The browser console log, along with debugging also helps us capture errors that occurred when using a web application. Your developers will thank you when you include console errors in your bug reports. As part of running your GUI automation, it is a good habit to check and report the errors present in the browser’s console. In this post, I […]
Selenium to get browser console log
WebSocket Error – Connection is already closed.
While trying to send a WebSocket transaction, I hit the following error Connection is already closed. I received this error when working on an application that involved a WebSocket connection. The Websocket handshake between the client and server was successful. After that I was able to send data to server using ws.send(“request_data_1”). I had no trouble receiving the data using […]
WebSocket testing
A WebSocket is a standard protocol for two-way data transfer between a client and server. It is supported by all modern browsers. Why this post? My know-how of WebSocket connections was very limited. When I had to test an application which involved a WebSocket connection, I couldn’t find much information on how to go about testing it. It took me […]
Get Set Test an iOS app using Appium and Python
It has been more than a year since I wrote my first blog on mobile automation using Appium for Android applications. There were many requests to come up with a similar blog for iOS applications. But due to time constraints I couldn’t get to it. But as they say, better late than never! I finally have a guide to help […]
Obtaining BrowserStack screenshots and video links
At Qxf2 we use BrowserStack to run our automated checks against different browsers. BrowserStack is a cloud-based, cross-browser, testing tool that takes away the pain of maintaining a physical lab and saves us a lot of time. Why this post? BrowserStack is a great tool to execute your automated tests. However BrowserStack is not a good tool to report the […]
CircleCI nightly automation
A Qxf2 client is using CircleCI for their continuous integration and deployment needs. We decided to run a small subset of critical tests in our automation suite against every new commit and deploy. We also run our entire automation suite, which takes longer, once every night. This post outlines how we setup CircleCI to achieve this setup. Why this post? […]
How to compare PDFs using Python
Problem:How do you compare two PDF files programmatically using Python? Adobe makes it easy to compare the changes in two PDF files. However as testers, we sometimes need to compare a lot of PDF files (especially reports!) against some preset baselines. In these cases, it helps to have a script that can compare PDF files and tell you if they […]
Connecting to BrowserStack from CircleCI containers
Problem: How do I connect to BrowserStack from CircleCI’s build containers? Why this post? A recent Qxf2 client was using CircleCI for their continuous integration and deployment needs. Partnering with our client, we had identified that it would be useful to run a minimal set of automated GUI tests as part of their continuous integration and deployment process. The GUI […]
Setup Python and Selenium tests on CircleCI
Problem: Many testers do not get a chance to explore CircleCI Why this post? CircleCI is powerful, fast and easy-to-use Continuous Integration and Deployment tool for web applications. CircleCI seems to be growing in popularity as a cloud based continuous integration and deployment tool. Due to a variety of reasons, many testers do not get the opportunity to explore and […]
Xvfb plugin for Jenkins
Problem: Error while running Selenium tests via Jenkins on a Ubuntu machine. WebDriverException(“The browser appears to have exited ” selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: The browser appears to have exited before we could connect. If you specified a log_file in the FirefoxBinary constructor, check it for details. Why this post? We faced this issue when we were trying to run our Selenium tests […]