Running Tests From ReadyAPI

Notes:

• You need to copy all Selenium WebDriver files to the ReadyAPI folder. For more information, see Requirements for Running Selenium Tests.

• This example uses a virtual service from the REST Sample Project shipped with ReadyAPI.

  How to run the virtual service

  How to run the virtual serviceHide steps

  1. Open the ReadyAPI start page.

  2. Import the REST Sample Project:

     

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  3. Open ReadyAPI Virtualization.

  4. Select the virtual service and click to run it:

     

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• The example requires the Mozilla Firefox web browser. You need to have it installed on your computer to be able to run the test.

1. To run the Selenium test from Groovy script, first, you need to import the needed WebDriver.

   For example, you can use the following code to import the driver for Firefox:

   Groovy

   Groovy

   import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;

2. You will also need to import packages that you will use in the code. For example:

   Groovy

   Groovy

   import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
   import org.openqa.selenium.By;

3. To run tests in Firefox in Selenium 3 and later:

   • Download the Gecko driver.

   • Place it somewhere within the ReadyAPI installation folder – for example, in <ReadyAPI installation>/bin/ext.

   • Add the system property for the Gecko driver within the code:

     Groovy

     Groovy

     System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver", "C:/Program Files/SmartBear/ReadyAPI-3.57.0/bin/ext/geckodriver.exe");

4. After that, define the driver in code.

   Groovy

   Groovy

   def driver = new FirefoxDriver();

5. Now, you can work with Selenium WebDriver. For example, the following code starts the browser, opens the ReadyAPI documentation and searches for Groovy.

   Groovy

   Groovy

   // Navigate to the ReadyAPI documentation
   driver.get("https://support.smartbear.com/readyapi/docs/")
   
   // Enter the search string
   def searchbox = driver.findElement(By.id("inputSearchBox"));
   searchbox.sendKeys("Groovy");
   
   // Command to search for the typed text
   def searchbtn = driver.findElement(By.id("btnSearch"));
   searchbtn.click();
   

While testing, you can post information to the log by using the log object.

• To post an informative message, use the log.info method.

• To post a warning, use the log.warn method.

• To post an error, use the log.error or log.fatal method.

  Groovy

  Groovy

  // List suggestions
  def allSuggestions = driver.findElements(By.xpath("//div[@id='search_results_container']/div/h5/a"))
  for (def suggestion : allSuggestions)
      {
          if(suggestion.getAttribute('href') != '')
              log.info(suggestion.getAttribute('href'))
          else
              log.error('The test failed.')
      }

After the test performs all the needed actions, close Selenium WebDriver.

Here is a simple Groovy script that uses Selenium: