xpath=(//a[@name='a1'])[last()]</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
OR
<tr>
<td>clickAndWait</td>
<td>xpath=(//a[@name='a1'])[position()=3]</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
Click on first link
selenium.click("xpath=(//a[@name='a1'])[position()=1]");
selenium.waitForPageToLoad("80000");
Click on second link
selenium.click("xpath=(//a[@name='a1'])[position()=2]");
selenium.waitForPageToLoad("80000");
Click on last link
selenium.click("xpath=(//a[@name='a1'])[last()]");
selenium.waitForPageToLoad("80000");
Click on thrid link
selenium.click("xpath=(//a[@name='a1'])[position()=3]");
selenium.waitForPageToLoad("80000");
Monday, September 27, 2010
How to write in Iframe in selenium
Selenium is unable to type in iframe. But we can write in it by identifying the iframe using css.
When you write any mail in gmail you can see the body is a iframe we can write in it using below commands
Selenium IDE
When you write any mail in gmail you can see the body is a iframe we can write in it using below commands
Selenium IDE
<tr>
<td>storeEval</td>
<td>var bodytext=" Writing text in iframe body with the help of http://automationtricks.blogspot.com "; var iframe_locator="css=table:contains('Subject:') +* iframe"; var iframe_body=selenium.browserbot.findElement(iframe_locator).contentWindow.document.body; if (browserVersion.isChrome){ iframe_body.textContent=bodytext; } else if(browserVersion.isIE){ iframe_body.innerText=bodytext; }</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
String = selenium.getEval("var bodytext=\" Writing text in iframe body with the help of http://automationtricks.blogspot.com \"; var iframe_locator=\"css=table:contains('Subject:') +* iframe\"; var iframe_body=selenium.browserbot.findElement(iframe_locator).contentWindow.document.body; if (browserVersion.isChrome){ iframe_body.textContent=bodytext; } else if(browserVersion.isIE){ iframe_body.innerText=bodytext; }");
Sunday, September 26, 2010
How to upload a file in selenium
How to upload a file in selenium with the help of AutoIT
Recently, I had the challenge of writing some automation for a workflow which included uploading a file because uloading a file works on windows component.
selenium is unable to access windows components and it will be handled through AutoIT.
Once you are able to click on browse button and a dialog box is open to choose the file then you just run a AutoIT script which will help to select the file from your local or remote drive and control will come to your web page to proceed with selenium.
Step to choose a file from your local or remote drive
Step 1.
Download the AutoIT and intall it.
Download AutoIT
setp 2.
write a AutoIT script to choose a file from your local or remote drive.
setp 3.
Complie AutoIT script and make exe of that script.
Right click on that saved script file and click on "Compile script" from context menu. This will make an exe file of that script.
setp 4.
Call that exe in selenium.
Download exe file of AutoIT script
If you want to test this script then just download the script exe file and click on browse button on web page and run this exe file. Just make sure you have your file in correct path by changing this line of script in the second step
Local $file = "c:\yourpath\howtoupload.doc"
in above line of script change your file path then make exe of your script then click on browse button on your web page then run this exe . I am sure this would work.
If it still is nor working then change the script like
Download the AutoIT script
Example
Below is an example in selenium RC for uploading your file which works on
Step 1.
First download the zip file and extact the files . There are 2 files in this one "Browse.a3" is for clicking on browse button and other one is "upload.a3" for selecting the path from your location and open it in dialog box.Make exe of both files and use in selenium RC like in second step.
Download the zip file
Step 2.
Write a selenium rc script like below . This script will works file with internet explorer. This script will open http://www.pdfonline.com/convert-pdf there you
will get a browse button. when Process proc = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("C:\\Documents and Settings\\nirkumar\\Desktop\\Browse.exe"); executes then it will
identify the browser and try to identify the element "Browse button" In attached files "Browse.au3" identtifies the button with name of "File1" but
if you have differen name of your browse button then open then "Browse.au3" file and change the line " $oForm = _IEGetObjByName($MyIExplorer, "Your browse button name") and save it and
make exe of that file. Now call this file in selenium. It will click on browse button.
When browse button clicked it will open a choose file dialog box. then Process proc1 = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("C:\\Documents and Settings\\nirkumar\\Desktop\\Upload.exe"); line will be executed
and this will set the file path and click open. In the attached zip you will get one file "Upload.a3" in this file you have to set the path of your file which you want to upload
Local $file = "Your file location" this will set the path of your file and click on open button.
Note : This work with Internet explorer only.
Recently, I had the challenge of writing some automation for a workflow which included uploading a file because uloading a file works on windows component.
selenium is unable to access windows components and it will be handled through AutoIT.
