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🐝 Behave test runner for SeleniumBase 🐝

🐝 (Utilizes the Behave BDD Python library. For more info, see the Behave tutorial and read about Behave’s Gherkin model.)

🐝 Behave examples with SeleniumBase: SeleniumBase/examples/behave_bdd

> cd examples/behave_bdd/
> behave features/realworld.feature -T -D dashboard -k

Dashboard: /Users/michael/github/SeleniumBase/examples/behave_bdd/dashboard.html
********************************************************************************
Feature: SeleniumBase scenarios for the RealWorld App # features/realworld.feature:1

  Scenario: Verify RealWorld App (log in / sign out)  # features/realworld.feature:3
    Given Open "seleniumbase.io/realworld/login"      # ../../sbase/steps.py:10
    And Clear Session Storage                         # ../../sbase/steps.py:669
    When Type "demo_user" into "#username"            # ../../sbase/steps.py:40
    And Type "secret_pass" into "#password"           # ../../sbase/steps.py:40
    And Do MFA "GAXG2MTEOR3DMMDG" into "#totpcode"    # ../../sbase/steps.py:322
    Then Assert exact text "Welcome!" in "h1"         # ../../sbase/steps.py:157
    And Highlight "img#image1"                        # ../../sbase/steps.py:184
    And Click 'a:contains("This Page")'               # ../../sbase/steps.py:27
    And Save screenshot to logs                       # ../../sbase/steps.py:239
    When Click link "Sign out"                        # ../../sbase/steps.py:195
    Then Assert element 'a:contains("Sign in")'       # ../../sbase/steps.py:120
    And Assert text "You have been signed out!"       # ../../sbase/steps.py:145
   βœ… Scenario Passed!

- Dashboard: /Users/michael/github/SeleniumBase/examples/behave_bdd/dashboard.html
--- LogPath: /Users/michael/github/SeleniumBase/examples/behave_bdd/latest_logs/
==================================================================================
1 feature passed, 0 failed, 0 skipped
1 scenario passed, 0 failed, 0 skipped
12 steps passed, 0 failed, 0 skipped, 0 undefined
Took 0m4.682s

🐝 Another example, which uses higher-level Behave steps to simplify the .feature file:

> cd examples/behave_bdd/
> behave features/calculator.feature:61 -T -D dashboard -k

Dashboard: /Users/michael/github/SeleniumBase/examples/behave_bdd/dashboard.html
********************************************************************************
Feature: SeleniumBase scenarios for the Calculator App # features/calculator.feature:1

  Background:   # features/calculator.feature:3

  Scenario: 7.0 Γ— (3 + 3) = 42        # features/calculator.feature:49
    Given Open the Calculator App     # features/steps/calculator.py:4
    When Press C                      # features/steps/calculator.py:9
    And Press 7                       # features/steps/calculator.py:79
    And Press .                       # features/steps/calculator.py:104
    And Press 0                       # features/steps/calculator.py:94
    And Press Γ—                       # features/steps/calculator.py:29
    And Press (                       # features/steps/calculator.py:14
    And Press 3                       # features/steps/calculator.py:59
    And Press +                       # features/steps/calculator.py:39
    And Press 3                       # features/steps/calculator.py:59
    And Press )                       # features/steps/calculator.py:19
    Then Verify output is "7.0Γ—(3+3)" # features/steps/calculator.py:135
    When Press =                      # features/steps/calculator.py:44
    Then Verify output is "42"        # features/steps/calculator.py:135
   βœ… Scenario Passed!

- Dashboard: /Users/michael/github/SeleniumBase/examples/behave_bdd/dashboard.html
--- LogPath: /Users/michael/github/SeleniumBase/examples/behave_bdd/latest_logs/
==================================================================================
1 feature passed, 0 failed, 0 skipped
1 scenario passed, 0 failed, 8 skipped
14 steps passed, 0 failed, 60 skipped, 0 undefined
Took 0m1.672s

🐝βšͺ With the Dashboard enabled, you’ll get one of these:

🐝 Behave-Gherkin files:

🐝 The *.feature files can use any step seen from:

behave --steps-catalog

🐝 SeleniumBase includes several pre-made Behave steps, which you can use by creating a Python file with the following line in your features/steps/ directory:

from seleniumbase.behave import steps  # noqa

🐝 Inside your features/environment.py file, you should have the following:

from seleniumbase import BaseCase
from seleniumbase.behave import behave_sb
behave_sb.set_base_class(BaseCase)  # Accepts a BaseCase subclass
from seleniumbase.behave.behave_sb import before_all  # noqa
from seleniumbase.behave.behave_sb import before_feature  # noqa
from seleniumbase.behave.behave_sb import before_scenario  # noqa
from seleniumbase.behave.behave_sb import before_step  # noqa
from seleniumbase.behave.behave_sb import after_step  # noqa
from seleniumbase.behave.behave_sb import after_scenario  # noqa
from seleniumbase.behave.behave_sb import after_feature  # noqa
from seleniumbase.behave.behave_sb import after_all  # noqa

🐝 If you’ve already created a subclass of BaseCase with custom methods, you can swap BaseCase in with your own subclass, which will allow you to easily use your own custom methods in your Behave step definitions.

