selenium-testing-library 2021.7.28b0

A Python Selenium library inspired by the Testing Library

Selenium Testing Library

Slenium Testing Library (STL) is a Python library for Selenium inspired by Testing-Library.

Dependencies

• Python 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9
• Selenium > 3.0.0

Installation

pip install selenium-testing-library

Quick Start

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium_testing_library import Screen

driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.open('https://google.com/')

screen = Screen(driver)
search_input = screen.find_by_title("Search")
search.send_keys("Dogs")
search_button = screen.find_by_text("Google Search")
search_button.click()
screen.wait_for_stale(search_button)

Finding elements

get_by returns the element matched and throws an exception if zero or more than one elements matched. query_by returns the element matched or None if no element matched. It throws and exception if more than 1 elements matched. find_by behaves like get_by, but uses a WebDriverWait to wait until the element is present in the DOM.

get_all_by returns a list of elements matched. It raises an exception if no elements matched. query_all_by returns a list of elements matched. It returns an empty list when no elements matched. find_all_by behaves like get_all_by, but uses a WebDriverWait to wait until the elements jare present in the DOM.

Examples:

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium_testing_library import Screen

screen = Screen(webdriver.Chrome())
screen.query_by((By.ID, "my_id")) # you can use regular tuples as if you were using Selenium's find_element()
screen.find_by((By.XPATH, "//div"), timeout=5, poll_frequency=0.5) # locators for searching through text also work
screen.get_by((By.CSS, ".my_class")) # Will throw an exception if the element is not found

For a more detail description check out the Testing-Library's documentation.

Helper functions

get_by_role(role_name) Queries for elements by given role. Does not currently support default roles. get_by_label_text(text) Queries for label elements that match the the text string and returns the corresponding input element. get_by_placeholder_text(text) Queries elements with the matching placeholder attribute. get_by_text(text) Queries elements where the content matches the provided text. get_by_display_value(value) Queries inputs, textareas, or selects with matching display value. get_by_alt_text(text) Queries elements with the matching alt attribute. get_by_title(text) Queries elements with the matching title attribute. get_by_test_id(value) Queries elements matching the data-testid value. get_by_css(css) Queries elements matching the specified css selector. get_by_xpath(xpath) Queries elements matching the specified xpath selector.

Examples:

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium_testing_library import Screen

screen = Screen(webdriver.Chrome())
screen.query_by_role("role_name")
screen.get_by_label_text("label text")
screen.find_all_by_text("my text", timeout=5, poll_frequency=0.5)
screen.get_all_by_alt_text("alt text")

Locators

Locators are utility classes that simplify writing (By.XXX, selector) tuples. They can be used even when using native selenium functions driver.find_element(locators.Id("my_id")).

Available locators:

Css, XPath, Id, Name, TagName, LinkText, PartialLinkText, ClassName, Role, Text, PlaceholderText, LabelText, AltText, Title, TestId, DisplayValu

Examples:

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium_testing_library import Screen, locators

screen.query_by(locators.Id("my_id"))
screen.find_by(locators.XPath("//div"), timeout=5, poll_frequency=0.5)
screen.get_by(locators.Css(".my_class"))
screen.get_all_by(locators.Text("my text"))
screen.get_by(locators.LinkText("my link text"))
screen.query_all_by(locators.ClassName("my-class-name"))

Wait functions

wait_for(condition_function) Waits until condition function returns a truthy value. wait_for_stale(element) Waits until the element is removed from the DOM.

Examples:

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium_testing_library import Screen, locators

screen = Screen(webdriver.Chrome())

# Wait for the element to be clickable:
element = screen.get_by_text("Submit")
screen.wait_for(lambda _: element.is_enabled(), timeout=5, poll_frequency=0.5)
# Wait for the element to be removed from the page:
screen.wait_for_stale(element)

Querying within elements

Within(element) Used to limit the query to the children of the provided element

Example:

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium_testing_library import Screen, Within

screen = Screen(webdriver.Chrome())
parent_element = screen.get_by_css(".container")
Within(parent_element).get_by_title("My title inside the container")

Contributing

Setting up a local development environment

git clone https://github.com/Smotko/selenium-testing-library.git && cd selenium-testing-library
poetry install && poetry shell
# Make sure `chromedriver` is in your PATH, download from https://chromedriver.chromium.org/downloads
# run tests:
pytest --selenium-headless
# run tests and display coverage info:
pytest --selenium-headless --cov=selenium_testing_library --cov-report html

# To test on multiple Python versions make sure that py37, py38, py39 are
# installed on your system and available through python3.7, python3.8,
# python3.9. (Use pyenv and add the pyenv shims to your path
# `export PATH=$(pyenv root)/shims:$PATH`). Then run tox:
tox