SeleniumLibrary

SeleniumLibrary is a Robot Framework test library that uses the popular Selenium web testing tool internally. It provides a powerful combination of simple test data syntax and support for different browsers. In addition to standard web testing, the library also supports testing Adobe Flex/Flash applications.

See the SeleniumLibrary demo for executable example test cases and reports, look at the library documentation for information about the provided keywords, and consult the installation instructions if you want to use the library yourself.

Selenium 1 vs. Selenium 2

SeleniumLibrary internally uses Selenium Remote Controller API that is part of Selenium 1. If you want to use the new Selenium 2 WebDriver API, you should look at Selenium2Library that is, for most parts, a drop-in-replacement for SeleniumLibrary.

According to http://seleniumhq.org, the old Remote Controller API is officially deprecated in favor of the new WebDriver API. As a result also SeleniumLibrary is deprecated and no new releases are expected. New users should use the already mentioned Selenium2Library and existing users should start to plan migrating to it.

Videos

Elisabeth Hendrickson demonstrating Robot Framework and SeleniumLibrary at Selenium Testing Tools Demo Night:

News

• 2012-05-08 SeleniumLibrary 2.9 released with Selenium Server 2.21.
• 2011-12-19 SeleniumLibrary 2.8.1 released with support for Firefox 8 via Selenium server 2.15.
• 2011-10-22 The first version of Selenium2Library, a drop-in-replacement for SeleniumLibrary using Selenium 2 WebDriver API, has been released.
• 2011-08-09 SeleniumLibrary 2.8 released with support for Firefox 5 via Selenium server 2.3.
• 2011-05-02 SeleniumLibrary 2.7 released with support for Firefox 4 and some new keywords.
• 2011-01-31 SeleniumLibrary 2.6 released with Flex testing support and various other fixes and features.
• 2011-01-31 Demo updated with Flex version of the demo application and tests.
• 2010-11-16 SeleniumLibrary 2.5 is released with lot of new keywords, automatic screenshots on failures, and other enhancements.
• 2010-05-27 SeleniumLibrary 2.4 is released.
• 2010-05-05 Architecture documented
• 2010-04-28 Demo enhanced
• 2010-03-10 SeleniumLibrary 2.3.1 is released.
• 2010-02-15 SeleniumLibrary 2.3 is released.
• 2009-11-30 SeleniumLibrary 2.2.2 is released.
• 2009-08-24 SeleniumLibrary 2.2.1 is released.
• 2009-05-14 SeleniumLibrary 2.2 is released.
• 2009-02-02 SeleniumLibrary 2.1.2 is released.
• 2009-01-15 SeleniumLibrary 2.1.1 is released.
• 2008-12-05 SeleniumLibrary 2.1 is released.
• 2008-10-20 SeleniumLibrary 2.0.2 is released.