Write your first Selenium script
Step-by-step instructions for constructing a Selenium script
Once you have Selenium installed, you’re ready to write Selenium code.
Eight Basic Components
Everything Selenium does is send the browser commands to do something or send requests for information. Most of what you’ll do with Selenium is a combination of these basic commands
Click on the link to “View full example on GitHub” to see the code in context.
1. Start the session
For more details on starting a session read our documentation on driver sessions
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();examples/java/src/test/java/dev/selenium/getting_started/FirstScript.java
package dev.selenium.getting_started;
import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import java.time.Duration;
public class FirstScript {
public static void main(String[] args) {
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html");
driver.getTitle();
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofMillis(500));
WebElement textBox = driver.findElement(By.name("my-text"));
WebElement submitButton = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("button"));
textBox.sendKeys("Selenium");
submitButton.click();
WebElement message = driver.findElement(By.id("message"));
message.getText();
driver.quit();
}
}
driver = webdriver.Chrome()examples/python/tests/getting_started/first_script.py
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html")
title = driver.title
driver.implicitly_wait(0.5)
text_box = driver.find_element(by=By.NAME, value="my-text")
submit_button = driver.find_element(by=By.CSS_SELECTOR, value="button")
text_box.send_keys("Selenium")
submit_button.click()
message = driver.find_element(by=By.ID, value="message")
text = message.text
driver.quit()
IWebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();examples/dotnet/SeleniumDocs/GettingStarted/FirstScript.cs
using System;
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome;
namespace SeleniumDocs.GettingStarted;
public static class FirstScript
{
public static void Main()
{
IWebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html");
var title = driver.Title;
driver.Manage().Timeouts().ImplicitWait = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500);
var textBox = driver.FindElement(By.Name("my-text"));
var submitButton = driver.FindElement(By.TagName("button"));
textBox.SendKeys("Selenium");
submitButton.Click();
var message = driver.FindElement(By.Id("message"));
var value = message.Text;
driver.Quit();
}
}driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for :chromeexamples/ruby/spec/getting_started/first_script.rb
require 'selenium-webdriver'
driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for :chrome
driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html')
driver.title
driver.manage.timeouts.implicit_wait = 500
text_box = driver.find_element(name: 'my-text')
submit_button = driver.find_element(tag_name: 'button')
text_box.send_keys('Selenium')
submit_button.click
message = driver.find_element(id: 'message')
message.text
driver.quit
driver = await new Builder().forBrowser(Browser.CHROME).build();examples/javascript/test/getting_started/firstScript.spec.js
const {By, Builder, Browser} = require('selenium-webdriver');
const assert = require("assert");
(async function firstTest() {
let driver;
try {
driver = await new Builder().forBrowser(Browser.CHROME).build();
await driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html');
let title = await driver.getTitle();
assert.equal("Web form", title);
await driver.manage().setTimeouts({implicit: 500});
let textBox = await driver.findElement(By.name('my-text'));
let submitButton = await driver.findElement(By.css('button'));
await textBox.sendKeys('Selenium');
await submitButton.click();
let message = await driver.findElement(By.id('message'));
let value = await message.getText();
assert.equal("Received!", value);
} catch (e) {
console.log(e)
} finally {
await driver.quit();
}
}())
driver = ChromeDriver()examples/kotlin/src/test/kotlin/dev/selenium/getting_started/FirstScriptTest.kt
package dev.selenium.getting_started
import org.junit.jupiter.api.*
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
import org.openqa.selenium.By
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
import java.time.Duration
@TestInstance(TestInstance.Lifecycle.PER_CLASS)
class FirstScriptTest {
private lateinit var driver: WebDriver
@Test
fun eightComponents() {
driver = ChromeDriver()
driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html")
val title = driver.title
assertEquals("Web form", title)
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofMillis(500))
var textBox = driver.findElement(By.name("my-text"))
val submitButton = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("button"))
textBox.sendKeys("Selenium")
submitButton.click()
val message = driver.findElement(By.id("message"))
val value = message.getText()
assertEquals("Received!", value)
driver.quit()
}
}2. Take action on browser
In this example we are navigating to a web page.
driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html");examples/java/src/test/java/dev/selenium/getting_started/FirstScript.java
package dev.selenium.getting_started;
import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import java.time.Duration;
public class FirstScript {
public static void main(String[] args) {
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html");
driver.getTitle();
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofMillis(500));
WebElement textBox = driver.findElement(By.name("my-text"));
WebElement submitButton = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("button"));
textBox.sendKeys("Selenium");
submitButton.click();
WebElement message = driver.findElement(By.id("message"));
message.getText();
driver.quit();
}
}
driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html")examples/python/tests/getting_started/first_script.py
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html")
title = driver.title
driver.implicitly_wait(0.5)
text_box = driver.find_element(by=By.NAME, value="my-text")
submit_button = driver.find_element(by=By.CSS_SELECTOR, value="button")
text_box.send_keys("Selenium")
submit_button.click()
message = driver.find_element(by=By.ID, value="message")
text = message.text
driver.quit()
driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html");examples/dotnet/SeleniumDocs/GettingStarted/FirstScript.cs
using System;
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome;
namespace SeleniumDocs.GettingStarted;
public static class FirstScript
{
public static void Main()
{
IWebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html");
var title = driver.Title;
driver.Manage().Timeouts().ImplicitWait = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500);
var textBox = driver.FindElement(By.Name("my-text"));
var submitButton = driver.FindElement(By.TagName("button"));
textBox.SendKeys("Selenium");
submitButton.Click();
var message = driver.FindElement(By.Id("message"));
var value = message.Text;
driver.Quit();
}
}driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html')examples/ruby/spec/getting_started/first_script.rb
require 'selenium-webdriver'
driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for :chrome
driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html')
driver.title
driver.manage.timeouts.implicit_wait = 500
text_box = driver.find_element(name: 'my-text')
submit_button = driver.find_element(tag_name: 'button')
text_box.send_keys('Selenium')
submit_button.click
message = driver.find_element(id: 'message')
message.text
driver.quit
await driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html');examples/javascript/test/getting_started/firstScript.spec.js
const {By, Builder, Browser} = require('selenium-webdriver');
const assert = require("assert");
(async function firstTest() {
let driver;
try {
driver = await new Builder().forBrowser(Browser.CHROME).build();
await driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html');
let title = await driver.getTitle();
assert.equal("Web form", title);
await driver.manage().setTimeouts({implicit: 500});
let textBox = await driver.findElement(By.name('my-text'));
let submitButton = await driver.findElement(By.css('button'));
await textBox.sendKeys('Selenium');
await submitButton.click();
let message = await driver.findElement(By.id('message'));
let value = await message.getText();
assert.equal("Received!", value);
} catch (e) {
console.log(e)
} finally {
await driver.quit();
}
}())
driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html")examples/kotlin/src/test/kotlin/dev/selenium/getting_started/FirstScriptTest.kt
package dev.selenium.getting_started
import org.junit.jupiter.api.*
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
import org.openqa.selenium.By
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
import java.time.Duration
@TestInstance(TestInstance.Lifecycle.PER_CLASS)
class FirstScriptTest {
private lateinit var driver: WebDriver
@Test
fun eightComponents() {
driver = ChromeDriver()
driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html")
val title = driver.title
assertEquals("Web form", title)
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofMillis(500))
var textBox = driver.findElement(By.name("my-text"))
val submitButton = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("button"))
textBox.sendKeys("Selenium")
submitButton.click()
val message = driver.findElement(By.id("message"))
val value = message.getText()
assertEquals("Received!", value)
driver.quit()
}
}3. Request browser information
There are a bunch of types of information about the browser you can request, including window handles, browser size / position, cookies, alerts, etc.
