Verify redirects using Python and Selenium
adminA quick guide and code example on how to verify URL redirects by launching a real browser using Python and Selenium. Firstly we'll import webdriver, and the 'time' module (we'll…
Launch Chrome with JS disabled for Selenium (Python)
You may be creating automated tests on a project which needs to function with JavaScript disabled, this is quite uncommon these days but its still worth planning for. Here's how…
Accessing the DataLayer in Selenium using Python
An easy example of storing and returning the contents of a site data layer in Selenium and Python. # Import webdriver from selenium from selenium import webdriver # Specify our…
Getting CSS properties of an element with Python & Selenium
Learn how to target an element and get its CSS properties. # Import the modules we need from selenium import webdriver from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By # Specify the target URL…
Clicking buttons in Python using Selenium
A quick look at some options when you want to click buttons on a webpage using Python and Selenium. Firstly as always, we'll start with a basic script that visits…
Access the browser console in Python & Selenium
A quick example of how to access the browser console when running automated tests in Python using Selenium. As always lets first import web driver from the selenium module: from…
Switching to and from an iframe using Python & Selenium
Switching to and from an iframe on a page in target and interact with elements using python is a piece of cake. Firstly lets quickly set up our web driver…
OS detection in Python (for Selenium WebDriver)
If you work across both PC and MAC to develop Python tests using Selenium you may want to be able to automatically detect which web driver to use. To do…