How to install selenium
- Download and install ActivePython
- Open Command Prompt
- Type
pypm install selenium
Lastest release
Selenium Python Client Driver is a Python language binding for Selenium Remote Control (version 1.0 and 2.0).
Currently the remote protocol, Firefox and Chrome for Selenium 2.0 are supported, as well as the Selenium 1.0 bindings. As work will progresses we'll add more "native" drivers.
See here for more information.
Installing
Python Client
pip install -U selenium
Java Server
Download the server from http://selenium.googlecode.com/files/selenium-server-standalone-2.35.0.jar
java -jar selenium-server-standalone-2.35.0.jar
Example
from selenium import webdriver from selenium.common.exceptions import NoSuchElementException from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys import time browser = webdriver.Firefox() # Get local session of firefox browser.get("http://www.yahoo.com") # Load page assert "Yahoo!" in browser.title elem = browser.find_element_by_name("p") # Find the query box elem.send_keys("seleniumhq" + Keys.RETURN) time.sleep(0.2) # Let the page load, will be added to the API try: browser.find_element_by_xpath("//a[contains(@href,'http://seleniumhq.org')]") except NoSuchElementException: assert 0, "can't find seleniumhq" browser.close()