README.md

pytest + selenium: demo tests

Setup instructions (this assumes that you already have Python and pip installed)

• If you clone this repo, you can do pip install -r requirements.txt to install both pytest and selenium at once. Otherwise, you can install them one by one. Note that you will still need to install geckodriver, since Selenium 3 does not support default Firefox:

pytest

• Install pytest via pip or easy_install:

pip install -U pytest or easy_install -U pytest

• After installation, you can check the installed version by running:

pytest --version

selenium webdriver

• Install selenium via pip:

pip install -U selenium

geckodriver

Unix

• Download tar file from geckodriver
• Go to download location and extract the file:

tar -xvzf geckodriver

• Make geckodriver executable:

chmod +x geckodriver

• Add geckodriver executable to your PATH. The default PATH is set in the /etc/environment file. Add the location there if it is not already set, e.g.

PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:<geckodriver location>"

• Alternatively, you can move the executable to the location/s specified in your PATH variable

Windows

• Download and extract zip file from geckodriver
• Get the executable file's location and add it to your Environment Variables. Instructions on setting the path can be found here

How to run the tests

• To run all tests inside the test directory, simply run this command:

pytest
or python -m pytest

This will open multiple Firefox browsers, since each module is calling a separate Firefox instance.

• To run a test module, simply do

pytest <module name>
e.g. pytest test_markers.py

• To run a specific test, do

pytest <module name> <class name> <test name>
e.g. pytest test_markers.py::TestSignupPage::test_assert_empty_signup_form

• It is recommended to run the tests with verbosity by invoking -v during the test run.
• If there are print statements you wish to see on the console when the tests run, add -s to disable stdout capturing.