1. Creating New Instance Of Firefox Driver
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
Above given syntax will create new instance of Firefox driver.
2. Command To Open URL In Browser
driver.get("http://only-testing-blog.blogspot.com/2013/11/new-test.html");
This syntax will open specified URL of software web application in web browser.
3. Clicking on any element or button of webpage
driver.findElement(By.id("submitButton")).click();
Above given syntax will click on targeted element in webdriver.
4. Store text of targeted element in variable
String dropdown = driver.findElement(By.tagName("select")).getText();
This syntax will retrieve text from targeted element of software web application page and will store it in variable = dropdown.
5. Typing text in text box or text area.
driver.findElement(By.name("fname")).sendKeys("My First Name");
Above syntax will type specified text in targeted element.
7. Applying Explicit wait in webdriver with WebDriver canned conditions.
WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, 15);
wait.until(ExpectedConditions.textToBePresentInElementLocated(By.xpath("//div[@id='timeLeft']"), "Time left: 7 seconds"));
Above 2 syntax will wait for till 15 seconds for expected text "Time left: 7 seconds" to be appear on targeted element.
8. Get page title in selenium webdriver
driver.getTitle();
It will retrieve page title and you can store it in variable to use in next steps.
9. Get Current Page URL In Selenium WebDriver
driver.getCurrentUrl();
It will retrieve current page URL and you can use it to compare with your expected URL.
10. Get domain name using java script executor
JavascriptExecutor javascript = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;
String CurrentURLUsingJS=(String)javascript.executeScript("return document.domain");
Above syntax will retrieve your software application's domain name using webdriver's java script executor interface and store it in to variable.
11. Generate alert using webdriver's java script executor interface
JavascriptExecutor javascript = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;
javascript.executeScript("alert('Test Case Execution Is started Now..');");
It will generate alert during your selenium webdriver test case execution.
12. Selecting or Deselecting value from drop down in selenium webdriver.
Select mydrpdwn = new Select(driver.findElement(By.id("Carlist")));
mydrpdwn.selectByVisibleText("Audi");
It will select value from drop down list using visible text value = "Audi".
Select listbox = new Select(driver.findElement(By.xpath("//select[@name='FromLB']")));
listbox.selectByValue("Italy");
It will select value by value = "Italy".
Select listbox = new Select(driver.findElement(By.xpath("//select[@name='FromLB']")));
listbox.selectByIndex(0);
It will select value by index= 0(First option).
Select listbox = new Select(driver.findElement(By.xpath("//select[@name='FromLB']")));
listbox.deselectByVisibleText("Russia");
It will deselect option by visible text = Russia from list box.
Select listbox = new Select(driver.findElement(By.xpath("//select[@name='FromLB']")));
listbox.deselectByValue("Mexico");
It will deselect option by value = Mexico from list box.
Select listbox = new Select(driver.findElement(By.xpath("//select[@name='FromLB']")));
listbox.deselectByIndex(5);
It will deselect option by Index = 5 from list box.
Select listbox = new Select(driver.findElement(By.xpath("//select[@name='FromLB']")));
listbox.deselectAll();
It will remove all selections from list box of software application's page.
Select listbox = new Select(driver.findElement(By.xpath("//select[@name='FromLB']")));
boolean value = listbox.isMultiple();
It will return true if select box is multiselect else it will return false.
13. Navigate to URL or Back or Forward in Selenium Webdriver
driver.navigate().to("http://only-testing-blog.blogspot.com/2014/01/textbox.html");
driver.navigate().back();
driver.navigate().forward();
1st command will navigate to specific URL, 2nd will navigate one step back and 3rd command will navigate one step forward.
14. Verify Element Present in Selenium WebDriver
Boolean iselementpresent = driver.findElements(By.xpath("//input[@id='text2']")).size()!= 0;
It will return true if element is present on page, else it will return false in variable iselementpresent.
15. Capturing entire page screenshot in Selenium WebDriver
File screenshot = ((TakesScreenshot)driver).getScreenshotAs(OutputType.FILE);
FileUtils.copyFile(screenshot, new File("D:\\screenshot.jpg"));
It will capture page screenshot and store it in your D: drive.
Above example will move mouse on targeted element.
