WebDriver for Chrome

Ken Kania, Google

WebDriver for Chrome

Ken Kania

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Problem
Over 300 million active Chrome users, spread across
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Windows

Mac

Linux

ChromeOS

Android

iOS

As a webapp developer, how can I automatically verify the critical

functionality of my app works for all these users?

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Solution - ChromeDriver
Follows the W3C WebDriver working draft
Interoperable with the open source WebDriver clients
Open source and maintained by members of the Chromium project

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WebDriver
WebDriver is a cross-browser automation API primarily for website
testing
API covers:
Browser control
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navigation, snapshotting, window control, override geolocation

User input simulation

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mouse, keyboard, file uploads, alert handling

Web stuff
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find/query elements, evaluate JavaScript, manipulate cookies

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What does a test look like?

driver = w ebdriver.Chrom e('chrom edriver.exe')
driver.get('http://w w w .google.com /xhtm l');
search_box = driver.fi
nd_elem ent_by_nam e('q')
search_box.send_keys('Chrom eD river')
search_box.subm it()
self.assertTrue('Chrom eD river'in driver.title)
driver.quit()
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How can I use it?

Windows / Mac / Linux
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See Getting Started

Android (alpha)
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See Getting Started

Need Mac / Linux host connected to USB debug enabled device

Specify android_package session capability

ChromeOS (pre-alpha)
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Oops, you cannot yet!

iOS (pre-alpha)
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Oops, you cannot yet!

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How does it work?

WebDriver protocol

Test

WebDriver
Library

WebDriver client

DevTools / Extensions

Chrome
Driver

Chrome
Browser

WebDriver server

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ChromeDriver Implementation
DevTools
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Provide access to internals of web app

Query and manipulate DOM tree

Debug JavaScript

Memory and performance profiling

Network traffic monitoring

Supported on all Chrome platforms, except iOS

Extensions
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Modify and enhance the browser functionality

Window control

Query in progress and finished user downloads

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ChromeDriver Implementation cont'd

Browser
ChromeDriver
HTTP
Server

DevTools
Server

Session

Extension
Function
Dispatcher

Session
DevTools
Agent
Web App

DevTools
Agent

Chrome
Driver
Extension

Renderer

Renderer
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Future Work
General
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Memory and performance measurement APIs

Testing Chrome extensions

Android
o Support upcoming Chrome backed WebView
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Run driver on device (i.e., no host necessary)

iOS
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UIWebView limitations

Still in early stages

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The End
Getting help
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ChromeDriver issue tracker

chromedriver-users@googlegroups.com

Get the source

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