driver.getTitle();examples/java/src/test/java/dev/selenium/getting_started/FirstScript.java
package dev.selenium.getting_started;
import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import java.time.Duration;
public class FirstScript {
public static void main(String[] args) {
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html");
driver.getTitle();
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofMillis(500));
WebElement textBox = driver.findElement(By.name("my-text"));
WebElement submitButton = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("button"));
textBox.sendKeys("Selenium");
submitButton.click();
WebElement message = driver.findElement(By.id("message"));
message.getText();
driver.quit();
}
}
title = driver.titleexamples/python/tests/getting_started/first_script.py
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html")
title = driver.title
driver.implicitly_wait(0.5)
text_box = driver.find_element(by=By.NAME, value="my-text")
submit_button = driver.find_element(by=By.CSS_SELECTOR, value="button")
text_box.send_keys("Selenium")
submit_button.click()
message = driver.find_element(by=By.ID, value="message")
text = message.text
driver.quit()
var title = driver.Title;examples/dotnet/SeleniumDocs/GettingStarted/FirstScript.cs
using System;
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome;
namespace SeleniumDocs.GettingStarted;
public static class FirstScript
{
public static void Main()
{
IWebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html");
var title = driver.Title;
driver.Manage().Timeouts().ImplicitWait = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500);
var textBox = driver.FindElement(By.Name("my-text"));
var submitButton = driver.FindElement(By.TagName("button"));
textBox.SendKeys("Selenium");
submitButton.Click();
var message = driver.FindElement(By.Id("message"));
var value = message.Text;
driver.Quit();
}
}driver.titleexamples/ruby/spec/getting_started/first_script.rb
require 'selenium-webdriver'
driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for :chrome
driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html')
driver.title
driver.manage.timeouts.implicit_wait = 500
text_box = driver.find_element(name: 'my-text')
submit_button = driver.find_element(tag_name: 'button')
text_box.send_keys('Selenium')
submit_button.click
message = driver.find_element(id: 'message')
message.text
driver.quit
let title = await driver.getTitle();examples/javascript/test/getting_started/firstScript.spec.js
const {By, Builder, Browser} = require('selenium-webdriver');
const assert = require("assert");
(async function firstTest() {
let driver;
try {
driver = await new Builder().forBrowser(Browser.CHROME).build();
await driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html');
let title = await driver.getTitle();
assert.equal("Web form", title);
await driver.manage().setTimeouts({implicit: 500});
let textBox = await driver.findElement(By.name('my-text'));
let submitButton = await driver.findElement(By.css('button'));
await textBox.sendKeys('Selenium');
await submitButton.click();
let message = await driver.findElement(By.id('message'));
let value = await message.getText();
assert.equal("Received!", value);
} catch (e) {
console.log(e)
} finally {
await driver.quit();
}
}())
val title = driver.titleexamples/kotlin/src/test/kotlin/dev/selenium/getting_started/FirstScriptTest.kt
package dev.selenium.getting_started
import org.junit.jupiter.api.*
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
import org.openqa.selenium.By
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
import java.time.Duration
@TestInstance(TestInstance.Lifecycle.PER_CLASS)
class FirstScriptTest {
private lateinit var driver: WebDriver
@Test
fun eightComponents() {
driver = ChromeDriver()
driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html")
val title = driver.title
assertEquals("Web form", title)
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofMillis(500))
var textBox = driver.findElement(By.name("my-text"))
val submitButton = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("button"))
textBox.sendKeys("Selenium")
submitButton.click()
val message = driver.findElement(By.id("message"))
val value = message.getText()
assertEquals("Received!", value)
driver.quit()
}
}4. Establish Waiting Strategy
Synchronizing the code with the current state of the browser is one of the biggest challenges with Selenium, and doing it well is an advanced topic.
Essentially you want to make sure that the element is on the page before you attempt to locate it and the element is in an interactable state before you attempt to interact with it.
An implicit wait is rarely the best solution, but it’s the easiest to demonstrate here, so we’ll use it as a placeholder.
Read more about Waiting strategies.
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofMillis(500));examples/java/src/test/java/dev/selenium/getting_started/FirstScript.java
package dev.selenium.getting_started;
import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import java.time.Duration;
public class FirstScript {
public static void main(String[] args) {
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html");
driver.getTitle();
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofMillis(500));
WebElement textBox = driver.findElement(By.name("my-text"));
WebElement submitButton = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("button"));
textBox.sendKeys("Selenium");
submitButton.click();
WebElement message = driver.findElement(By.id("message"));
message.getText();
driver.quit();
}
}
driver.implicitly_wait(0.5)examples/python/tests/getting_started/first_script.py
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html")
title = driver.title
driver.implicitly_wait(0.5)
text_box = driver.find_element(by=By.NAME, value="my-text")
submit_button = driver.find_element(by=By.CSS_SELECTOR, value="button")
text_box.send_keys("Selenium")
submit_button.click()
