Splinter is an open source tool for testing web applications using Python
Splinter is an open source tool for testing web applications using Python. It lets you automate browser actions, such as visiting URLs and interacting with their items.
Questions tagged [splinter]
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Sending Keys Using Splinter
I want to test an autocomplete box using Splinter. I need to send the 'down' and 'enter' keys through to the browser but I'm having trouble doing this.
I am currently finding an input box and typing 'tes' into that box…
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filling in input fields with splinter
I am trying to fill in fields on a login form with splinter. When I examine the rendered page, I see that the username input box has both a tag and a name of "u". How can I fill in this field from splinter? I tried the following:
from splinter…
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Can I somehow select a specific element from dropdown list on the page via splinter module in Python
Can I somehow select a specific element from dropdown list on the page via splinter module in Python?
I have the following HTML code:
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Django LiveServerTestCase with phantomjs intermittent hangs / timeouts
I'm using Django (1.5.5), selenium (2.41.0), splinter (0.6.0) and phantomjs (1.9.7) for running live tests.
While the tests mostly work, every now and then (very often on CircleCI, less often in a local VM) they hang until either there's a timeout…
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Python merge .py part-files into one .py file
I am doing browser automation using python + splinter.
my structure is like this
[root]
+--start.py
+--end.py
+--[module1]
| +--mod11area1.py
| +--mod12area2.py
| +--[module1_2]
| | +--mod121area1.py
| +--[module1_3]
| …
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Unable to Save and Re-load Gmail Cookies with Selenium/Splinter
My goal is to log-in to Gmail, serialize the cookies, exit the browser, then open a new browser, load the saved cookies, and check my email without needing to enter my log-in details. Pretty straight-forward, and I've been able to do this with…
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Python + splinter + http: Error - httplib.ResponseNotReady
With splinter and Python, I have two threads running, each visiting the same main URL but different routes, e.g. thread one hits: mainurl.com/threadone and thread two hits: mainurl.com/threadtwo using:
from splinter import Browser
browser =…
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splinter: how to add chrome options?
I'm using splinter(v0.7.3) for web testing under linux, while on chrome, the default sample code can not running:
from splinter import Browser
from pyvirtualdisplay import Display
d = Display(visible=0, size=(800, 600))
d.start()
b =…
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Interacting with iFrames Using Splinter/Selenium [Python]
note: a solution in either Selenium or API wrapper Splinter for Selenium is fine!
I have been having issues interacting with the iframes on Twitter.com using the Splinter API for Python.
For example,
with Browser('firefox', profile_preferences=…
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Splinter Selenium Phantomjs Driver failing on instantiation
I'm trying basic testing with Python + Splinter + Selenium + PhantomJS, but I'm unable to start a phantomjs browser. (Chrome & Firefox drivers work fine though.) When I run:
from splinter import Browser
b = Browser('phantomjs')
I get the…
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Splinter: DriverNotFoundError for zope.testbrowser
I am using Python Splinter to automate a website and to scrape data from it. When I use the default browser mode which is keeping blank in Browser() it opens firefox and completes the written task but, when I use the headless browser…
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AttributeError: SubRequest instance has no attribute 'param'
When I run a test with parameters I should be able to access the actual test parameter thought the request's param attribute but instead a got this error:
AttributeError: SubRequest instance has no attribute 'param'
This seems to appear only when I…
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Is it possible to use splinter to select option by text (for instance when select options have no value)?
It seems in the command "browser.select("foo", value)" a value is needed.
Is there a workaround…
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Where I have to put the Firefox Profile to use it with Splinter
I would like to use a specific profile with splinter. But I don't know what I have to put to which location to get this working.
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How do I save a webpage to the disk for later scraping using splinter library?
I have the following python code using splinter library for searching a specific term in a website:
from splinter import Browser
browser =…
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