Examples of SeleniumServer

• org.openqa.selenium.server.SeleniumServer
  ahoo.com). You may also interactively specify commands to run on a particular "browser session" (see below) like this:

  cmd=open&1=http://www.yahoo.com&sessionId=1234

  The server accepts three types of HTTP requests on its port:

  1. Client-Configured Proxy Requests: By configuring your browser to use the Selenium Server as an HTTP proxy, you can use the Selenium Server as a web proxy. This allows the server to create a virtual "/selenium-server" directory on every website that you visit using the proxy.
  2. Remote Browser Commands: If the browser goes to "/selenium-server/RemoteRunner.html?sessionId=1234" on any website via the Client-Configured Proxy, it will ask the Selenium Server for work to do, like this:

     http://www.yahoo.com/selenium-server/driver/?seleniumStart=true&sessionId=1234

     The driver will then reply with a command to run in the body of the HTTP response, e.g. "|open|http://www.yahoo.com||". Once the browser is done with this request, the browser will issue a new request for more work, this time reporting the results of the previous command:

     http://www.yahoo.com/selenium-server/driver/?commandResult=OK&sessionId=1234

     The action list is listed in selenium-api.js. Normal actions like "doClick" will return "OK" if clicking was successful, or some other error string if there was an error. Assertions like assertTextPresent or verifyTextPresent will return "PASSED" if the assertion was true, or some other error string if the assertion was false. Getters like "getEval" will return the result of the get command. "getAllLinks" will return a comma-delimited list of links.
  3. Driver Commands: Clients may send commands to the Selenium Server over HTTP. Command requests should look like this:

     http://localhost:4444/selenium-server/driver/?commandRequest=|open|http://www.yahoo.com||&sessionId=1234

     The Selenium Server will not respond to the HTTP request until the browser has finished performing the requested command; when it does, it will reply with the result of the command (e.g. "OK" or "PASSED") in the body of the HTTP response. (Note that -interactive mode also works by sending these HTTP requests, so tests using -interactive mode will behave exactly like an external client driver.)

  There are some special commands that only work in the Selenium Server. These commands are:

  • getNewBrowserSession( browserString, startURL )

    Creates a new "sessionId" number (based on the current time in milliseconds) and launches the browser specified in browserString. We will then browse directly to startURL + "/selenium-server/RemoteRunner.html?sessionId=###" where "###" is the sessionId number. Only commands that are associated with the specified sessionId will be run by this browser.

    browserString may be any one of the following:

    • *firefox [absolute path] - Automatically launch a new Firefox process using a custom Firefox profile. This profile will be automatically configured to use the Selenium Server as a proxy and to have all annoying prompts ("save your password?" "forms are insecure" "make Firefox your default browser?" disabled. You may optionally specify an absolute path to your firefox executable, or just say "*firefox". If no absolute path is specified, we'll look for firefox.exe in a default location (normally c:\program files\mozilla firefox\firefox.exe), which you can override by setting the Java system property firefoxDefaultPath to the correct path to Firefox.
    • *iexplore [absolute path] - Automatically launch a new Internet Explorer process using custom Windows registry settings. This process will be automatically configured to use the Selenium Server as a proxy and to have all annoying prompts ("save your password?" "forms are insecure" "make Firefox your default browser?" disabled. You may optionally specify an absolute path to your iexplore executable, or just say "*iexplore". If no absolute path is specified, we'll look for iexplore.exe in a default location (normally c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe), which you can override by setting the Java system property iexploreDefaultPath to the correct path to Internet Explorer.
    • /path/to/my/browser [other arguments] - You may also simply specify the absolute path to your browser executable, or use a relative path to your executable (which we'll try to find on your path). Warning: If you specify your own custom browser, it's up to you to configure it correctly. At a minimum, you'll need to configure your browser to use the Selenium Server as a proxy, and disable all browser-specific prompting.

  • testComplete( )

    Kills the currently running browser and erases the old browser session. If the current browser session was not launched using getNewBrowserSession, or if that session number doesn't exist in the server, this command will return an error.

  • shutDown( )

    Causes the server to shut itself down, killing itself and all running browsers along with it.

  Example:

  cmd=getNewBrowserSession&1=*firefox&2=http://www.google.com
Got result: 1140738083345
cmd=open&1=http://www.google.com&sessionId=1140738083345
Got result: OK
cmd=type&1=q&2=hello world&sessionId=1140738083345
Got result: OK
cmd=testComplete&sessionId=1140738083345
Got result: OK

  The "null" session

  If you open a browser manually and do not specify a session ID, it will look for commands using the "null" session. You may then similarly send commands to this browser by not specifying a sessionId when issuing commands.

  @author plightbo

Examples of org.openqa.selenium.server.SeleniumServer