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In  this tutorial , We are going to discuss about how Python programming language can be use to Test Web Application with the Selenium and HTMLTestRunner module.
Getting Started
I am assuming that Python and Pip are already installed on your Windows/Linux machine( If not please use this guide to install pip on windows). Install selenium and unittest by using below mentioned commands.
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pip install -U selenium
pip install -U unittest
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Project Structure
Below is the image of the project structure that i have used.
We have following files in this project :-
- HTMLTestRunner.py – Â Library file in python to generate the HTML report after Test Case execution.
- MainClass.py – Mainclass file to run the two UnitTest_Demo,UnitTest_Demo2.py test cases.
- UnitTest_Demo,UnitTest_Demo2.py – Python Files with Test Cases  in to verify a web application.
Step1 : In the UniTest_Demo , We add two cases as .
Importing the Selenium module and unit test(Same as JUnit in Java) in you project and adding the following class with two function to verify the results as
assert statements.
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import unittest
from selenium import webdriver
class SearchTest(unittest.TestCase):
@classmethod
def setUp(cls):
cls.driver = webdriver.Firefox()
cls.driver.implicitly_wait(20)
cls.driver.maximize_window()
cls.driver.get("http://demo.magentocommerce.com")
def test_1(self):
self.search_field = self.driver.find_element_by_name("q")
self.search_field.send_keys("Phones")
self.search_field.submit()
self.button = self.driver.find_element_by_xpath(".//*[@id=’search_mini_form’]/div[1]/button")
self.button.click()
self.products = self.driver.find_elements_by_css_selector("h2.product-name")
self.assertEqual(len(self.products), 3)
print(len(self.products))
def test_2(self):
self.search_field = self.driver.find_element_by_name("q")
self.search_field.send_keys("Pant")
self.search_field.submit()
self.button = self.driver.find_element_by_xpath(".//*[@id=’search_mini_form’]/div[1]/button")
self.button.click()
self.products = self.driver.find_elements_by_css_selector("h2.product-name")
self.assertEqual(len(self.products), 4)
print(len(self.products))
@classmethod
def tearDown(cls):
cls.driver.quit()
if __name__ == "__main__":
unittest.main(verbosity=2)</pre>
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Now try to code other Test function(Not Similer to above one:P) in other file UnitTestDemo_2.py and Now Call these Test Functions in our Test Suite in the MainClass.py
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__author__ = ‘WP8Dev’
import unittest
from UnitTest_Demo import SearchTest
from UnitTest_Demo2 import SearchTest1
import os
import HTMLTestRunner
def main():
search_tests = unittest.TestLoader().loadTestsFromTestCase(SearchTest)
search_tests2 = unittest.TestLoader().loadTestsFromTestCase(SearchTest1)
## Put them in the Array
smoke_tests = unittest.TestSuite([search_tests, search_tests2])
## File
dir = os.getcwd()
outfile = open(dir + "SmokeTestReport.html", "w")
runner = HTMLTestRunner.HTMLTestRunner(stream = outfile,title = ‘Test Report’,description = ‘Smoke Tests’)
runner.run(smoke_tests)
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
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Now run the Test Suite from the MainClass.py file using command prompt :-
[java]
python MainClass.py
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And you will see a Nice Looking HTML File with Results
Thats all from my side .
Let me know what you think above Tutorial  by commenting below.
If you have any doubt, Fee free to ping me at pramoddutta@live.com
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Nice one there mate. Clean and good post. Cheers!
can we insert images in the HTML test runner report, if yes, please let me know.