How do I set up Selenium to work with Python? I just want to write/export scripts in Python, and then run them. Are there any resources for that? I tried googling, but the stuff I found was either referring to an outdated version of Selenium (RC), or an outdated version of Python.
Selenium Scripts can be programmed using various languages such as JavaScript, Java, Python, etc. How to Use selenium with Python and Linux Environment.
Selenium can easily send standard commands of python to various browsers irrespective of all variation in the design of the browser. Python being a scripted language, there is no worrying about running a compiler for converting code from lines of the code to anything that can be implemented and utilized.
Selenium is an open-source web-based automation tool. Python language is used with Selenium for testing. It has far less verbose and easy to use than any other programming language.
You mean Selenium WebDriver? Huh....
Prerequisite: Install Python based on your OS
Install with following command
pip install -U selenium
And use this module in your code
from selenium import webdriver
You can also use many of the following as required
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import Select from selenium.common.exceptions import NoSuchElementException
I would recommend you to run script without IDE... Here is my approach
An example below shows login page automation
#ScriptName : Login.py #--------------------- from selenium import webdriver #Following are optional required from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import Select from selenium.common.exceptions import NoSuchElementException baseurl = "http://www.mywebsite.com/login.php" username = "admin" password = "admin" xpaths = { 'usernameTxtBox' : "//input[@name='username']", 'passwordTxtBox' : "//input[@name='password']", 'submitButton' : "//input[@name='login']" } mydriver = webdriver.Firefox() mydriver.get(baseurl) mydriver.maximize_window() #Clear Username TextBox if already allowed "Remember Me" mydriver.find_element_by_xpath(xpaths['usernameTxtBox']).clear() #Write Username in Username TextBox mydriver.find_element_by_xpath(xpaths['usernameTxtBox']).send_keys(username) #Clear Password TextBox if already allowed "Remember Me" mydriver.find_element_by_xpath(xpaths['passwordTxtBox']).clear() #Write Password in password TextBox mydriver.find_element_by_xpath(xpaths['passwordTxtBox']).send_keys(password) #Click Login button mydriver.find_element_by_xpath(xpaths['submitButton']).click()
There is an another way that you can find xpath of any object -
Run script -
python Login.py
You can also use a CSS selector instead of xpath. CSS selectors are slightly faster than xpath in most cases, and are usually preferred over xpath (if there isn't an ID attribute on the elements you're interacting with).
Firepath can also capture the object's locator as a CSS selector if you move your cursor to the object. You'll have to update your code to use the equivalent find by CSS selector method instead -
find_element_by_css_selector(css_selector)
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