🐝 Here’s an example Python file in the features/steps/ folder:

from behave import step


@step("Open the Swag Labs Login Page")
def go_to_swag_labs(context):
    sb = context.sb
    sb.open("https://www.saucedemo.com")
    sb.clear_local_storage()


@step("Login to Swag Labs with {user}")
def login_to_swag_labs(context, user):
    sb = context.sb
    sb.type("#user-name", user)
    sb.type("#password", "secret_sauce\n")


@step("Verify that the current user is logged in")
def verify_logged_in(context):
    sb = context.sb
    sb.assert_element("#header_container")
    sb.assert_element("#react-burger-menu-btn")
    sb.assert_element("#shopping_cart_container")


@step('Add "{item}" to cart')
def add_item_to_cart(context, item):
    sb = context.sb
    sb.click('div.inventory_item:contains("%s") button[name*="add"]' % item)

🐝 A *.feature file could look like this:

Feature: SeleniumBase scenarios for the Swag Labs App

  Background:
    Given Open the Swag Labs Login Page

  Scenario: User can order a backpack from the store
    When Login to Swag Labs with standard_user
    Then Verify that the current user is logged in
    And Save price of "Backpack" to <item_price>
    When Add "Backpack" to Cart
    Then Verify shopping cart badge shows 1 item(s)
    When Click on shopping cart icon
    And Click Checkout
    And Enter checkout info: First, Last, 12345
    And Click Continue
    Then Verify 1 "Backpack"(s) in cart
    And Verify cost of "Backpack" is <item_price>
    And Verify item total is $29.99
    And Verify tax amount is $2.40
    And Verify total cost is $32.39
    When Click Finish
    Then Verify order complete
    When Logout from Swag Labs
    Then Verify on Login page

🐝 Here’s another example of a *.feature file:

Feature: SeleniumBase scenarios for the RealWorld App

  Scenario: Verify RealWorld App (log in / sign out)
    Given Open "seleniumbase.io/realworld/login"
    And Clear Session Storage
    When Type "demo_user" into "#username"
    And Type "secret_pass" into "#password"
    And Do MFA "GAXG2MTEOR3DMMDG" into "#totpcode"
    Then Assert text "Welcome!" in "h1"
    And Highlight element "img#image1"
    And Click 'a:contains("This Page")'
    And Save screenshot to logs
    When Click link "Sign out"
    Then Assert element 'a:contains("Sign in")'
    And Assert text "You have been signed out!"

🐝 If there’s a test failure, that’s easy to spot:

Feature: SeleniumBase scenarios for the Fail Page # features/fail_page.feature:1

  Scenario: Fail test on purpose to see what happens  # features/fail_page.feature:3
    When Open the Fail Page                           # features/steps/fail_page.py:4
    Then Fail test on purpose                         # features/steps/fail_page.py:9
      Assertion Failed: This test fails on purpose!
      Captured stdout:
      >>> STEP FAILED:  (#2) Fail test on purpose
      Class / Feature:  SeleniumBase scenarios for the Fail Page
      Test / Scenario:  Fail test on purpose to see what happens

   ❌ Scenario Failed!

πŸπŸŽ–οΈ For convenience, the SeleniumBase Behave GUI lets you run behave scripts from a Desktop app.

πŸπŸŽ–οΈ To launch it, call sbase behave-gui or sbase gui-behave:

sbase behave-gui
* Starting the SeleniumBase Behave Commander GUI App...

πŸπŸŽ–οΈ You can customize the tests that show up there:

sbase behave-gui  # all tests
sbase behave-gui -i=calculator  # tests with "calculator" in the name
sbase behave-gui features/  # tests located in the "features/" folder
sbase behave-gui features/calculator.feature  # tests in that feature

To learn more about SeleniumBase, check out the Docs Site:

SeleniumBase.io Docs

All the code is on GitHub:

SeleniumBase on GitHub