Selenium Python Example

Tech Stack

Tool	Description
selenium	A powerful tool for automating web browsers and conducting web tests
pytest	A popular testing framework for Python
pytest-base-url	Pytest plugin for setting a base URL for your tests
python-dotenv	Loads environment variables from a .env file, simplifying configuration
mailinator-python-client	A Python client for interacting with the Mailinator email service
visual-regression-tracker	Performs visual regression testing
pytest-check	Provides additional checking functionality for your Pytest tests
pytest-rerunfailures	Pytest plugin to rerun failed tests automatically
allure-pytest	Integrates Allure reporting with your Pytest tests for better reporting
requests	A versatile library for making HTTP requests in Python
tenacity	Retrying library
pytest-dependency	Pytest plugin that allows declaring dependencies between tests
Deprecated	A library for emitting warnings about deprecated code
dataclasses-json	A library for serialization of dataclasses to and from JSON
mysql-connector-python	Interface for connecting to MySQL databases and executing SQL queries

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Setup Instructions

Step 1: Clone the project

git clone https://github.com/nirtal85/Selenium-Python-Example.git
cd selenium-python-example

Step 2: Create and activate a virtual environment

For Windows:

py -m pip install --user virtualenv
py -m venv env
.\env\Scripts\activate

For Mac:

python3 -m pip install --user virtualenv
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

Step 3: Install Poetry

pip install poetry

Step 4: Install Project Dependencies

poetry install --no-root

Step 5: Create .env File

Create a .env file in the project root directory to securely store project secrets and configuration variables. This file will be used to define key-value pairs for various parameters required by the project. Add the following properties to the .env file:

Parameter	Description	Example Value
EMAIL	Your email address for authentication	"your@email.com"
PASSWORD	Your secret password for authentication	"your_secret_password"
VRT_APIURL	Visual Regression Tracker API URL	"https://vrt.example.com/api"
VRT_PROJECT	Visual Regression Tracker Project ID	"project_id"
VRT_CIBUILDID	Visual Regression Tracker Build Number	"build_number"
VRT_BRANCHNAME	Visual Regression Tracker Branch Name	"main"
VRT_APIKEY	Visual Regression Tracker API Key	"your_api_key"
VRT_ENABLESOFTASSERT	Enable Soft Assertions	True (or False)
MAILINATOR_API_KEY	API Key for Mailinator service	"your_mailinator_api_key"
MAILINATOR_DOMAIN_NAME	Domain name for Mailinator	"your_mailinator_domain"

Running Tests

pytest --driver <firefox/chrome_headless>

When no browser was selected then chrome will be used.

• Run according to tags:

pytest -m <tag_name> --browser <firefox/chrome_headless>

Viewing Test Results

Install Allure Commandline To View Test results

For Windows:

Follow the instructions here to install Scoop.
Run the following command to install Allure using Scoop:

scoop install allure

For Mac:

brew install allure

View Results Locally:

allure serve allure-results

View Results Online:

View allure results via Github pages

View Help And Other CLI Options

pytest --help

Pre Commit

Run Pre Commit Checks Automatically

pre-commit install

Bump Pre Commit Hooks Version

pre-commit autoupdate

Run Pre Commit Checks Manually On The Entire Project

pre-commit run --all-files