• An open-source tool which is used for automating the test carried out on web browsers

Tools Suite

• Selenium IDE: Install from chrome extension market or something like that
• Selenium with python:

  • documentation: https://selenium-python.readthedocs.io/

  • pip install selenium

  • ChromeDriver: use exactly the same version with chrome browser.

    If using macOS: brew install chromedriver

  • To authorize ChromeDriver: xattr -d com.apple.quarantine chromedriver

  • start your python script like following:

    import selenium
    from selenium import webdriver
    
    driver = webdriver.Chrome(chromedriverPATH)
    # no parameter if istall chromedriver with brew
    
    driver.get('<https://www.tecmint.com>')
    print(driver.title)
    

  • Selenium for headless:

    def get_headless_driver(self):
            """
            设置 Chrome header
            """
            options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
            options.add_argument('--headless')
            options.add_argument('--window-size=1980,1080')
            options.add_argument('--disable-images')
            options.add_argument('--disable-dev-shm-usage')
            options.add_argument('--no-sandbox')
            options.add_argument('--disable-gpu')
            # TODO: install headless-chromium
            options.binary_location = '/opt/bin/headless-chromium'
            driver = webdriver.Chrome('/opt/bin/chromedriver', chrome_options=options)
    
            return driver