Selenium Testing

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Nathanael Johnson edited this page Nov 29, 2022 · 4 revisions

Setting Up

Set Up Environment

Note: python3 and pip3 will be used for MacOS and Linux machines. If on Windows, python and pip will be used

Use command pip3 install -r requirements.txt to install required packages in terminal
Ensure Chrome is installed on the machine you want to run the Selenium tests on

Installing Chromedriver

Verify the current version of Chrome installed on your machine
The following link will take you to the Chromedriver install page 'https://chromedriver.chromium.org'
Install the Chromedriver version that matches the version of Chrome installed
Verify Chromedriver is in PATH. Just placing it in the 'tests' directory has given the greatest success

Running Selenium Tests

Create Local Database

Running the command python3 dbcreate.py . will generate a local database named 'account.db'

Running Local Server/App

Use command python3 run.py . to run the local server

Running Tests

Move into the 'tests' directory
In separate terminal instance, use command python3 <filename> to execute a Selenium test