Once you are able to click on browse button and a dialog box is open to choose the file then you just run a AutoIT script which will help to select the file from your local or remote drive and control will come to your web page to proceed with selenium.
Step to choose a file from your local or remote drive
Step 1.
Download the AutoIT and intall it.
Download AutoIT
setp 2.
write a AutoIT script to choose a file from your local or remote drive.
#include <IE.au3>
; Internet Explorer is partly integrated in shell.application
$oShell = ObjCreate("shell.application") ; Get the Windows Shell Object
$oShellWindows=$oShell.windows ; Get the collection of open shell Windows
$MyIExplorer=""
for $Window in $oShellWindows ; Count all existing shell windows
; Note: Internet Explorer appends a slash to the URL in it's window name
if StringInStr($Window.LocationURL,"http://") then
$MyIExplorer=$Window
exitloop
endif
next
$oForm = _IEGetObjByName ($MyIExplorer, "UploadedFile")
_IEAction($oForm, "click")
WinActivate("Choose file");
Local $file = "C:\Documents and Settings\intelizen\Desktop\selenium.txt"
ControlSetText("Choose file", "", "Edit1", $file )
ControlClick("Choose file", "", "Button2")
setp 3.
Complie AutoIT script and make exe of that script.
Right click on that saved script file and click on "Compile script" from context menu. This will make an exe file of that script.
setp 4.
Call that exe in selenium.
Process proc = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("C:\\niraj\\FileUpload.exe");
Download exe file of AutoIT script
If you want to test this script then just download the script exe file and click on browse button on web page and run this exe file. Just make sure you have your file in correct path by changing this line of script in the second step
Local $file = "c:\yourpath\howtoupload.doc"
in above line of script change your file path then make exe of your script then click on browse button on your web page then run this exe . I am sure this would work.
If it still is nor working then change the script like
#include <IE.au3>
; Internet Explorer is partly integrated in shell.application
$oShell = ObjCreate("shell.application") ; Get the Windows Shell Object
$oShellWindows=$oShell.windows ; Get the collection of open shell Windows
$MyIExplorer=""
for $Window in $oShellWindows ; Count all existing shell windows
; Note: Internet Explorer appends a slash to the URL in it's window name
if StringInStr($Window.LocationURL,"http://") then
$MyIExplorer=$Window
exitloop
endif
next
$oForm = _IEGetObjByName ($MyIExplorer, "UploadedFile")
_IEAction($oForm, "click")
WinActivate("File Upload");
Local $file = "c:\yourpath\howtoupload.doc"
ControlSetText("File Upload", "", "Edit1", $file )
ControlClick("File Upload", "", "Button2")
Download the AutoIT script
Example
Below is an example in selenium RC for uploading your file which works on
Step 1.
First download the zip file and extact the files . There are 2 files in this one "Browse.a3" is for clicking on browse button and other one is "upload.a3" for selecting the path from your location and open it in dialog box.Make exe of both files and use in selenium RC like in second step.
Download the zip file
Step 2.
Write a selenium rc script like below . This script will works file with internet explorer. This script will open http://www.pdfonline.com/convert-pdf there you
will get a browse button. when Process proc = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("C:\\Documents and Settings\\nirkumar\\Desktop\\Browse.exe"); executes then it will
identify the browser and try to identify the element "Browse button" In attached files "Browse.au3" identtifies the button with name of "File1" but
if you have differen name of your browse button then open then "Browse.au3" file and change the line " $oForm = _IEGetObjByName($MyIExplorer, "Your browse button name") and save it and
make exe of that file. Now call this file in selenium. It will click on browse button.
import java.io.IOException;
import org.openqa.selenium.server.RemoteControlConfiguration;
import org.openqa.selenium.server.SeleniumServer;
import com.thoughtworks.selenium.*;
public class Uploadingfiles extends SeleneseTestCase{
Selenium selenium;
public static final String MAX_WAIT_TIME_IN_MS="60000";
private SeleniumServer seleniumServer;
public void setUp() throws Exception {
RemoteControlConfiguration rc = new RemoteControlConfiguration();
rc.setSingleWindow(false);
seleniumServer = new SeleniumServer(rc);
selenium = new DefaultSelenium("localhost", 4444, "*iexplore", "http://www.pdfonline.com/convert-pdf/");
seleniumServer.start();
selenium.start();
}
public void testgoogling() throws IOException {
selenium.open("http://www.pdfonline.com/convert-pdf/");
Process proc = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("C:\\Documents and Settings\\nirkumar\\Desktop\\Browse.exe");
Process proc1 = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("C:\\Documents and Settings\\nirkumar\\Desktop\\Upload.exe");
pause(10000);
}
}
When browse button clicked it will open a choose file dialog box. then Process proc1 = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("C:\\Documents and Settings\\nirkumar\\Desktop\\Upload.exe"); line will be executed
and this will set the file path and click open. In the attached zip you will get one file "Upload.a3" in this file you have to set the path of your file which you want to upload
Local $file = "Your file location" this will set the path of your file and click on open button.
