Overriding Firefox for Python / Plone Selenium tests

gistfile1.txt

class SitsSeleniumTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
    """
    Base class for Selenium based tests.

    Use Selenium 2 API to fire up a real (Firefox) browser which bangs the crap out of your test site instance, exposed
    to the world through HostAdjustableZServer layer.
    """

    layer = SITS_FUNCTIONAL_TESTING

    def setUp(self):
        """
        Expose Selenium and helpers for sublasses.
        """

        self.driver = self.layer['selenium']

        from selenium.webdriver.firefox.webdriver import WebDriver
        from selenium.webdriver.firefox.firefox_binary import FirefoxBinary

        # Workaround for FF17
        if "FIREFOX_PATH" in os.environ:
            self.driver = WebDriver(firefox_binary=FirefoxBinary(os.environ["FIREFOX_PATH"]))
        else:
            self.driver = WebDriver()

        self.selenium_helper = SeleniumHelper(self, driver=self.driver)

        self.plone_helper = PloneHelper(self)
        self.portal = self.layer["portal"]

    def tearDown(self):
        self.driver.quit()