Selenium Framework | Browser Commands

WebDriver Browser Commands

Context:

The Browser commands are generally the ones which we intuitively feel that a browser should control. Examples are “type url and hit enter”, “getTitle”,”back”,”forward” and so on. Read on to find out what Selenium provides

Agenda:

Print browser name
Print browser ready state
Perform back, forwards and refresh browser operations

1. GoTo (Go to a URL)

@browser.goto "http://www.seleniumframework.com"

1	@browser.goto "http://www.seleniumframework.com"

2. Browsername

@browser.name

1	@browser.name

3. Browser ready state

@browser.ready_state

1	@browser.ready_state

4. Browser back

@browser.back

1	@browser.back

5. Browser forward

@browser.forward

1	@browser.forward

6. Browser refresh

@browser.refresh

1	@browser.refresh

7. Browser title

@browser.title

1	@browser.title

8. Browser current url

@browser.url

1	@browser.url

Steps

1. Open the template project in RubyMine

2. Right click on the features folder and create a feature file “browser_commands.feature”

3. Now copy the below gherkin code in “browser_commands.feature”

Feature: Explaining browser commands

Scenario: Print the browser name
When I open seleniumframework website
Then I print the browser name

Scenario: Print the ready state
When I open seleniumframework website
Then I print the browser ready state

Scenario: Browser back, forward and refresh
When I open seleniumframework website
And I click ABOUT link
Then I click back on the browser
And I click forward on the browser
And I click refresh on the browser

Feature: Explaining browser commands

Scenario: Print the browser name

When I open seleniumframework website

Then I print the browser name

Scenario: Print the ready state

When I open seleniumframework website

Then I print the browser ready state

Scenario: Browser back, forward and refresh

When I open seleniumframework website

And I click ABOUT link

Then I click back on the browser

And I click forward on the browser

And I click refresh on the browser

4. Now right-click on the step_definitions folder and create a new file “browser_commands.rb” [Watch the video at the end of this file to see how to do it step by step]

Then(/^I print the browser name$/) do
browserName = @browser.name
puts "Browser name: #{browserName}"
end

Then(/^I print the browser ready state$/) do
readyState = @browser.ready_state
puts "Browser ready state: #{readyState}"
end

And(/^I click ABOUT link$/) do
@browser.link(text: 'ABOUT').click
end

Then(/^I click back on the browser$/) do
@browser.back
puts "Browser title after back: #{@browser.title}"
end

And(/^I click forward on the browser$/) do
@browser.forward
puts "Browser title after forward: #{@browser.title}"
end

And(/^I click refresh on the browser$/) do
@browser.refresh
puts "Browser title after refresh: #{@browser.title}"
end

Then(/^I print the browser name$/) do

browserName = @browser.name

puts "Browser name: #{browserName}"

end

Then(/^I print the browser ready state$/) do

readyState = @browser.ready_state

puts "Browser ready state: #{readyState}"

end

And(/^I click ABOUT link$/) do

@browser.link(text: 'ABOUT').click

end

Then(/^I click back on the browser$/) do

@browser.back

puts "Browser title after back: #{@browser.title}"

end

And(/^I click forward on the browser$/) do

@browser.forward

puts "Browser title after forward: #{@browser.title}"

end

And(/^I click refresh on the browser$/) do

@browser.refresh

puts "Browser title after refresh: #{@browser.title}"

end

5. After adding both the browser_commands.feature and browser_commands.rb, your project should look like this

6. Now right click on each scenario (or if you wish to execute all scenarios) and run to see the output