Note : This work with Internet explorer only.
How to upload a file in selenium with the help of AutoIT
How to upload a file in selenium with the help of AutoIT
Recently, I had the challenge of writing some automation for a work flow which included uploading a file because uploading a file works on windows component.
selenium is unable to access windows components and it will be handled through AutoIT.
Once you are able to click on browse button and a dialog box is open to choose the file then you just run a AutoIT script which will help to select the file from your local or remote drive and control will come to your web page to proceed with selenium.
Step to choose a file from your local or remote drive
Step 1.
Click on browse button on your web page and go to second step.If you are unable to click on browse button then visit below page.
How to click on browse button
setp 2.
write a AutoIT script to choose a file from your local or remote drive.
setp 3.
Complie AutoIT script and make exe of that script.
Right click on that saved script file and click on "Compile script" from context menu. This will make an exe file of that script.
setp 4.
Call that exe in selenium.
Download exe file of AutoIT script
If you want to test this script then just download the script exe file and click on browse button on web page and run this exe file. Just make sure you have your file in correct path by changing this line of script in the second step
Local $file = "c:\yourpath\howtoupload.doc"
in above line of script change your file path then make exe of your script then click on browse button on your web page then run this exe . I am sure this would work.
If it still is nor working then change the script like
Recently, I had the challenge of writing some automation for a work flow which included uploading a file because uploading a file works on windows component.
selenium is unable to access windows components and it will be handled through AutoIT.
Once you are able to click on browse button and a dialog box is open to choose the file then you just run a AutoIT script which will help to select the file from your local or remote drive and control will come to your web page to proceed with selenium.
Step to choose a file from your local or remote drive
Step 1.
Click on browse button on your web page and go to second step.If you are unable to click on browse button then visit below page.
How to click on browse button
setp 2.
write a AutoIT script to choose a file from your local or remote drive.
WinActivate("Choose file");
Local $file = "c:\yourpath\howtoupload.doc"
ControlSetText("Choose file", "", "Edit1", $file )
ControlClick("Choose file", "", "Button2")
setp 3.
Complie AutoIT script and make exe of that script.
Right click on that saved script file and click on "Compile script" from context menu. This will make an exe file of that script.
setp 4.
Call that exe in selenium.
Process proc = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("C:\\Documents and Settings\\nirkumar\\Desktop\\Browse.exe");
Download exe file of AutoIT script
If you want to test this script then just download the script exe file and click on browse button on web page and run this exe file. Just make sure you have your file in correct path by changing this line of script in the second step
Local $file = "c:\yourpath\howtoupload.doc"
in above line of script change your file path then make exe of your script then click on browse button on your web page then run this exe . I am sure this would work.
If it still is nor working then change the script like
WinActivate("File Upload");
Local $file = "c:\yourpath\howtoupload.doc"
ControlSetText("File Upload", "", "Edit1", $file )
ControlClick("File Upload", "", "Button2")
How to click on browse button in selenium with the help of AutoIT
Recently, I had the challenge of writing some automation for a work flow which included uploading a file, and then downloading a file later in the work flow.
AutoIT
Autoit is a freeware windows testing tool. Autoit allows you accessing windows components similar to QTP. Basically once you have identified the id of the component on the screen you can use it by either clicking on it, typing in something. Using Autoit we can identify the internet explorer “Choose file” or Firefox
“File Upload” windows and enter the correct value to the input
field after which you will press the open button.
Step to click on browse button.
Step 1.
Download the AutoIT and intall it.
Download AutoIT
setp 2.
write a AutoIT script to click on browse button and save it.
setp 3.
Compile AutoIT script and make exe file of that script.
Right click on that saved script file and click on "Compile script" from context menu. This will make an exe file of that script.
setp 4.
Call that exe in selenium.
Download AutoIT script
Download exe of that script
If you want to test this script works then download the exe and open the page which has browse button and run(double click on this exe) this exe file. i am sure this
will click on your browse button and open a dialog box. If it does not then definitely your browse button has some other name than "UploadedFile" then in the step 2 change the button name and make exe of that script and run it.
NOTE: This will work in Internet explorer.
AutoIT
Autoit is a freeware windows testing tool. Autoit allows you accessing windows components similar to QTP. Basically once you have identified the id of the component on the screen you can use it by either clicking on it, typing in something. Using Autoit we can identify the internet explorer “Choose file” or Firefox
“File Upload” windows and enter the correct value to the input
field after which you will press the open button.