message = driver.find_element(by=By.ID, value="message")
text = message.text
driver.quit()
driver.Manage().Timeouts().ImplicitWait = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500);examples/dotnet/SeleniumDocs/GettingStarted/FirstScript.cs
using System;
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome;
namespace SeleniumDocs.GettingStarted;
public static class FirstScript
{
public static void Main()
{
IWebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html");
var title = driver.Title;
driver.Manage().Timeouts().ImplicitWait = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500);
var textBox = driver.FindElement(By.Name("my-text"));
var submitButton = driver.FindElement(By.TagName("button"));
textBox.SendKeys("Selenium");
submitButton.Click();
var message = driver.FindElement(By.Id("message"));
var value = message.Text;
driver.Quit();
}
}driver.manage.timeouts.implicit_wait = 500examples/ruby/spec/getting_started/first_script.rb
require 'selenium-webdriver'
driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for :chrome
driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html')
driver.title
driver.manage.timeouts.implicit_wait = 500
text_box = driver.find_element(name: 'my-text')
submit_button = driver.find_element(tag_name: 'button')
text_box.send_keys('Selenium')
submit_button.click
message = driver.find_element(id: 'message')
message.text
driver.quit
await driver.manage().setTimeouts({implicit: 500});examples/javascript/test/getting_started/firstScript.spec.js
const {By, Builder, Browser} = require('selenium-webdriver');
const assert = require("assert");
(async function firstTest() {
let driver;
try {
driver = await new Builder().forBrowser(Browser.CHROME).build();
await driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html');
let title = await driver.getTitle();
assert.equal("Web form", title);
await driver.manage().setTimeouts({implicit: 500});
let textBox = await driver.findElement(By.name('my-text'));
let submitButton = await driver.findElement(By.css('button'));
await textBox.sendKeys('Selenium');
await submitButton.click();
let message = await driver.findElement(By.id('message'));
let value = await message.getText();
assert.equal("Received!", value);
} catch (e) {
console.log(e)
} finally {
await driver.quit();
}
}())
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofMillis(500))examples/kotlin/src/test/kotlin/dev/selenium/getting_started/FirstScriptTest.kt
package dev.selenium.getting_started
import org.junit.jupiter.api.*
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
import org.openqa.selenium.By
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
import java.time.Duration
@TestInstance(TestInstance.Lifecycle.PER_CLASS)
class FirstScriptTest {
private lateinit var driver: WebDriver
@Test
fun eightComponents() {
driver = ChromeDriver()
driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html")
val title = driver.title
assertEquals("Web form", title)
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofMillis(500))
var textBox = driver.findElement(By.name("my-text"))
val submitButton = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("button"))
textBox.sendKeys("Selenium")
submitButton.click()
val message = driver.findElement(By.id("message"))
val value = message.getText()
assertEquals("Received!", value)
driver.quit()
}
}5. Find an element
The majority of commands in most Selenium sessions are element related, and you can’t interact with one without first finding an element
WebElement textBox = driver.findElement(By.name("my-text"));
WebElement submitButton = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("button"));examples/java/src/test/java/dev/selenium/getting_started/FirstScript.java
package dev.selenium.getting_started;
import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import java.time.Duration;
public class FirstScript {
public static void main(String[] args) {
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html");
driver.getTitle();
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofMillis(500));
WebElement textBox = driver.findElement(By.name("my-text"));
WebElement submitButton = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("button"));
textBox.sendKeys("Selenium");
submitButton.click();
WebElement message = driver.findElement(By.id("message"));
message.getText();
driver.quit();
}
}
text_box = driver.find_element(by=By.NAME, value="my-text")
submit_button = driver.find_element(by=By.CSS_SELECTOR, value="button")examples/python/tests/getting_started/first_script.py
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html")
title = driver.title
driver.implicitly_wait(0.5)
text_box = driver.find_element(by=By.NAME, value="my-text")
submit_button = driver.find_element(by=By.CSS_SELECTOR, value="button")
text_box.send_keys("Selenium")
submit_button.click()
message = driver.find_element(by=By.ID, value="message")
text = message.text
driver.quit()
var textBox = driver.FindElement(By.Name("my-text"));
var submitButton = driver.FindElement(By.TagName("button"));examples/dotnet/SeleniumDocs/GettingStarted/FirstScript.cs
using System;
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome;
namespace SeleniumDocs.GettingStarted;
public static class FirstScript
{
public static void Main()
{
IWebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html");
var title = driver.Title;
driver.Manage().Timeouts().ImplicitWait = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500);
var textBox = driver.FindElement(By.Name("my-text"));
var submitButton = driver.FindElement(By.TagName("button"));
textBox.SendKeys("Selenium");
submitButton.Click();
var message = driver.FindElement(By.Id("message"));
var value = message.Text;
driver.Quit();
}
}text_box = driver.find_element(name: 'my-text')
submit_button = driver.find_element(tag_name: 'button')examples/ruby/spec/getting_started/first_script.rb
require 'selenium-webdriver'
driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for :chrome
driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html')
driver.title
driver.manage.timeouts.implicit_wait = 500
text_box = driver.find_element(name: 'my-text')
submit_button = driver.find_element(tag_name: 'button')
text_box.send_keys('Selenium')
submit_button.click
message = driver.find_element(id: 'message')
message.text
driver.quit
let textBox = await driver.findElement(By.name('my-text'));
let submitButton = await driver.findElement(By.css('button'));examples/javascript/test/getting_started/firstScript.spec.js
const {By, Builder, Browser} = require('selenium-webdriver');
const assert = require("assert");
(async function firstTest() {
let driver;
try {
driver = await new Builder().forBrowser(Browser.CHROME).build();
await driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html');
let title = await driver.getTitle();
assert.equal("Web form", title);
await driver.manage().setTimeouts({implicit: 500});
let textBox = await driver.findElement(By.name('my-text'));
let submitButton = await driver.findElement(By.css('button'));
await textBox.sendKeys('Selenium');
await submitButton.click();
let message = await driver.findElement(By.id('message'));
let value = await message.getText();
assert.equal("Received!", value);
} catch (e) {
console.log(e)
} finally {
await driver.quit();
}
}())
var textBox = driver.findElement(By.name("my-text"))
val submitButton = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("button"))examples/kotlin/src/test/kotlin/dev/selenium/getting_started/FirstScriptTest.kt
package dev.selenium.getting_started
import org.junit.jupiter.api.*
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
import org.openqa.selenium.By
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
import java.time.Duration
@TestInstance(TestInstance.Lifecycle.PER_CLASS)
class FirstScriptTest {
private lateinit var driver: WebDriver
@Test
fun eightComponents() {
driver = ChromeDriver()
driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html")
val title = driver.title
assertEquals("Web form", title)
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofMillis(500))
var textBox = driver.findElement(By.name("my-text"))
val submitButton = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("button"))
textBox.sendKeys("Selenium")
submitButton.click()
val message = driver.findElement(By.id("message"))
val value = message.getText()
assertEquals("Received!", value)
driver.quit()
}
}6. Take action on element
There are only a handful of actions to take on an element, but you will use them frequently.
textBox.sendKeys("Selenium");
submitButton.click();examples/java/src/test/java/dev/selenium/getting_started/FirstScript.java
package dev.selenium.getting_started;
import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import java.time.Duration;
public class FirstScript {
public static void main(String[] args) {
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html");
driver.getTitle();
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofMillis(500));
WebElement textBox = driver.findElement(By.name("my-text"));
WebElement submitButton = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("button"));
textBox.sendKeys("Selenium");
submitButton.click();
WebElement message = driver.findElement(By.id("message"));
message.getText();
driver.quit();
}
}
text_box.send_keys("Selenium")
submit_button.click()examples/python/tests/getting_started/first_script.py
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html")
title = driver.title
driver.implicitly_wait(0.5)
text_box = driver.find_element(by=By.NAME, value="my-text")
submit_button = driver.find_element(by=By.CSS_SELECTOR, value="button")
text_box.send_keys("Selenium")
submit_button.click()
message = driver.find_element(by=By.ID, value="message")
text = message.text
driver.quit()
textBox.SendKeys("Selenium");
submitButton.Click();examples/dotnet/SeleniumDocs/GettingStarted/FirstScript.cs
using System;
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome;
namespace SeleniumDocs.GettingStarted;
public static class FirstScript
{
public static void Main()
{
IWebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html");
var title = driver.Title;
driver.Manage().Timeouts().ImplicitWait = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500);
var textBox = driver.FindElement(By.Name("my-text"));
var submitButton = driver.FindElement(By.TagName("button"));
textBox.SendKeys("Selenium");
submitButton.Click();
var message = driver.FindElement(By.Id("message"));
var value = message.Text;
driver.Quit();
}
}text_box.send_keys('Selenium')
submit_button.clickexamples/ruby/spec/getting_started/first_script.rb
require 'selenium-webdriver'
driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for :chrome
driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html')
driver.title
driver.manage.timeouts.implicit_wait = 500
text_box = driver.find_element(name: 'my-text')
submit_button = driver.find_element(tag_name: 'button')
text_box.send_keys('Selenium')
submit_button.click
message = driver.find_element(id: 'message')
message.text
driver.quit
await textBox.sendKeys('Selenium');
await submitButton.click();examples/javascript/test/getting_started/firstScript.spec.js
const {By, Builder, Browser} = require('selenium-webdriver');
const assert = require("assert");
(async function firstTest() {
let driver;
try {
driver = await new Builder().forBrowser(Browser.CHROME).build();
await driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html');
let title = await driver.getTitle();
assert.equal("Web form", title);
await driver.manage().setTimeouts({implicit: 500});
let textBox = await driver.findElement(By.name('my-text'));
let submitButton = await driver.findElement(By.css('button'));
await textBox.sendKeys('Selenium');
await submitButton.click();
let message = await driver.findElement(By.id('message'));
let value = await message.getText();
assert.equal("Received!", value);
} catch (e) {
