Module: Webrat::Selenium

Defined in:

lib/webrat/selenium.rb,
lib/webrat/selenium/silence_stream.rb,
lib/webrat/selenium/matchers/have_tag.rb,
lib/webrat/selenium/selenium_rc_server.rb,
lib/webrat/selenium/matchers/have_xpath.rb,
lib/webrat/selenium/matchers/have_content.rb,
lib/webrat/selenium/matchers/have_selector.rb,
lib/webrat/selenium/application_servers/base.rb,
lib/webrat/selenium/application_servers/merb.rb,
lib/webrat/selenium/application_servers/rails.rb,
lib/webrat/selenium/application_server_factory.rb,
lib/webrat/selenium/application_servers/sinatra.rb,
lib/webrat/selenium/application_servers/external.rb

Overview

To use Webrat’s Selenium support, you’ll need the selenium-client gem installed. Activate it with (for example, in your env.rb):

require "webrat"

Webrat.configure do |config|
  config.mode = :selenium
end

Dropping down to the selenium-client API

If you ever need to do something with Selenium not provided in the Webrat API, you can always drop down to the selenium-client API using the selenium method. For example:

When "I drag the photo to the left" do
  selenium.dragdrop("id=photo_123", "+350, 0")
end

Choosing the underlying framework to test

Webrat assumes you’re using rails by default but it can also work with sinatra and merb. To take advantage of this you can use the configuration block to set the application_framework variable.

require "webrat"

Webrat.configure do |config|
  config.mode = :selenium
  config.application_port = 4567
  config.application_framework = :sinatra  # could also be :merb
end

Auto-starting of the appserver and java server

Webrat will automatically start the Selenium Java server process and an instance of Mongrel when a test is run. The Mongrel will run in the “selenium” environment instead of “test”, so ensure you’ve got that defined, and will run on port Webrat.configuration.application_port.

Waiting

In order to make writing Selenium tests as easy as possible, Webrat will automatically wait for the correct elements to exist on the page when trying to manipulate them with methods like fill_in, etc. In general, this means you should be able to write your Webrat::Selenium tests ignoring the concurrency issues that can plague in-browser testing, so long as you’re using the Webrat API.

Defined Under Namespace

Modules: ApplicationServers, Matchers, Methods, SilenceStream Classes: ApplicationServerFactory, SeleniumRCServer