Selenium Commands and Results

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Selenium Command Language Reference (Selenese)

Selenium implements a domain-specific language (DSL) named Selenese.

Appvance implements the SeleniumHtmlUnit object library in AIQ to operate Selenese commands in HtmlUnit

Results Analysis and Reports for Root Cause Analysis and Mitigation

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Selenium Command Reference

The following table summarizes the list of implemented and unimplemented Selenese commands in SeleniumHtmlUnit.

Command	Wait Command	Target	Value

Selenium Control
setTimeout	milliseconds
setMouseSpeed	number of pixels
	setMouseSpeedAndWait
setSpeed	milliseconds
	setSpeedAndWait
addLocationStrategy	strategyName	functionDef
	addLocationStrategyandWait
allowNativeXpath	boolean
	allowNativeXpathAndWait
ignoreAttributesWithoutValue	boolean
	ignoreAttributesWithoutValueAndWait
assignId	locator	identifier
	assignIdAndWait
captureEntirePageScreenShot	filename, kwargs
	captureEntirePageScreenShotAndWait
echo	message
pause	milliseconds
runScript	javascript
	runScriptAndWait
waitForCondition	javascript	milliseconds
waitForPageToLoad	milliseconds
waitForPopUp	windowID	milliseconds
fireEvent	locator	eventName
	fireEventAndWait

Browser Operations
open	url
	openAndWait
openWindow	url	windowID
	openWindowAndWait
goBack
	goBackAndWait
refresh
	refreshAndWait
close
deleteCookie	name	path
	deleteCookieandWait
deleteAllVisibleCookies
	deleteAllVisibleCookiesAndWait
setBrowserLogLevel	logLevel
	setBrowserLogLevelAndWait

Cookie Operations
createCookie	nameValuePair	optionString
	createCookieAndWait
deleteCookie	name	optionString
	deleteCookieAndWait
deleteAllVisibleCookies
	deleteAllVisibleCookiesAndWait

Popup Box Operations
answerOnNextPrompt	answer
	answerOnNextPromptAndWait
chooseCancelOnNextConfirmation
	chooseCancelOnNextConfirmationAndWait
chooseOkOnNextConfirmation
	chooseOkOnNextConfirmationAndWait

Checkbox & Radio Buttons
check	locator
	checkAndWait
uncheck	locator
	uncheckAndWait

Lists & Dropdowns
addSelection	locator	optionLocator
	addSelectionAndWait
removeSelection
	removeSelectionAndWait	locator	optionLocator
removeAllSelections
	removeAllSelectionsAndWait	locator

Edit Fields
type	locator	value
	typeAndWait
typeKeys	locator	value
	typeKeysAndWait
setCursorPosition	locator	position
	setCursorPositionAndWait

Keyboard Operations
keyDown	locator	keySequence
	keyDownAndWait
keyPress	locator	keySequence
	keyPressAndWait
keyUp	locator	keySequence
	keyUpAndWait
altKeyDown
	altKeyDownAndWait
altKeyUp
	altKeyUpAndWait
controlKeyDown
	controlKeyDownAndWait
controlKeyUp
	controlKeyUpAndWait
metaKeyDown
	metaKeyDownAndWait
metaKeyUp
	metaKeyUpAndWait
shiftKeyDown
	shiftKeyDownAndWait
shiftKeyUp
	shiftKeyUpAndWait

Mouse Operations
click	locator
	clickAndWait
clickAt	locator	coordString
	clickAtAndWait
doubleClick	locator
	doubleClickAndWait
doubleClickAt	locator	coordString
	doubleClickAtAndWait
contextMenu	locator
	contextMenuAndWait
contextMenuAt	locator	coordString
	contextMenuAtAndWait
mouseDown	locator
	mouseDownAndWait
mouseDownA	locator	coordString
	mouseDownAtAndWait
mouseMove	locator
	mouseMoveAndWait
mouseMoveAt	locator	coordString
	mouseMoveAtAndWait
mouseOut	locator
	mouseOutAndWait
mouseOver	locator	coordString
	mouseOverAndWait
mouseUp	locator
	mouseUpAndWait
mouseUpAt	locator	coordString
	mouseUpAtAndWait
dragAndDrop	locator	movementString
	dragAndDropAndWait
dragAndDropToObject	sourceLocator	destLocator
	dragAndDropToObjectAndWait

Form Operations
submit	formLocator
	submitAndWait

Windows/Element Selection
select	locator	optionLocator
	select AndWait
selectFrame	locator
selectWindow	windowID
focus	locator
	focusAndWait
highlight	locator
	highlightAndWait
windowFocus
	windowFocus AndWait
windowMaximize
	windowMaximizeAndWait