console.log(e)
} finally {
await driver.quit();
}
}())
textBox.sendKeys("Selenium")
submitButton.click()examples/kotlin/src/test/kotlin/dev/selenium/getting_started/FirstScriptTest.kt
package dev.selenium.getting_started
import org.junit.jupiter.api.*
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
import org.openqa.selenium.By
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
import java.time.Duration
@TestInstance(TestInstance.Lifecycle.PER_CLASS)
class FirstScriptTest {
private lateinit var driver: WebDriver
@Test
fun eightComponents() {
driver = ChromeDriver()
driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html")
val title = driver.title
assertEquals("Web form", title)
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofMillis(500))
var textBox = driver.findElement(By.name("my-text"))
val submitButton = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("button"))
textBox.sendKeys("Selenium")
submitButton.click()
val message = driver.findElement(By.id("message"))
val value = message.getText()
assertEquals("Received!", value)
driver.quit()
}
}7. Request element information
Elements store a lot of information that can be requested.
WebElement message = driver.findElement(By.id("message"));
message.getText();examples/java/src/test/java/dev/selenium/getting_started/FirstScript.java
package dev.selenium.getting_started;
import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import java.time.Duration;
public class FirstScript {
public static void main(String[] args) {
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html");
driver.getTitle();
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofMillis(500));
WebElement textBox = driver.findElement(By.name("my-text"));
WebElement submitButton = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("button"));
textBox.sendKeys("Selenium");
submitButton.click();
WebElement message = driver.findElement(By.id("message"));
message.getText();
driver.quit();
}
}
message = driver.find_element(by=By.ID, value="message")
text = message.textexamples/python/tests/getting_started/first_script.py
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html")
title = driver.title
driver.implicitly_wait(0.5)
text_box = driver.find_element(by=By.NAME, value="my-text")
submit_button = driver.find_element(by=By.CSS_SELECTOR, value="button")
text_box.send_keys("Selenium")
submit_button.click()
message = driver.find_element(by=By.ID, value="message")
text = message.text
driver.quit()
var message = driver.FindElement(By.Id("message"));
var value = message.Text;examples/dotnet/SeleniumDocs/GettingStarted/FirstScript.cs
using System;
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome;
namespace SeleniumDocs.GettingStarted;
public static class FirstScript
{
public static void Main()
{
IWebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html");
var title = driver.Title;
driver.Manage().Timeouts().ImplicitWait = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500);
var textBox = driver.FindElement(By.Name("my-text"));
var submitButton = driver.FindElement(By.TagName("button"));
textBox.SendKeys("Selenium");
submitButton.Click();
var message = driver.FindElement(By.Id("message"));
var value = message.Text;
driver.Quit();
}
}message = driver.find_element(id: 'message')
message.textexamples/ruby/spec/getting_started/first_script.rb
require 'selenium-webdriver'
driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for :chrome
driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html')
driver.title
driver.manage.timeouts.implicit_wait = 500
text_box = driver.find_element(name: 'my-text')
submit_button = driver.find_element(tag_name: 'button')
text_box.send_keys('Selenium')
submit_button.click
message = driver.find_element(id: 'message')
message.text
driver.quit
let message = await driver.findElement(By.id('message'));
let value = await message.getText();examples/javascript/test/getting_started/firstScript.spec.js
const {By, Builder, Browser} = require('selenium-webdriver');
const assert = require("assert");
(async function firstTest() {
let driver;
try {
driver = await new Builder().forBrowser(Browser.CHROME).build();
await driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html');
let title = await driver.getTitle();
assert.equal("Web form", title);
await driver.manage().setTimeouts({implicit: 500});
let textBox = await driver.findElement(By.name('my-text'));
let submitButton = await driver.findElement(By.css('button'));
await textBox.sendKeys('Selenium');
await submitButton.click();
let message = await driver.findElement(By.id('message'));
let value = await message.getText();
assert.equal("Received!", value);
} catch (e) {
console.log(e)
} finally {
await driver.quit();
}
}())
val message = driver.findElement(By.id("message"))
val value = message.getText()examples/kotlin/src/test/kotlin/dev/selenium/getting_started/FirstScriptTest.kt
package dev.selenium.getting_started
import org.junit.jupiter.api.*
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
import org.openqa.selenium.By
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
import java.time.Duration
@TestInstance(TestInstance.Lifecycle.PER_CLASS)
class FirstScriptTest {
private lateinit var driver: WebDriver
@Test
fun eightComponents() {
driver = ChromeDriver()
driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html")
val title = driver.title
assertEquals("Web form", title)
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofMillis(500))
var textBox = driver.findElement(By.name("my-text"))
val submitButton = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("button"))
textBox.sendKeys("Selenium")
submitButton.click()
val message = driver.findElement(By.id("message"))
val value = message.getText()
assertEquals("Received!", value)
driver.quit()
}
}8. End the session
This ends the driver process, which by default closes the browser as well. No more commands can be sent to this driver instance. See Quitting Sessions.
