A simple Selenium RC example

Here is a simple example that explains how to write a test using selenium rc(selenium 1).

Follow the following steps to write your 1st test using selenium rc.

• Open your desired Java IDE (in my case Eclipse)
• Create a java project.
• Create a package 'test.example' and add a new class 'GoogleTest.java' to it.
• Create a folder namely 'lib' and place the downloaded 'selenium-java-.jar' file and add it to your project buildpath.

//GoogleTest.java

1. package test.example;
3. import com.thoughtworks.selenium.DefaultSelenium;
4. import com.thoughtworks.selenium.Selenium;
6. /**
7.  * Search Google example.
8.  *
9.  * @author aksahu
10.  */
12. public class GoogleTest {
13.    
14.     static Selenium selenium;
15.    
16.     public static void main(String[] args) {
17.         selenium = new DefaultSelenium("localhost", 4444, "*firefox", "http://www.google.com");
18.         selenium.start();
19.         selenium.windowMaximize();
20.        
21.         selenium.open("/");
22.         selenium.type("id=lst-ib", "selenium");
23.         selenium.click("name=btnK");
24.         selenium.click("link=Selenium - Web Browser Automation");
25.         selenium.waitForPageToLoad("30000");
26.        
27.         selenium.stop();       
28.     }
29. }

This test opens "http://www.google.com" in firefox browser and search a keyword.
Note: Make sure that you have started the selenium server before running the test.