Step to click on browse button.
Step 1.
Download the AutoIT and intall it.
Download AutoIT
setp 2.
write a AutoIT script to click on browse button and save it.
#include <IE.au3>
; Internet Explorer is partly integrated in shell.application
$oShell = ObjCreate("shell.application") ; Get the Windows
Shell Object
$oShellWindows=$oShell.windows ; Get the
collection of open shell Windows
$MyIExplorer=""
for $Window in $oShellWindows ; Count all existing
shell windows
; Note: Internet Explorer appends a slash to the URL in it's
window name
if StringInStr($Window.LocationURL,"http://") then
$MyIExplorer=$Window
exitloop
endif
next
$oForm = _IEGetObjByName ($MyIExplorer, "UploadedFile")
_IEAction($oForm, "click")
setp 3.
Compile AutoIT script and make exe file of that script.
Right click on that saved script file and click on "Compile script" from context menu. This will make an exe file of that script.
setp 4.
Call that exe in selenium.
Process proc = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("C:\\Documents and Settings\\nirkumar\\Desktop\\Browse.exe");
Download AutoIT script
Download exe of that script
If you want to test this script works then download the exe and open the page which has browse button and run(double click on this exe) this exe file. i am sure this
will click on your browse button and open a dialog box. If it does not then definitely your browse button has some other name than "UploadedFile" then in the step 2 change the button name and make exe of that script and run it.
NOTE: This will work in Internet explorer.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
How to use functions in xpath in selenium
How to use functions in xpath
Automation using selenium is a great experience. It provides many way to identif an object or element on the web page.
But sometime we face the problems of idenfying the objects on a page which have same attributes. When we get more than
one element which are same in attribute and name like multiple checkboxes with same name and same id. More than one button having
same name and ids. There are no way to distingues those element. In this case we have problem to instruct selenium to identify a perticular
object on a web page.
I am giving you a simple example . In the below html source there are 6 checkboxes are there having same type and same name.
It is really tough to select third or fifth.
Thare are some function we can use in Xpath to identify the abject in above cases.
An XPath expression can return one of four basic XPath data types:
* String
* Number
* Boolean
* Node-set
XPath Type : Functions
Node set : last(), position(), count(), id(), local-name(), namespace-uri(), name()
String : string(), concat(), starts-with(), contains(), substring-before(), substring-after(), substring(), string-length(), normalize-space(), translate()
Boolean : boolean(), not(), true(), false(), lang()
Number : number(), sum(), floor(), ceiling(), round()
I will show you how we can use some of these above functions in xpath to identify the objects.
Node Set : last()
In the above html file there are six checkboxes and all are having same attributes (same type and name)
How we can select the last checkbox based on the position. We can use last() function to indentify the last object among all similar objects.
Below code will check or uncheck the last checkbox.
Below code will check or uncheck the second last checkbox and thrid last checkbox respectively.
Node Set : position()
If you want to select any object based on their position using xpath then you can use position() function in xpath.
You want to select second checkbox and forth checkbox then use below command
String : starts-with()
Many web sites create dynamic element on their web pages where Ids of the elements gets generated dynamically.
Each time id gets generated differently. So to handle this situation we use some JavaScript functions.
Sometimes an element gets identfied by a value that could be surrounded by other text, then contains function can be used.
To demonstrate, the element can be located based on the ‘suggest’ class without having
to couple it with the ‘top’ and ‘business’ classes using the following
For rest of the function please keep reading my blogs i will be posting very soon.
Automation using selenium is a great experience. It provides many way to identif an object or element on the web page.
But sometime we face the problems of idenfying the objects on a page which have same attributes. When we get more than
one element which are same in attribute and name like multiple checkboxes with same name and same id. More than one button having
same name and ids. There are no way to distingues those element. In this case we have problem to instruct selenium to identify a perticular
object on a web page.
I am giving you a simple example . In the below html source there are 6 checkboxes are there having same type and same name.
It is really tough to select third or fifth.
<html>
<body>
<input type='checkbox' name='chk'>first
<br><input type='checkbox' name='chk'>second
<br><input type='checkbox' name='chk'>third
<br><input type='checkbox' name='chk'>forth
<br><input type='checkbox' name='chk'>fifth
<br><input type='checkbox' name='chk'>sixth
</body>
</html>
Thare are some function we can use in Xpath to identify the abject in above cases.
An XPath expression can return one of four basic XPath data types:
* String
* Number
* Boolean
* Node-set
XPath Type : Functions
Node set : last(), position(), count(), id(), local-name(), namespace-uri(), name()
String : string(), concat(), starts-with(), contains(), substring-before(), substring-after(), substring(), string-length(), normalize-space(), translate()
Boolean : boolean(), not(), true(), false(), lang()
Number : number(), sum(), floor(), ceiling(), round()
I will show you how we can use some of these above functions in xpath to identify the objects.
