Selenium IDE Selenese Commands

To create test scripts manually we use commands called as selenese commands. Below is the list of available selenese commands:

1. add selection 

2. answer on next prompt 

3. assert 

4. assert alert 

5. assert checked 

6. assert confirmation 

7. assert editable 

8. assert element present 

9. assert element not present 

10. assert not checked 

11. assert not editable 

12. assert not selected value 

13. assert not text 

14. assert prompt 

15. assert selected value 

16. assert selected label 

17. assert text 

18. assert title 

19. assert value 

20. check 

21. choose cancel on next confirmation 

22. choose cancel on next prompt 

23. choose ok on next confirmation 

24. click 

25. click at 

26. close 

27. debugger 

28. do 

29. double click 

30. double click at 

31. drag and drop to object 

32. echo 

33. edit content 

34. else 

35. else if 

36. end 

37. execute script 

38. execute async script 

39. for each 

40. if 

41. mouse down 

42. mouse down at 

43. mouse move at 

44. mouse out 

45. mouse over 

46. mouse up 

47. mouse up at 

48. open 

49. pause 

50. remove selection 

51. repeat if 

52. run 

53. run script 

54. select 

55. select frame 

56. select window 

57. send keys 

58. set speed 

59. set window size 

60. store 

61. store attribute 

62. store json 

63. store text 

64. store title 

65. store value 

66. store window handle 

67. store xpath count 

68. submit 

69. times 

70. type 

71. uncheck 

72. verify 

73. verify checked 

74. verify editable 

75. verify element present 

76. verify element not present 

77. verify not checked 

78. verify not editable 

79. verify not selected value 

80. verify not text 

81. verify selected label 

82. verify selected value 

83. verify text 

84. verify title 

85. verify value 

86. wait for element editable 

87. wait for element not editable 

88. wait for element not present 

89. wait for element not visible 

90. wait for element present 

91. wait for element visible 

92. webdriver answer on visible prompt 

93. webdriver choose cancel on visible confirmation 

94. webdriver choose cancel on visible prompt 

95. webdriver choose ok on visible confirmation 

96. while 

These Selenium commands can be classified into three flavours: Actions, Accessory and Assertions.

Actions: user actions on application / Command the browser to do something. Actions are commands that generally manipulate the state of the application.

e.g.         1. Click link- click / Clickandwait

  2. Selecting items

Accessors: Accessors examine the state of the application and store the results in variables, e.g. "storeTitle".

Assertions: For validating the application we are using Assertions

1. For verifying the web pages 

2. For verifying the text 

3. For verifying alerts 

       Assertions can be used in 3 modes:

1. assert 

2. verify 

3. waitFor  

Example: "assertText","verifyText" and "waitForText".

NOTE:

     1. When an "assert" fails, the test is aborted.

     2. When a "verify" fails, the test will continue execution

     3. "waitFor" commands wait for some condition to become true

Commonly Used Selenium Commands

These are probably the most commonly used commands for building test.

open - opens a page using a URL.

click/clickAndWait - performs a click operation, and optionally waits for a new page to load.

verifyTitle/assertTitle - verifies an expected page title.

verifyTextPresent- verifies expected text is somewhere on the page.

verifyElementPresent -verifies an expected UI element, as defined by its HTML tag, is present on the page.

verifyText  - verifies expected text and it’s corresponding HTML tag are present on the page.

verifyTable - verifies a table’s expected contents.

waitForPageToLoad  -pauses execution until an expected new page loads. Called automatically when clickAndWait is used.

waitForElementPresent -pauses execution until an expected UI element, as defined by its HTML tag, is present on the page.