selenium.md

Using Selenium

node.js has bindings to one of the most popular automated testing tool for web pages, selenium. To install:

npm install selenium-webdriver --save

Download the Chrome Driver: https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=2.41/

Download the standalone Selenium Server: http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/3.9/selenium-server-standalone-3.9.1.jar

Start the selenium server:

java -jar selenium-server-standalone-3.9.1.jar

Sample selenium session:

let webdriver = require("selenium-webdriver");

async function main() {
    let driver = await new webdriver.Builder().forBrowser("chrome").build();
    try {
        await driver.get("https://www.google.com/about/");
        let mission = await driver.findElement(webdriver.By.className("home-hero-copy center")).getText();
        console.log(mission)
    } catch (e) {
        console.log(e);
    }
}

main();