Splinter¶
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.
Sample code¶
from splinter import Browser
with Browser() as browser:
# Visit URL
url = "http://www.google.com"
browser.visit(url)
browser.fill('q', 'splinter - python acceptance testing for web applications')
# Find and click the 'search' button
button = browser.find_by_name('btnG')
# Interact with elements
button.click()
if browser.is_text_present('splinter.readthedocs.io'):
print("Yes, the official website was found!")
else:
print("No, it wasn't found... We need to improve our SEO techniques")
Note: if you don’t provide any driver to Browser function, firefox will be used.
Features¶
- simple api
- multi webdrivers (chrome webdriver, firefox webdriver, phantomjs webdriver, zopetestbrowser, remote webdriver)
- css and xpath selectors
- support to iframe and alert
- execute javascript
- works with ajax and async javascript
Getting started¶
Basic browsing and interactions¶
JavaScript support¶
Walking on...¶
Drivers¶
Browser based drivers¶
The following drivers open a browser to run your actions:
Headless drivers¶
The following drivers don’t open a browser to run your actions (but has its own dependencies, check the specific docs for each driver):
Remote driver¶
The remote driver uses Selenium Remote to control a web browser on a remote machine.