Node Set : last()
In the above html file there are six checkboxes and all are having same attributes (same type and name)
How we can select the last checkbox based on the position. We can use last() function to indentify the last object among all similar objects.
Below code will check or uncheck the last checkbox.
selenium.click("xpath=(//input[@type='checkbox'])[last()]");
Below code will check or uncheck the second last checkbox and thrid last checkbox respectively.
selenium.click("xpath=(//input[@type='submit'])[last()-1]");
selenium.click("xpath=(//input[@type='submit'])[last()-2]");
Node Set : position()
If you want to select any object based on their position using xpath then you can use position() function in xpath.
You want to select second checkbox and forth checkbox then use below command
selenium.click("xpath=(//input[@type='checkbox'])[position()=2]");
selenium.click("xpath=(//input[@type='checkbox'])[position()=4]");
String : starts-with()
Many web sites create dynamic element on their web pages where Ids of the elements gets generated dynamically.
Each time id gets generated differently. So to handle this situation we use some JavaScript functions.
XPath: //button[starts-with(@id, 'continue-')]
Sometimes an element gets identfied by a value that could be surrounded by other text, then contains function can be used.
To demonstrate, the element can be located based on the ‘suggest’ class without having
to couple it with the ‘top’ and ‘business’ classes using the following
XPath: //input[contains(@class, 'suggest')].
For rest of the function please keep reading my blogs i will be posting very soon.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
How to handle Selenium is already running on port 4444
When we run selenium RC test cases sometimes we faces this issue saying "java.net.BindException: Selenium is already running on port 4444. Or some other service is." When you check the port 4444 no service is running. We change the port and run the program even that too is not working.
In these cases we need to shutdown the selenium server on this port.
Use below command to shut down the server.
http://localhost:4444/selenium-server/driver/?cmd=shutDownSeleniumServer
If selenium server is already running on port 4444 then it will shut down the server and says
OKOK
if selenium is not running on this port 4444 then by hitting above url will give you
"Unable to connect"
Now you can run your test cases i am sure will run smoothing.
In these cases we need to shutdown the selenium server on this port.
Use below command to shut down the server.
http://localhost:4444/selenium-server/driver/?cmd=shutDownSeleniumServer
If selenium server is already running on port 4444 then it will shut down the server and says
OKOK
if selenium is not running on this port 4444 then by hitting above url will give you
"Unable to connect"
Now you can run your test cases i am sure will run smoothing.
How to get browser name, version and operating system detail in selenium
We can get the browser name, version and operating system name and version with the following commands in selenium RC.
Below code is tested in Mozilla Firefox
Browser Name
Below code is tested in Mozilla Firefox
Browser Name
System.out.println(selenium.getEval("navigator.appCodeName;"));
Mozilla
System.out.println(selenium.getEval("navigator.appVersion;"));
5.0 (Windows; en-US)
System.out.println(selenium.getEval("navigator.userAgent;"));
Result.
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100722 Firefox/3.6.8 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
String browser = selenium.getEval("navigator.userAgent");
if (browser.contains("Firefox") || browser.contains("Chrome")) {
Thursday, August 19, 2010
How to verify html source in selenium
We can verify the html source with selenium commands
<html>
<head>
<title>HTML Source</title>
</head>
<body>
what need to be verifed Text is here we need to verify
</body>
</html>
verifyTrue(selenium.getHtmlSource().matches("^[\\s\\S]*Text is here[\\s\\S]*$"));
verifyTrue(selenium.getHtmlSource().matches("^[\\s\\S]*Text i here[\\s\\S]*$"));
How to handle the input promt dialog in selenium
There are some scenarios where we need to input when our web application need external input data by opening input prompt dialog box. To handle these dialog boxes in automation is tricky task. We can handle these situation with below codes.
Html file is at the bottom
assertTrue(selenium.isPromptPresent());
If it takes time to open the prompt then we can wait till 1 minute with the below code.
