Robot Framework Selenium2Library - "Create Webdriver" Keyword Examples

_Create_Webdriver.md

Create Webdriver

TODO: short summary

Content

• start Chrome with user profile
• start Chrome with extensions disabled
• start Chrome with "ChromeOptions()"
• TODO: add more examples!!!

Prerequisites

TODO: describe the bar minimum needed to execute each example

chrome_options.robot

# Author: Greg Meece (glmeece) on robotframework.slack.com

# start Google Chrome browser with "ChromeOptions"
# Assuming both `${URL}` and `${BROWSER}` are defined as Global or Suite variables
# depends on "Open Browser to Page" below

Open Chrome Browser to Page
    [Documentation]     Opens _Google Chrome_ to a given web page.
    ...                 For more information on what capabilities that _Google Chrome_
    ...                 supports, see [https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/capabilities%7Cthis Capabilities & ChromeOptions page].
    [Arguments]    ${URL}
    ${chrome_options}=    Evaluate    sys.modules['selenium.webdriver'].ChromeOptions()    sys
    Call Method    ${chrome_options}    add_argument    test-type
    Call Method    ${chrome_options}    add_argument    --disable-extensions
    Run Keyword If    os.sep == '/'    Create Webdriver    Chrome    my_alias    chrome_options=${chrome_options}    executable_path=/usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromedriver
    ...    ELSE    Create Webdriver    Chrome    my_alias    chrome_options=${chrome_options}
    # Maximize Browser Window  # doesn't work under XVFB
    Set Window Size    1200    1000
    Go To    ${URL}


Open Browser to Page
    [Documentation]     Opens one of:
    ...                 - Google Chrome
    ...                 - Mozilla Firefox
    ...                 - Microsoft Internet Explorer
    ...                 to a given web page.
    [Arguments]    ${URL}
    Run Keyword If      '${BROWSER}' == 'Chrome'      Open Chrome Browser to Page                 ${URL}
    ...     ELSE IF     '${BROWSER}' == 'Firefox'     Open Firefox Browser to Page                ${URL}
    ...     ELSE IF     '${BROWSER}' == 'IE'          Open Internet Explorer to Page      ${URL}
    Set Selenium Speed              ${DELAY} 

chrome_profile.robot

# Author: Hélio Guilherme (helioguilhlerme66) on robotframework.slack.com

# start Google Chrome browser with specified user profile

${options}=    Evaluate    sys.modules['selenium.webdriver'].ChromeOptions()    sys, selenium.webdriver
${options.add_argument}=    Set Variable    --user-data-dir=C:\\Users\\<username>\\AppData\\Local\\Google\\Chrome\\User Data\\Default
Create WebDriver    Chrome    chrome_options=${options}

Collection of examples for Create Webdriver Keyword from Robot Framework's Selenium2Library:

• start Chrome with user profile
• start Chrome with extensions disabled
• add more examples!!!