GitLab CI

Applies to CrossBrowserTesting SaaS, last modified on January 10, 2023

For this document, we provide example tests located in our GitLab CI GitHub Repository.

GitLab CI is a continuous integration tool that lets you automate your development process quickly, safely, and at scale. Every time you commit code, a build is created and automatically run, allowing you to test every commit.

In this guide we will use GitLab CI for testing using the Selenium WebDriver and Python programming language.

Set up GitLab CI

  1. Navigate to your GitLab account and create a new project.

    GitLab new project

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  2. Add file test_selenium.py.

    Python

    import unittest
    from selenium import webdriver
    import requests
    import os
    from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
    from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
    from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait

    class LoginForm(unittest.TestCase):
        def setUp(self):

            # Put your username and authkey below
            # You can find your authkey at crossbrowsertesting.com/account
            self.username = os.environ.get('CBT_USERNAME')
            self.authkey = os.environ.get('CBT_AUTHKEY')

            self.api_session = requests.Session()
            self.api_session.auth = (self.username,self.authkey)

            self.test_result = None

            caps = {}

            caps['name'] = 'GitLab CI Example'
            caps['browserName'] = 'Chrome'
            caps['version'] = '76'
            caps['platform'] = 'Windows 10'
            caps['screenResolution'] = '1366x768'
            caps['record_video'] = 'true'
            caps['username'] = self.username
            caps['password'] = self.authkey


            self.driver = webdriver.Remote(
                desired_capabilities=caps,
                command_executor="http://hub.crossbrowsertesting.com:80/wd/hub"
            )

            self.driver.implicitly_wait(20)

        def test_CBT(self):
        
            try:
                self.driver.get('http://crossbrowsertesting.github.io/login-form.html')
                self.driver.maximize_window()
                self.driver.find_element_by_name('username').send_keys('[email protected]')
                self.driver.find_element_by_name('password').send_keys('test123')
                self.driver.find_element_by_css_selector('body > div > div > div > div > form > div.form-actions > button').click()

                elem = WebDriverWait(self.driver, 10).until(
                    EC.presence_of_element_located((By.XPATH, '//*[@id=\"logged-in-message\"]/h2'))
                )

                welcomeText = elem.text
                self.assertEqual("Welcome [email protected]", welcomeText)

                print("Taking snapshot")
                snapshot_hash = self.api_session.post('https://crossbrowsertesting.com/api/v3/selenium/' + self.driver.session_id + '/snapshots').json()['hash']

                self.test_result = 'pass'

            except AssertionError as e:
                # log the error message, and set the score to "during tearDown()".
                self.api_session.put('https://crossbrowsertesting.com/api/v3/selenium/' + self.driver.session_id + '/snapshots/' + snapshot_hash,
                    data={'description':"AssertionError: " + str(e)})
                self.test_result = 'fail'
                raise

        def tearDown(self):
            print("Done with session %s" % self.driver.session_id)
            self.driver.quit()
            # Here we make the api call to set the test's score.
            # Pass it it passes, fail if an assertion fails, unset if the test didn't finish
            if self.test_result is not None:
                self.api_session.put('https://crossbrowsertesting.com/api/v3/selenium/' + self.driver.session_id,
                    data={'action':'set_score', 'score':self.test_result})


    if __name__ == '__main__':
        unittest.main()

  3. Add file .gitlab-ci.yml to the new repository.

    Note: You will need to use your Username and Authkey to run your tests on CrossBrowserTesting To get yours, sign up for a free trial or purchase a plan.

    YAML

    image: "python:3.7"
    variables:
      CBT_USERNAME: "YOUR_USERNAME"
      CBT_AUTHKEY: "YOUR_AUTHKEY"

    run_test:
        script:
            - pip install selenium
            - pip install requests
            - python test_selenium.py

Run a test

  1. After committing your .gitlab-ci.yml file, navigate to the Pipelines tab:

    GitLab pipeline

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Congratulations! You have successfully integrated CrossBrowserTesting and GitLab CI. Now you are ready to see your build start to run from the GitLab CI dashboard and in the Crossbrowsertesting app.

Conclusions

By following the steps outlined in this guide, you are now able to seamlessly integrate GitLab CI and CrossBrowserTesting If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out to our Support team.

See Also

Continuous Integration
Travis CI
GitHub Actions
CircleCI

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