Now after 1 minute verify the prompt presents or not with the command assertPromptPresent||
verifyPrompt|Type 'automationtricks' and click OK|
answerOnNextPrompt|automationtricks|
For Selenium IDE user : How to handle prompt in selenium IDE
For the above code find Html file below
Html file is at the bottom
selenium.open("Input_prompt_TestCase.html");
assertTrue(!selenium.isPromptPresent());
selenium.answerOnNextPrompt("no");
selenium.click("promptdialog");
assertTrue(selenium.isPromptPresent());
If it takes time to open the prompt then we can wait till 1 minute with the below code.
boolean Bool = false;
for (int second = 0; second < 60; second++) {
try {
if ((selenium.isPromptPresent())) {
Bool = true;
break;
}
}
catch (Exception ignore) {
}
pause(1000);
}
assertTrue(Bool);
Now after 1 minute verify the prompt presents or not with the command assertPromptPresent||
assertTrue(selenium.isPromptPresent());
verifyPrompt|Type 'automationtricks' and click OK|
verifyEquals("Type 'automationtricks' and click OK", selenium.getPrompt());
verifyEquals("*Testcases for input Prompt", selenium.getTitle());
answerOnNextPrompt|automationtricks|
selenium.answerOnNextPrompt("automationtricks");
selenium.click("promptdialog");
selenium.waitForPageToLoad("5000");
verifyTrue(selenium.isTextPresent("You have entered automationtricks!"));
For Selenium IDE user : How to handle prompt in selenium IDE
<tr>
<td>open</td>
<td>Input_prompt_TestCase.html</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>answerOnNextPrompt</td>
<td>automationtricks</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>click</td>
<td>promptdialog</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>verifyTextPresent</td>
<td>You have entered automationtricks!</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>open</td>
<td>Input_prompt_TestCase.html</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>answerOnNextPrompt</td>
<td>niraj</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>click</td>
<td>promptdialog</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>verifyTextPresent</td>
<td>You have not entered automationtricks!</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
For the above code find Html file below
<html>
<head>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html">
<script type="text/javascript">
function opendialog() {
if (prompt("Type 'automationtricks' and click OK") == 'automationtricks') {
document.write("You have entered automationtricks!");
}
else{
document.write("You have not entered automationtricks!");
}
}
</script>
<title>Testcases for input Prompt</title>
</head>
<body>
<img style="width: 644px; height: 41px;" alt="banner" src="banner.gif"><br>
<a id="promptdialog" href="javascript:opendialog();">Click here to open input dialog</a>
</body>
</html>
Monday, July 19, 2010
How to store date in dd-mm-yy format in Selenium
There are some cases while we search the data based on start and end date based on date format dd-mm-yy.
=======
This gives the result in below format
Start date : 17-07-10
End date : 19-07-10
=======
<tr>
<td>store</td>
<td>javascript{var d = new Date();var curr_date = d.getDate()-2;if(curr_date.toString().length!=2) curr_date = '0'+curr_date ;var curr_month = d.getMonth(); curr_month = curr_month + 1;if(curr_month.toString().length!=2) curr_month= '0'+curr_month;curr_date + '-'+ curr_month + '-'+10;}</td>
<td>start_date</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>store</td>
<td>javascript{var d = new Date();var curr_date = d.getDate();if(curr_date.toString().length!=2) curr_date = '0'+curr_date ;var curr_month = d.getMonth(); curr_month = curr_month + 1;if(curr_month.toString().length!=2) curr_month= '0'+curr_month;curr_date + '-'+ curr_month + '-'+10;}</td>
<td>end_date</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>echo</td>
<td>${start_date}</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>echo</td>
<td>${end_date}</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
This gives the result in below format
Start date : 17-07-10
End date : 19-07-10
Saturday, May 22, 2010
How to test element is editable in selenium
We can verify weather an element is editable or not using isEditable selenium command.
If your element is in below format
If your element is in below format
<input value="black" name="plain_text">
assertTrue(selenium.isEditable("plain_text"));
<select name="plain_select"><option>Niraj</option></select>
assertTrue(selenium.isEditable("plain_select"));
<input disabled="yup" value="black" name="disabled_text">
assertTrue(!selenium.isEditable("disabled_text"));
<select disabled="yup" name="disabled_select"><option>Niraj</option></select>
assertTrue(!selenium.isEditable("disabled_select"));
How to test based on attributes of element using CSS
We can test based on attributes of elements by using css. We can use regular expression in css attributes to identify the element.
If your element is in this css format.
How to store the text of and element which css attributes start with some specific letters.
Ex. in above element how to store the text whose element name start with "foo"
Selenium IDE
How to store the text of and element which css attributes ends with some specific letters.
Ex. in above element how to store the text whose element name ends with "foo"
Selenium IDE
How to store the text of and element which css attributes starts with any letters and ends with any letters but containing some specific letters in middle.
Ex. in above element how to store the text whose element name ends with any letter and ends with any letter but containing some specific letters "zoo"
Selenium IDE
Selenium RC
There is another method to store
How to identify element using more than one css attributes.
Lets say your element is in this format.
Selenium IDE
Selenium IDE
How to test Pseudo-classes : Pseudo-elements and pseudo-classes
Lets say your element looks like
1. To identify first element in pseudo element id="structuralPseudo and store its text.
2. To identify second element in pseudo element id="structuralPseudo and store its text.
3. To identify third element in pseudo element id="structuralPseudo and store its text.
...
