Key Points:

1. You don't need to download anything except this package.
2. This package includes the selenium standalone server, chrome driver will be downloaded based on operating system and a fluid API.
3. Has a minimum configuration option and many things are pulled from the Laravel default configuration.

Requirements:

1. Java should be installed on local machine.
2. You should have at least basic understanding of PHPUnit.

Installation guide:

If you are familiar with Laravel Package Manager then you can install it easily by running given command ⇩ and Manager will take care to register your service provider.

php artisan add modelizer/selenium

Or you can do it by composer.

composer require modelizer/selenium "~1.0"

Register Service provider in app.php

Modelizer\Selenium\SeleniumServiceProvider::class

Set configuration to your .env file. (As per your preference)

APP_URL="http://example.dev/"   # If not set in .env file then http://localhost will be use as default
SELENIUM_WIDTH=1024 # If not set in the .env file, the default window width will be used
SELENIUM_HEIGHT=768 # If not set in the .env file, then the default window height will be used

Don't forget to clear laravel configuration cache file.

php artisan config:clear

We are done! Lets start the selenium server.

php artisan selenium:start

Working with testing database:

If you want to use different database for testing then you need to add TestingMiddleware to App/Http/Kernel.php in protected $middleware array;

\Modelizer\Selenium\TestingMiddleware::class

Also, make sure in your config/database.php file you create testing connection.

To make it work properly you need to set APP_ENV to testing. To know why we need to do this you can check out issue#29

Start Testing:

Via an Artisan command

artisan selenium:make:test SeleniumExampleTest

Manually

1. Create a dummy SeleniumExampleTest.php file in tests directory.
2. Add this code to SeleniumExampleTest.php file and run phpunit vendor/bin/phpunit tests/SeleniumExampleTest.php

<?php

use Modelizer\Selenium\SeleniumTestCase;

class SeleniumExampleTest extends SeleniumTestCase
{
    /**
     * A basic functional test example.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function testBasicExample()
    {
        // This is a sample code you can change as per your current scenario
        $this->visit('/')
             ->see('Laravel')
             ->hold(3);
    }

    /**
     * A basic submission test example.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function testLoginFormExample()
    {
        $loginInput = [
            'username' => 'dummy-name',
            'password' => 'dummy-password'
        ];

        // Login form test case scenario
        $this->visit('/login')
             ->submitForm('#login-form', $loginInput)
             ->see('Welcome');  // Expected Result
    }
}

Api Added in 0.2 release:

1. scroll, notSee, seePageIs, type, typeInformation, press, click, findElement and much more.
2. Some database related APIs are seeInDatabase and missingFromDatabase, dontSeeInDatabase
3. For full documentation you can checkout our API wiki.

Selenium Server Options:

You can also tell selenium server which port needs to be used or what will be the timeout. For more details check out wiki.

Notes:

1. Selenium 2.53.1 and ChromeDriver 2.24 is been used.
2. Feel free to contribute or create an issue.
3. The user will not be able to swap between PHPUnit and Selenium who are below Laravel 5.3.
4. We made changelog as wiki.
5. If a virtual machine is being used such as VirtualBox (Vagrant, Homestead), a framebuffer is needed:

# install xvfb if needed:
sudo apt-get install xvfb

# run Xvfb
sudo nohup Xvfb :10 -ac

# Set DISPLAY environment variable
export DISPLAY=:10

Roadmap:

1. Firefox support added. (Note: Only work when user has installed firefox locally)
2. Windows and Linux support needs to be added.
3. Drivers files should get downloaded as per user-specific operating system.
4. Add more support for more API.

Summary:

Many APIs such as see, wait, submitForm etc are been implemented in Laravel 5.3, and the whole goal of this package is to make it easier for the user to swap testing type anytime. Eg: If a user wants to test by selenium then he only need to extend Modelizer\Selenium\SeleniumTestCase in his test case or if he wants to do PHPUnit testing then he will be able to do it by extending TestCase which Laravel 5.3 provide by default. This will help the user to test a case in many different testing types without doing any changes with API.

Contribution

Just do it. You are welcome :)

Credits

Contributors	Twitter	Ask for Help	Contact / Hire	Site
Mohammed Mudasir (Creator)	@md_mudasir		[email protected]	http://mudasir.me