Questions tagged [automated-tests]
Test automation is the use of software to control the execution of tests, the comparison of actual outcomes to predicted outcomes, the setting up of test preconditions, and other test control and test reporting functions. Commonly, test automation involves automating a manual process already in place that uses a formalized testing process (wikipedia.org).
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Get HTML source of WebElement in Selenium WebDriver using Python
I'm using the Python bindings to run Selenium WebDriver:
from selenium import webdriver
wd = webdriver.Firefox()
I know I can grab a webelement like so:
elem = wd.find_element_by_css_selector('#my-id'...
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Message "Async callback was not invoked within the 5000 ms timeout specified by jest.setTimeout"
I'm using Puppeteer and Jest to run some front end tests.
My tests look as follows:
describe("Profile Tab Exists and Clickable: /settings/user", () => {
test(`Assert that you can ...
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Debugging "Element is not clickable at point" error
I see this only in Chrome.
The full error message reads:
"org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: Element is not clickable at point (411, 675). Other element would receive the click: ..."
The ...
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Typing the Enter/Return key in Selenium
I'm looking for a quick way to type the Enter or Return key in Selenium.
Unfortunately, the form I'm trying to test (not my own code, so I can't modify) doesn't have a Submit button. When working with ...
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Cypress: run only one test
I want to toggle only running one test, so I don't have to wait for my other tests to see the result of one test.
Currently, I comment out my other tests, but this is really annoying.
Is there a way ...
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How can I scroll a web page using selenium webdriver in python?
I am currently using selenium webdriver to parse through facebook user friends page and extract all ids from the AJAX script. But I need to scroll down to get all the friends. How can I scroll down in ...
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What would be an alternate to [TearDown] and [SetUp] in MSTest?
When I use MSTest Framework, and copy the code that Selenium IDE generated for me, MSTest doesn't recognize [TearDown] and [SetUp]. What is the alternative to this?
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Scroll Element into View with Selenium
Is there any way in either Selenium 1.x or 2.x to scroll the browser window so that a particular element identified by an XPath is in view of the browser? There is a focus method in Selenium, but it ...
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Selenium C# WebDriver: Wait until element is present
I want to make sure that an element is present before the webdriver starts doing stuff.
I'm trying to get something like this to work:
WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, new TimeSpan(0, 0, ...
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In Cypress how to count a selection of items and get the length?
I'm starting to learn Cypress. I have a 4 row table (with a class of datatable). I can verify the number of rows this way:
cy.get('.datatable').find('tr').each(function(row, i){
expect(i).to....
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JUnit confusion: use 'extends TestCase' or '@Test'?
I've found the proper use (or at least the documentation) of JUnit very confusing.
This question serves both as a future reference and as a real question.
If I've understood correctly, there are two ...
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Unit testing Bash scripts
We have a system that has some Bash scripts running besides Java code. Since we are trying to test everything that could possibly break, and those Bash scripts may break, we want to test them.
The ...
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Compare equality between two objects in NUnit
I'm trying to assert that one object is "equal" to another object.
The objects are just instances of a class with a bunch of public properties. Is there an easy way to have NUnit assert equality ...
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Random "Element is no longer attached to the DOM" StaleElementReferenceException
I'm hoping it's just me, but Selenium Webdriver seems like a complete nightmare. The Chrome webdriver is currently unusable, and the other drivers are quite unreliable, or so it seems. I am battling ...
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Running Selenium WebDriver Python bindings in Chrome
I ran into a problem while working with Selenium. For my project, I have to use Chrome. However, I can't connect to that browser after launching it with Selenium.
For some reason, Selenium can't find ...
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