Selenium WebDriver Recipes in Python: The problem solving guide to Selenium WebDriver in Python

Table of Contents
Preface
	Who should read this book
	How to read this book
	Recipe test scripts
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Introduction
	Selenium language bindings
	Install Selenium Python
	Cross browser testing
	unittest - Python Unit Testing Framework
	Run recipe scripts
Locating web elements
	Start browser
	Find element by ID
	Find element by Name
	Find element by Link Text
	Find element by Partial Link Text
	Find element by XPath
	Find element by Tag Name
	Find element by Class Name
	Find element by CSS Selector
	Chain find_element to find child elements
	Find multiple elements
Hyperlink
	Start browser
	Click a link by text
	Click a link by ID
	Click a link by partial text
	Click a link by XPath
	Click Nth link with exact same label
	Click Nth link by CSS
	Verify a link present or not?
	Getting link data attributes
	Test links open a new browser window
Button
	Click a button by text
	Click a form button by text
	Submit a form
	Click a button by ID
	Click a button by name
	Click a image button
	Click a button via JavaScript
	Assert a button present
	Assert a button enabled or disabled?
TextField and TextArea
	Enter text into a text field by name
	Enter text into a text field by ID
	Enter text into a password field
	Clear a text field
	Enter text into a multi-line text area
	Assert value
	Focus on a control
	Set a value to a read-only or disabled text field
	Set and assert the value of a hidden field
Radio button
	Select a radio button
	Clear radio option selection
	Assert a radio option is selected
	Iterate radio buttons in a radio group
	Click Nth radio button in a group
	Click radio button by the following label
	Customized Radio buttons - iCheck
CheckBox
	Select by name
	Uncheck a checkbox
	Assert a checkbox is checked (or not)
	Customized Checkboxes - iCheck
Select List
	Select an option by text
	Select an option by value
	Select an option by index
	Select an option by iterating all options
	Select multiple options
	Clear one selection
	Clear all selections
	Assert label or value in a select list
	Assert selected option label
	Assert the value of a select list
	Assert multiple selections
Navigation and Browser
	Go to a URL
	Visit pages within a site
	Perform actions from right mouse click context menu such as `Back', `Forward' or `Refresh'
	Open browser in certain size
	Maximize browser window
	Move browser window
	Minimize browser window
	Scroll focus to control
	Switch between browser windows or tabs
	Open new and close browser Tabs
	Remember current web page URL, then come back to it later
Assertion
	Assert page title
	Assert Page Text
	Assert Page Source
	Assert Label Text
	Assert Span text
	Assert Div text or HTML
	Assert Table text
	Assert text in a table cell
	Assert text in a table row
	Assert image present
	Assert element location and width
	Assert element CSS style
	Assert JavaScript errors on a web page
Frames
	Testing Frames
	Testing IFrame
	Test multiple iframes
Testing AJAX
	Wait within a time frame
	Explicit Waits until Time out
	Implicit Waits until Time out
	Create your own polling check function
	Wait AJAX Call to complete using JQuery
File Upload and Popup dialogs
	File upload
	JavaScript pop ups
	Modal style dialogs
	Bypass basic authentication by embedding username and password in URL
	Internet Explorer modal dialog
	Popup Handler Approach
	Handle JavaScript dialog with Popup Handler
	Basic or Proxy Authentication Dialog
Debugging Test Scripts
	Print text for debugging
	Write page source or element HTML into a file
	Take screenshot
	Leave browser open after test finishes
	Debug test execution using Debugger
	Attach test executions to an existing browser
Test Data
	Get date dynamically
	Get a random boolean value
	Generate a number within a range
	Get a random character
	Get a random string at fixed length
	Get a random string in a collection
	Generate random person names, emails, addresses with Faker
	Generate a test file at fixed sizes
	Retrieve data from Database
Browser Profile and Capabilities
	Get browser type and version
	Set HTTP Proxy for Browser
	Verify file download in Chrome
	Test downloading PDF in Firefox
	Bypass basic authentication with Firefox AutoAuth plugin
	Manage Cookies
	Headless browser testing with PhantomJS
	Headless Chrome
	Headless Firefox
	Test responsive websites
	Set page load timeout
	Device emulation on Chrome
Advanced User Interactions
	Double click a control
	Move mouse to a control - Mouse Over
	Click and hold - select multiple items
	Context Click - right click a control
	Drag and drop
	Drag slider
	Send key sequences - Select All and Delete
	Click a specific part of an image
HTML 5 and Dynamic Web Sites
	HTML5 Email type field
	HTML5 Time Field
	Invoke `onclick' JavaScript event
	Invoke JavaScript events such as `onchange'
	Scroll to the bottom of a page
	Select2 - Single Select
	Select2 - Multiple Select
	AngularJS web pages
	Ember JS web pages
	``Share Location'' with Firefox
	Faking Geolocation with JavaScript
	Save a canvas to PNG image
	Verify dynamic charts
WYSIWYG HTML editors
	TinyMCE
	CKEditor
	SummerNote
	CodeMirror
Leverage Programming
	Raise exceptions to fail test
	Ignorable test statement error
	Read external file
	Data-Driven Tests with Excel
	Data-Driven Tests with CSV
	Identify element IDs with dynamically generated long prefixes
	Sending special keys such as Enter to an element or browser
	Use of unicode in test scripts
	Extract a group of dynamic data : verify search results in order
	Verify uniqueness of a set of data
	Extract dynamic visible data rows from a results table
	Extract dynamic text following a pattern using Regex
	Quick extract pattern text in comments with Regex
Optimization
	Assert page_source is faster than page text
	Getting text from specific element is faster
	Avoid programming if-else block if possible
	Use variable to cache not-changed data
	Enter large text into a text box
	Use Environment Variables to change test behaviours dynamically
	Test web site in two languages
	Multi-language testing with lookups
Gotchas
	Test starts browser but no execution with blank screen
	Failed to assert copied text in browser
	The same test works for Chrome, but not IE
	``unexpected tag name `input'''
	Element is not clickable or not visible
Material Design Web App
	Select List (dropdown)
	Checkbox
	Drag range (noUiSlider)
	Verify Toast message
	Modal
Selenium Remote Control Server
	Selenium Server Installation
	Execute tests in specified browser on another machine
	Selenium Grid
Appendix - Continuous Testing
	Verify server machine can run Selenium Python
	Install BuildWise Server
	Create Build Project in BuildWise
	Trigger test execution manually
	Feedback while test execution in progress
	Build finished
	Notification
	Review
Afterword
Resources
	Books
	Web Sites
	Tools