Selenium IDe : All about Selenium IDe

All about Selenium IDe

Note : You can directly use xpaths in the IDE 
example :

About :

1. Ide is best use to perform disposable fast and small repeataitve tasks .
2. So basically we know Java Selenium does not come with record option like other automation tools so when you can use IDe to record steps and later export to Java / Python - TestNg/ Junit . And change the element locators value to required and use it in your code.

Note : You use below links to grab your  locator values :
http://catchbug.blogspot.in/2013/11/selenium-ide-tips-and-crash-refs.html
http://catchbug.blogspot.in/2016/03/selenium-how-to-create-xpath.html
http://catchbug.blogspot.in/2015/09/selenium-using-firefox-inbuilt.html

Common Commands

Command	Number of Parameters	Description
open	0 - 2	Opens a page using a URL.
click/clickAndWait	1	Clicks on a specified element.
type/typeKeys	2	Types a sequence of characters.
verifyTitle/assertTitle	1	Compares the actual page title with an expected value.
verifyTextPresent	1	Checks if a certain text is found within the page.
verifyElementPresent	1	Checks the presence of a certain element.
verifyTable	2	Compares the contents of a table with expected values.
waitForPageToLoad	1	Pauses execution until the page is loaded completely.
waitForElementPresent	1	Pauses execution until the specified element becomes present.

Find by text value

css=tag:contains("inner text")

css=button:contains("Create Product")

Syntax for Locator Usage

Method	Target Syntax	Example
By ID	id= id_of_the_element	id=email
By Name	name=name_of_the_element	name=userName
By Name Using Filters	name=name_of_the_element filter=value_of_filter	name=tripType value=oneway
By Link Text	link=link_text	link=REGISTER
Tag and ID	css=tag#id	css=input#email
Tag and Class	css=tag.class	css=input.inputtext
Tag and Attribute	css=tag[attribute=value]	css=input[name=lastName]
Tag, Class, and Attribute	css=tag.class[attribute=value]	css=input.inputtext[tabindex=1]
DOM >getElementById >getElementsByName >dom:name (applies only to elements within a named form) >dom:index	document.forms[index of the form].elements[index of the element] document.getElementsByName("name")[index]	document.forms[0].elements[”phone”]

Add loop in selenium IDE :

1. Download this js file: https://github.com/darrenderidder/sideflow/blob/master/sideflow.js
2. Launch Selenium IDE from Firefox and open the options menu.
3. Upload the .js file to the "Selenium Core extensions (user-extensions.js)" field.
4. Restart IDE 
5. Make sure u modify and add below commands depending on your requirement

New Test
Command	Target	Value
open	http://docs.seleniumhq.org/
setSpeed	1000
store	1	MyVar
while	storedVars.MyVar <= 3
echo	${MyVar}
highlight	css=img[alt="Selenium Logo"]
store	javascript{storedVars.MyVar++;}
endWhile

 Ref :
https://www.guru99.com/introduction-selenuim-ide.html

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11033321/how-to-loop-tests-in-selenium-ide
https://www.guru99.com/first-selenium-test-script.html