Groovy Browser Automation

• http://www.gebish.org
  
• https://github.com/geb/geb
  

• Selenium
  
• Selenium RC
  
• Selenium 2.0 aka WebDriver
  
• Selenium Grid
  

// Create a new instance of the html unit driver
// Notice that the remainder of the code relies on the interface, 
// not the implementation.
WebDriver driver = new HtmlUnitDriver();

// And now use this to visit Google
driver.get("http://www.google.com");

// Find the text input element by its name
WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.name("q"));

// Enter something to search for
element.sendKeys("Cheese!");

// Now submit the form. WebDriver will find the form for us from the element
element.submit();

// Check the title of the page
System.out.println("Page title is: " + driver.getTitle());

driver.quit();

compile ":geb:0.9.2"

BuildConfig.groovy

dependencies {
    test("org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-chrome-driver:$seleniumVersion")
    test("org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-firefox-driver:$seleniumVersion")
      
    // You usually only need one of these, but this project uses both
    test "org.gebish:geb-spock:$gebVersion"
    test "org.gebish:geb-junit4:$gebVersion"
}

driver = { new ChromeDriver() }

environments {
	
    // run as “grails -Dgeb.env=chrome test-app”
    // See: http://code.google.com/p/selenium/wiki/ChromeDriver
    chrome {
        driver = { new ChromeDriver() }
    }
	
    // run as “grails -Dgeb.env=firefox test-app”
    // See: http://code.google.com/p/selenium/wiki/FirefoxDriver
    firefox {
        driver = { new FirefoxDriver() }
    }
}

$("a", class: "brand") 

$("div.some-class p:first[title='something']") 

$("div.footer").find(".copyright") 

click() 

$("input", name: firstName) << asdf
$("input", name: "firstName") << Keys.chord(Keys.CONTROL, "c") 

interact {
    clickAndHold($('#element'))
    moveByOffset(400, -150)
    release()
} 

waitFor {} // use default configuration


// wait for up to 10 seconds, using the default retry interval
waitFor(10) {} 


// wait for up to 10 seconds, waiting half a second in between retries
waitFor(10, 0.5) {} 


// use the preset “quick” as the wait settings 
waitFor("quick") {} 

Browser.drive {
    $("input", value: "Make Request")
    waitFor { $("div#result").present }
    assert $("div#result").text() == "The Result"
} 

• read global scope
  

js."document.title" == "Book of Geb" 

js.gloallyVisibleJavascriptFunction(1,2)

• js.exec()
  
• Executes arbitrary Code

js.exec(1, 2, "return arguments[0] + arguments[1];") == 3 

$("div#a").jquery.mouseover() 

• Direct downloading
  
  
• alert(), confirm() support
  
  
• Multiple windows
  
  
• Untrusted Certificate handling
  
  
• Direct Driver interaction

class GoogleHomePage extends Page {

    static url = "http://google.com/?complete=0"

    static at = { title == "Google" }

    static content = {
        searchField { $("input[name=q]") }
        searchButton(to: GoogleResultsPage) { $("input[value='Google Search']") }
    }
 
    void search(String searchTerm) {
        searchField.value searchTerm
        searchButton.click()
    }
} 

class GoogleResultsPage extends Page { ... }

Browser.drive {
    to GoogleHomePage
    search "Chuck Norris"

    at GoogleResultsPage
    resultLink(0).text().contains("Chuck")
} 

class GoogleHomePage extends Page {
    static url = "http://google.com/?complete=0"
    static at = { title == "Google" }
   
    static content = {
        searchField { $("input[name=q]") }
        searchButton(to: GoogleResultsPage) {             $("input[value='Google Search']")         }
    }
 
    void search(String searchTerm) {
        searchField.value searchTerm
        searchButton.click()
    }
} 

page.searchField

class ExampleModule extends Module {
    static content = {
        button { $("input", type: "submit") }
    }
} 

class ExamplePage extends Page {
    static content = {
        theModule { module ExampleModule }
    }
}

Browser.drive {
    reportGroup "google"
    go "http://google.com"
    report "home page"
 
    reportGroup "wikipedia"
    go "http://wikipedia.org"
    report "home page"
} 

• Reports dir
  
• Listeners
  
• cleanReportGroupDir()
  

• Video & screenshot support
  
• Desktop & Mobile support
  
• Behind the firewall tunnelling