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Python Selenium Testing Guide

The Python-Selenium Testing Guide provides an overview of using Selenium for browser automation with Python. It includes setup instructions, basic scripting examples, methods for locating elements, common operations, wait strategies, and best practices for writing maintainable test code. The guide emphasizes the importance of using the page object model and proper exception handling in tests.

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Python Selenium Testing Guide

The Python-Selenium Testing Guide provides an overview of using Selenium for browser automation with Python. It includes setup instructions, basic scripting examples, methods for locating elements, common operations, wait strategies, and best practices for writing maintainable test code. The guide emphasizes the importance of using the page object model and proper exception handling in tests.

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Python-Selenium Testing Guide

Introduction

Selenium is a powerful tool for controlling web browsers through programs and performing browser

automation. It is widely used for automating web applications for testing purposes.

Python, with its simplicity and extensive library support, is a popular language for writing Selenium test

scripts.

Setting Up Selenium in Python

1. Install Python (https://www.python.org/)

2. Install Selenium using pip:

pip install selenium

3. Download the appropriate WebDriver (e.g., ChromeDriver for Google Chrome)

https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/

Basic Selenium Script

from selenium import webdriver

# Initialize the WebDriver

driver = webdriver.Chrome()

# Open a website

driver.get("https://www.google.com")
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# Interact with the page

search_box = driver.find_element("name", "q")

search_box.send_keys("Python Selenium")

search_box.submit()

# Close the browser

driver.quit()

Locating Elements

Selenium provides several methods to locate elements on a webpage:

- find_element(By.ID, "id")

- find_element(By.NAME, "name")

- find_element(By.CLASS_NAME, "classname")

- find_element(By.TAG_NAME, "tagname")

- find_element(By.LINK_TEXT, "linktext")

- find_element(By.PARTIAL_LINK_TEXT, "partiallink")

- find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, "css")

- find_element(By.XPATH, "xpath")

Common Operations

- Clicking an element: element.click()


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- Entering text: element.send_keys("text")

- Clearing text: element.clear()

- Submitting forms: element.submit()

- Navigating: driver.back(), driver.forward(), driver.refresh()

Waits in Selenium

Selenium supports two types of waits:

1. Implicit Wait: driver.implicitly_wait(10)

2. Explicit Wait:

from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By

from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait

from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC

WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.ID, "someid")))

Best Practices

- Use page object model (POM) for maintainable test code.

- Keep WebDriver interactions minimal in tests, shift them to utility methods.

- Handle exceptions and take screenshots on failures.

- Clean up test data and close browsers properly.

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