Selenium Accessors
store	expression	variableName
storeAlert	variableName
	assertAlert	pattern
	assertNotAlert	pattern
	verifyAlert	pattern
	verifyNotAlert	pattern
	waitForAlert	pattern
	waitForNotAlert	pattern
storeAlertPresent	variableName
	assertAlertPresent	pattern
	assertNotAlert Present	pattern
	verifyAlertPresent	pattern
	verifyNotAlertPresent	pattern
	waitForAlertPresent	pattern
	waitForNotAlertPresent	pattern
storeAllButtons	variableName
	assertAllButtons	pattern
	assertNotAllButtons	pattern
	verifyAllButtons	pattern
	verifyNotAllButtons	pattern
	waitForAllButtons	pattern
	waitForNotAllButtons	pattern
storeAllFields	variableName
	assertAllFields	pattern
	assertNotAllFields	pattern
	verifyAllFields	pattern
	verifyNotAllFields	pattern
	waitForAllFields	pattern
	waitForNotAllFields	pattern
storeAllLinks	variableName
	assertAllLinks	pattern
	assertNotAllLinks	pattern
	verifyAllLinks	pattern
	verifyNotAllLinks	pattern
	waitForAllLinks	pattern
	waitForNotAllLinks	pattern
storeAllWindowIds	variableName
	assertAllWindowIds	pattern
	assertNotAllWindowIds	pattern
	verifyAllWindowIds	pattern
	verifyNotAllWindowIds	pattern
	waitForAllWindowIds	pattern
	waitForNotAllWindowIds	pattern
storeAllWindowNames	variableName
	assertAllWindowNames	pattern
	assertNotAllWindowNames	pattern
	verifyAllWindowNames	pattern
	verifyNotAllWindowNames	pattern
	waitForAllWindowNames	pattern
	waitForNotAllWindowNames	pattern
storeAllWindowTitles	variableName
	assertAllWindowTitles	pattern
	assertNotAllWindowTitles	pattern
	verifyAllWindowTitles	pattern
	verifyNotAllWindowTitles	pattern
	waitForAllWindowTitles	pattern
	waitForNotAllWindowTitles	pattern
storeAttribute	attributeLocator	variableName
	assertAttribute	attributeLocator	pattern
	assertNotAttribute	attributeLocator	pattern
	verifyAttribute	attributeLocator	pattern
	verifyNotAttribute	attributeLocator	pattern
	waitForAttribute	attributeLocator	pattern
	waitForNotAttribute	attributeLocator	pattern
storeAttributeFromAllWindows	attributeName	variableName
	assertAttributeFromAllWindows	attributeName	pattern
	assertNotAttributeFromAllWindows	attributeName	pattern
	verifyAttributeFromAllWindows	attributeName	pattern
	verifyNotAttributeFromAllWindows	attributeName	pattern
	waitForAttributeFromAllWindows	attributeName	pattern
	waitForNotAttributeFromAllWindows	attributeName	pattern
storeBodyText	variableName
	assertBodyText	pattern
	assertNotBodyText	pattern
	verifyBodyText	pattern
	verifyNotBodyText	pattern
	waitForBodyText	pattern
	waitForNotBodyText	pattern
storeChecked	variableName
	assertChecked	pattern
	assertNotChecked	pattern
	verifyChecked	pattern
	verifyNotChecked	pattern
	waitForChecked	pattern

Unimplemented Selenese Commands

SeleniumHTMLUnit is an AIQ object library that translates Selenese commands on-to-fly and runs the commands using the HTMLUnit headless browser. Some Selenese commands do not make sense in an AIQ context. For example, AIQ provides cookie management commands of its own. The following is a list of Selenese commands not implemented in SeleniumHTMLUnit. AIQ throws a Not Implemented exception when encountering one of the following commands:

NotImplemented commands
altKeyDown	getAlert	getTable	mouseMoveAt
altKeyUp	getAllButtons	getWhetherThisFrameMatchFrameExpression	mouseUpAt
answerOnNextPrompt	getAllFields	getWhetherThisWindowMatchWindowExpression	openWindow
captureScreenshot	getAllLinks	getWhetherThisWindowMatchWindowExpression	refresh
chooseCancelOnNextConfirmation	getAllWindowIds	getXpathCount	setBrowserLogLevel
chooseOkOnNextConfirmation	getAllWindowNames	highlight	setContext
clickAt	getAllWindowTitles	isAlertPresent	setCursorPosition
close	getAttributeFromAllWindows	isConfirmationPresent	setMouseSpeed
controlKeyDown	getBodyText	isEditable	shiftKeyDown
controlKeyUp	getConfirmation	isOrdered	shiftKeyUp
controlKeyUp	getCookie	isPromptPresent	start
createCookie	getCursorPosition	keyDown	submit
deleteCookie	getElementHeight	keyPress	typeKeys
doubleClick	getElementIndex	keyUp	waitForFrameToLoad
doubleClickAt	getElementPositionLeft	metaKeyDown	waitForPopUp
dragAndDrop	getElementPositionTop	metaKeyUp	windowFocus
dragAndDropToObject	getElementWidth	mouseDownAt	windowMaximize
dragdrop	getExpression	mouseMove
fireEvent	getLocation
	getMouseSpeed
	getPrompt