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Selenium

Getting Started

Initialize Browser Drivers {.row-span-2}

BrowserSyntax
ChromeWebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
EdgeWebDriver driver = new EdgeDriver();
FirefoxWebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
SafariWebDriver driver = new SafariDriver();

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Selenium Locators {.col-span-2}

LocatorSyntax
classNamedriver.findElement(By.className (“key”))
cssSelectordriver.findElement(By.cssSelector(key”))
id driver.findElement(By.id(key”))
linkTextdriver.findElement(By.linkText(key”))
namedriver.findElement(By.name(“key”))
partialLinkTextdriver.findElement(By.partialLinkText(“key”))
tagName driver.findElement(By.tagName (“key”))
xpathdriver.findElement(By.xpath(“key”))

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Terminal window
driver.get("https://www.example.com");

Close all browser windows

Terminal window
driver.quit();

Close the current browser window

Terminal window
driver.close();
DescriptionSyntax
Navigate to a new URLdriver.navigate().to(“https://www.newsite.com”);
Go forward to the next pagedriver.navigate().forward();
Go back to the previous page driver.navigate().back();
Refresh the current pagedriver.navigate().refresh();

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Frame Handling {.col-span-2}

DescriptionSyntax
Switch to a framedriver.switchTo().frame(“frameId”);
Switch back to the main contentdriver.switchTo().defaultContent();

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Alerts/Pop-Ups

Terminal window
Alert alert = driver.switchTo().alert();
// Used to click on the ‘OK’ button of the alert.
alert.accept();
// Used when the ‘Cancel’ button is clicked in the alert box.
alert.dismiss();
// Used to send text to an alert
alert.sendKeys("text");
// Used to capture the alert message.
alert().getText();

Mouse and Keyboard Actions {.col-span-2}

Terminal window
Actions actions = new Actions(driver);
// Shifts the mouse pointer to the center of the element and click on it
actions.moveToElement(element).click().build().perform();
// Performs double click on the element
actions.doubleClick(element).perform();
// Drags the element from one point and drops to another
actions.dragAndDrop(source, target).perform();
// Sends a series of keys to the element
actions.sendKeys(element, "text").perform();

Page Information {.col-span-1}

Terminal window
// Get the page title
driver.getTitle();
// Get the current page URL
driver.getCurrentUrl();
// Get the entire page source code
driver.getPageSource();

Waits {.col-span-3}

Terminal window
// Explicit Wait :- These are conditional waits can be applied to satisfy a particular condition
WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, 10);
wait.until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(element));
Terminal window
// Implicit Wait :- Once the command is run, Implicit Wait remains for the entire duration for which the browser is open.
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
Terminal window
// Fluent Wait :- Fluent Wait in Selenium marks the maximum amount of time for Selenium WebDriver to wait for a certain condition (web element) becomes visible. It also defines how frequently WebDriver will check if the condition appears before throwing the “ElementNotVisibleException”.
FluentWait wait = new FluentWait(driver);
//Specify the timeout of the wait
wait.withTimeout(5000, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
//Specify polling time
wait.pollingEvery(250, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
//Specify what exceptions to ignore
wait.ignoring(NoSuchElementException.class)
//This is how we specify the condition to wait on.
wait.until(ExpectedConditions.alertIsPresent());