driver.quit();examples/java/src/test/java/dev/selenium/getting_started/FirstScript.java
package dev.selenium.getting_started;
import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import java.time.Duration;
public class FirstScript {
public static void main(String[] args) {
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html");
driver.getTitle();
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofMillis(500));
WebElement textBox = driver.findElement(By.name("my-text"));
WebElement submitButton = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("button"));
textBox.sendKeys("Selenium");
submitButton.click();
WebElement message = driver.findElement(By.id("message"));
message.getText();
driver.quit();
}
}
driver.quit()examples/python/tests/getting_started/first_script.py
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html")
title = driver.title
driver.implicitly_wait(0.5)
text_box = driver.find_element(by=By.NAME, value="my-text")
submit_button = driver.find_element(by=By.CSS_SELECTOR, value="button")
text_box.send_keys("Selenium")
submit_button.click()
message = driver.find_element(by=By.ID, value="message")
text = message.text
driver.quit()
driver.Quit();examples/dotnet/SeleniumDocs/GettingStarted/FirstScript.cs
using System;
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome;
namespace SeleniumDocs.GettingStarted;
public static class FirstScript
{
public static void Main()
{
IWebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html");
var title = driver.Title;
driver.Manage().Timeouts().ImplicitWait = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500);
var textBox = driver.FindElement(By.Name("my-text"));
var submitButton = driver.FindElement(By.TagName("button"));
textBox.SendKeys("Selenium");
submitButton.Click();
var message = driver.FindElement(By.Id("message"));
var value = message.Text;
driver.Quit();
}
}driver.quitexamples/ruby/spec/getting_started/first_script.rb
require 'selenium-webdriver'
driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for :chrome
driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html')
driver.title
driver.manage.timeouts.implicit_wait = 500
text_box = driver.find_element(name: 'my-text')
submit_button = driver.find_element(tag_name: 'button')
text_box.send_keys('Selenium')
submit_button.click
message = driver.find_element(id: 'message')
message.text
driver.quit
await driver.quit();examples/javascript/test/getting_started/firstScript.spec.js
const {By, Builder, Browser} = require('selenium-webdriver');
const assert = require("assert");
(async function firstTest() {
let driver;
try {
driver = await new Builder().forBrowser(Browser.CHROME).build();
await driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html');
let title = await driver.getTitle();
assert.equal("Web form", title);
await driver.manage().setTimeouts({implicit: 500});
let textBox = await driver.findElement(By.name('my-text'));
let submitButton = await driver.findElement(By.css('button'));
await textBox.sendKeys('Selenium');
await submitButton.click();
let message = await driver.findElement(By.id('message'));
let value = await message.getText();
assert.equal("Received!", value);
} catch (e) {
console.log(e)
} finally {
await driver.quit();
}
}())
driver.quit()examples/kotlin/src/test/kotlin/dev/selenium/getting_started/FirstScriptTest.kt
package dev.selenium.getting_started
import org.junit.jupiter.api.*
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
import org.openqa.selenium.By
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
import java.time.Duration
@TestInstance(TestInstance.Lifecycle.PER_CLASS)
class FirstScriptTest {
private lateinit var driver: WebDriver
@Test
fun eightComponents() {
driver = ChromeDriver()
driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html")
val title = driver.title
assertEquals("Web form", title)
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofMillis(500))
var textBox = driver.findElement(By.name("my-text"))
val submitButton = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("button"))
textBox.sendKeys("Selenium")
submitButton.click()
val message = driver.findElement(By.id("message"))
val value = message.getText()
assertEquals("Received!", value)
driver.quit()
}
}Running Selenium File
mvn exec:java -D"exec.mainClass"="dev.selenium.getting_started.FirstScript" -D"exec.classpathScope"=testexamples/java/README.md
# Running Selenium Java Tests
The following steps will guide you on how to
run Selenium Java tests using a repository
of `SeleniumHQ/seleniumhq.github.io` examples.