...
...
8.. To identify the last element in pseudo element id="structuralPseudo and store its text.
9. But you can access first and last child directly
to access first element
To access last element
For more details about css selector please visit .
http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/selector.html
If your element is in this css format.
<div id="css3test"><a name="foobar">foobar</a><a name="barfoo">barfoo</a><a id="foobar" name="foozoobar">foozoobar</a></div>
Ex. in above element how to store the text whose element name start with "foo"
Selenium IDE
<tr>
<td>storeText</td>
<td>css=a[name^="foo"]</td>
<td>str</td>
</tr>
String str = selenium.getText("css=a[name^=\"foo\"]");
Ex. in above element how to store the text whose element name ends with "foo"
Selenium IDE
<tr>
<td>storeText</td>
<td>css=a[name$="foo"]</td>
<td>str</td>
</tr>
String str = selenium.getText("css=a[name$=\"foo\"]");
Ex. in above element how to store the text whose element name ends with any letter and ends with any letter but containing some specific letters "zoo"
Selenium IDE
<tr>
<td>storeText</td>
<td>css=a[name*="zoo"]</td>
<td>str</td>
</tr>
Selenium RC
String str = selenium.getText("css=a[name*=\"zoo\"]");
There is another method to store
String str = selenium.getText("css=a:contains(\"zoo\")");
Lets say your element is in this format.
<a alt="foo" class="a2" href="#id2" name="name1" id="id2">this is the <b>second</b> <span selenium:foo="bar">element</span></a>
Selenium IDE
<tr>
<td>storeText</td>
<td>css=a[name*="name"][alt="foo"]</td>
<td>str</td>
</tr>
String str = selenium.getText("css=a[name*=\"name\"][alt=\"foo\"]");
Selenium IDE
<tr>
<td>storeText</td>
<td>css=a[name*="name"][alt="foo"]>span</td>
<td>str</td>
</tr>
String str = selenium.getText("css=a[name*=\"name\"][alt=\"foo\"]>span");
Lets say your element looks like
<div id="structuralPseudo">
<span>span1</span>
<span>span2</span>
<span>span3</span>
<span>span4</span>
<div>div1</div>
<div>div2</div>
<div>div3</div>
<div>div4</div>
</div>
css=div#structuralPseudo :nth-child(n)
1. To identify first element in pseudo element id="structuralPseudo and store its text.
String str = selenium.getText("css=div#structuralPseudo :nth-child(n)");
2. To identify second element in pseudo element id="structuralPseudo and store its text.
String str = selenium.getText("css=div#structuralPseudo :nth-child(2n)");
3. To identify third element in pseudo element id="structuralPseudo and store its text.
String str = selenium.getText("css=div#structuralPseudo :nth-child(3n)");
...
...
...
8.. To identify the last element in pseudo element id="structuralPseudo and store its text.
String str = selenium.getText("css=div#structuralPseudo :nth-child(3n)");
9. But you can access first and last child directly
to access first element
String str = selenium.getText("css=div#structuralPseudo :first-child");
To access last element
String str = selenium.getText("css=div#structuralPseudo :last-child");
For more details about css selector please visit .
http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/selector.html
<input type="text" disabled="true" value="disabled" name="disabled">
assertTrue(selenium.isElementPresent("css=input[type=\"text\"]:disabled"));
<input type="checkbox" checked="true" value="checked" name="checked">
assertTrue(selenium.isElementPresent("css=input[type=\"checkbox\"]:checked"));
Friday, May 21, 2010
How to test the immediate element using CSS
We can test the elements and their immediate elements using CSS.
If your element is in this format.
<span id="firstChild">first child <a>second child</a></span>
String str = selenium.getText("css=div#combinatorTest > span");
String str = selenium.getText("css=div#combinatorTest > span>a");
<a class="class1 class2 class3">this is the element</a>
You can use below code for verifying the element or storing the text in the element.