## Initial Setup
### Prerequisites
Ensure that Java Development Kit (JDK) and Maven
are installed on your system. If they are not installed,
you will need to download and install them. You can
find detailed installation guides for both on their
respective official sites.
### Clone the repository
First, we need to get the Selenium Java examples
on your local machine. This can be done by
cloning the `SeleniumHQ/seleniumhq.github.io` Git repository.
Run the following command in your terminal:
```bash
git clone https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/seleniumhq.github.io.git
```
## Navigate to the java directory
After cloning the repository, navigate into the
directory where the Selenium Java examples are
located. Run the following command:
```bash
cd seleniumhq.github.io/examples/java
```
## Running the Tests
### Install dependencies
Before running the tests, we need to install all
necessary dependencies. Maven, a software
project management tool, can do this for us.
Run the following command:
```bash
mvn test-compile
```
### Run all tests
To verify if everything is installed correctly and
functioning properly, we should run all
available tests. This can be done with the following command:
```bash
mvn test
```
Please be patient! If this is your first time running these tests,
it might take a while to download and verify all necessary browser drivers.
## Execute a specific example
To run a specific Selenium Java example, use the following command:
```bash
mvn exec:java -D"exec.mainClass"="dev.selenium.getting_started.FirstScript" -D"exec.classpathScope"=test
```
Make sure to replace `dev.selenium.getting_started.FirstScript` with the path and name of the example you want to run.```examples/python/README.md
# Running tests from Selenium Python examples
#### 1. Clone this repository
```
git clone https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/seleniumhq.github.io.git
```
#### 2. Navigate to `python` directory
```
cd seleniumhq.github.io/examples/python
```
#### 3. Create a virtual environment
- On Windows:
```
py -m venv venv
venv\Scripts\activate
```
- On Linux/Mac:
```
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
```
#### 4. Install dependencies:
```
pip install -r requirements.txt
```
> for help, see: https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/tutorials/installing-packages
#### 5. Run tests
- Run all tests with the default Python interpreter:
```
pytest
```
- Run all tests with every installed/supported Python interpreter:
```
tox
```
> Please have some patience - If you are doing it for the first time, it will take a little while to download the browser drivers
- Run a specific example:
```
pytest path/to/test_script.py
```
> Make sure to replace `path/to/test_script.py` with the path and name of the example you want to run
ruby example_script.rbexamples/ruby/README.md
# Running all tests from Selenium ruby example
Follow these steps to run all test example from selenium ruby
1. Clone this repository
```
git clone https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/seleniumhq.github.io.git
```
2. Navigate to `ruby` directory
```
cd seleniumhq.github.io/examples/ruby
```
3. Install dependencies using bundler
```
bundler install
```
4. Run all tests
```
bundle exec rspec
```
> Please keep some patience - If you are doing it for the first time, it will take a little while to verify and download the browser drivers
# Execute a ruby script
Use this command to run a ruby script and follow the first script example
```
ruby example_script.rb
```node example_script.spec.jsexamples/javascript/README.md
# Running all tests from Selenium javascript example
Follow these steps to run all test example from selenium javascript
1. Clone this repository
```
git clone https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/seleniumhq.github.io.git
```
2. Navigate to `javascript` directory
```
cd seleniumhq.github.io/examples/javascript
```
3. Install dependencies using node
```
npm install
```
4. Run all all tests
```
npm test
```
> Please keep some patience - If you are doing it for the first time, it will take a little while to verify and download the browser drivers
# Execute a javascript test
Use this command to run a JavaScript and follow the first script example
```
node example_script.spec.js
```Next Steps
Most Selenium users execute many sessions and need to organize them to minimize duplication and keep the code more maintainable. Read on to learn about how to put this code into context for your use case with Using Selenium.
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