Verifying element in RC
verifyTrue(selenium.isElementPresent("css=a[class~=\"class2\"]"));
<tr>
<td>verifyElementPresent</td>
<td>css=a[class~="class2"]</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
storing element text in a variable using RC
String str = selenium.getText("css=a[class~=\"class3\"]");
<tr>
<td>storeText</td>
<td>css=a[class~="class3"]</td>
<td>str</td>
</tr>
<div id="combinatorTest">this is the parent element. <span id="firstChild">this is a child element <a>and grandson element</a></span>, <span>another child element</span>, <span>last child element<span></span></span></div>
to store "another chile element"
String str = selenium.getText("css=span#firstChild + span");
String str = selenium.getText("css=span#firstChild + span + span");
to store "another chile element"
<tr>
<td>storeText</td>
<td>css=span#firstChild + span</td>
<td>str</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>storeText</td>
<td>css=span#firstChild + span + span </td>
<td>str</td>
</tr>
Thursday, May 20, 2010
How to make selenium to wait for an element every second
Sometimes waitForPageToLoad() and pause fails then to handle this condition we just need to wait for an element we are waiting to load on the page. Once its loaded our execution should proceed.
boolean Condition = false;
for (int second = 0; second < 60; second++) {
try {
if ((selenium.isElementPresent("//a[@id='overridelink']"))) {
selenium.click("//a[@id='overridelink']");
Condition = true;
break;
selenium.waitForPageToLoad(MAX_WAIT_TIME_IN_MS);
}
}
catch (Exception ignore) {
}
pause(1000);
}
assertTrue(Condition);
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
How to run test cases in specified browser profile
Selenium creates a new and clean profile each time it runs a test, so it won't keep any cookies of the previous session and it wont use any browser plug-in however you can force selenium to use your own profile.
Steps
1. Close all instances of firefox browser.
2. Create a new firefox profile : Go to Run and type firefox -p and press OK . This will open a dilog bod where you create new firefox profile, have a name "nk" and save it in C: drive.
3. Start the browser: Go to run and type firefox -p that will open a dialog box. Select the profile "NK" which you created in the 2nd step.
4. Install all plug-ins in this profile ; like SSL security bypass
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/10246/
5. Now you write you test cases like below
Steps
1. Close all instances of firefox browser.
2. Create a new firefox profile : Go to Run and type firefox -p and press OK . This will open a dilog bod where you create new firefox profile, have a name "nk" and save it in C: drive.
3. Start the browser: Go to run and type firefox -p that will open a dialog box. Select the profile "NK" which you created in the 2nd step.
4. Install all plug-ins in this profile ; like SSL security bypass
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/10246/
5. Now you write you test cases like below
import org.openqa.selenium.server.RemoteControlConfiguration;
import org.openqa.selenium.server.SeleniumServer;
import org.testng.annotations.*;
import com.thoughtworks.selenium.*;
import java.io.File;
public class firefoxprofile extends SeleneseTestCase {
private SeleniumServer seleniumServer;
private Selenium selenium;
public static final String MAX_WAIT_TIME_IN_MS="60000";
@BeforeClass
public void setUp() throws Exception {
File template = new File("C:\\nk");
RemoteControlConfiguration rc = new RemoteControlConfiguration();
rc.setSingleWindow(true);
rc.setFirefoxProfileTemplate(template);
seleniumServer = new SeleniumServer(rc);
selenium = new DefaultSelenium("localhost", 4444, "*firefox", "http://www.google.com/");
seleniumServer.start();
selenium.start();
}
@Test
public void googling() {
selenium.open("/");
selenium.waitForPageToLoad(MAX_WAIT_TIME_IN_MS);
selenium.type("q", "http://automationtricks.blogspot.com");
selenium.click("btnG");
selenium.waitForPageToLoad(MAX_WAIT_TIME_IN_MS);
assertTrue(selenium.isTextPresent("http://automationtricks.blogspot.com"));
}
@AfterTest
public void tearDown() throws InterruptedException{
selenium.stop();
seleniumServer.stop();
}
}
Monday, May 17, 2010
When selenium.waitForPageToLoad is not working
When selenium.waitForPageToLoad() is not working then we can use alternate solution.
boolean Condition = false;
for (int second = 0; second < 60; second++) {
try {
if ((selenium.isElementPresent("xpath of your element on which you want to click"))) {
selenium.click("xpath of your element on which you want to click");
Condition = true;
break;
}
}
catch (Exception ignore) {
}
pause(1000);
}
assertTrue(Condition);
Start selenium server through eclipse
You can start selenium RC server using JAVA code in eclipse.
import com.thoughtworks.selenium.*;
import org.openqa.selenium.server.SeleniumServer;
import org.openqa.selenium.server.RemoteControlConfiguration;
public class Cartpayment extends SeleneseTestCase {
Selenium selenium;
public static final String MAX_WAIT_TIME_IN_MS="60000";
private SeleniumServer seleniumServer;
public void setUp() throws Exception {
RemoteControlConfiguration rc = new RemoteControlConfiguration();
rc.setAvoidProxy(true);
rc.setSingleWindow(true);
rc.setReuseBrowserSessions(true);
seleniumServer = new SeleniumServer(rc);
selenium = new DefaultSelenium(localhost, 4444, *firefox, "http://www.yahoo.com");
seleniumServer.start();
selenium.start();
}
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