Modifying recorded script exported from Selenium IDE

The Pytest framework is required to execute a Python script recorded in a Selenium IDE. Modify your script to remove this dependency so that the script executes without the Pytest framework.

1. To modify the recorded script

   1. Open the recorded Python script file in an editor.
   2. Remove the import pytest statement.
   3. Create an object of the generated class.
      For example:
      doc_object = TestDoctest();
   4. Use the object to call the methods of the generated class inside the try and finally statements.
      For example:
      try:
          doc_object.setup_method('')
          doc_object.test_doctest()
      finally:
          doc_object.teardown_method('')

   5. Save the changes that you made to the script file and it is ready to use in PATROL for Synthetic Monitoring.

      Important

      We suggest you run the modified script file by using the Command Prompt before configuring it in PATROL for Synthetic Monitoring.

   The following table shows a recorded script before and after modification:

   Before modifying a recorded script

   After modifying a recorded script

   # Generated by Selenium IDE import pytest import time import json from selenium import webdriver from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By from selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains import ActionChains from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions from selenium.webdriver.support.wait import WebDriverWait from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys from selenium.webdriver.common.desired_capabilities import DesiredCapabilities class TestDoctest():   def setup_method(self, method):     self.driver = webdriver.Chrome()    self.vars = {}   def teardown_method(self, method):     self.driver.quit()   def test_doctest(self):     self.driver.get("https://docs.bmc.com/docs/")     self.driver.set_window_size(1146, 634)     self.driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, ".filter").click()     self.driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, ".filter").send_keys("IMrepo")     self.driver.find_element(By.LINK_TEXT, "Infrastructure Management-PATROL Repository").click()     self.driver.execute_script("window.scrollTo(0,0)")     self.driver.execute_script("window.scrollTo(0,0)")

   # Generated by Selenium IDE import time import json from selenium import webdriver from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By from selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains import ActionChains from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions from selenium.webdriver.support.wait import WebDriverWait from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys from selenium.webdriver.common.desired_capabilities import DesiredCapabilities class TestDoctest():   def setup_method(self, method):     self.driver = webdriver.Chrome()    self.vars = {}   def teardown_method(self, method):     self.driver.quit()   def test_doctest(self):     self.driver.get("https://docs.bmc.com/docs/")     self.driver.set_window_size(1146, 634)     self.driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, ".filter").click()     self.driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, ".filter").send_keys("IMrepo")     self.driver.find_element(By.LINK_TEXT, "Infrastructure Management-PATROL Repository").click()     self.driver.execute_script("window.scrollTo(0,0)")     self.driver.execute_script("window.scrollTo(0,0)") doc_object = TestDoctest(); try:     doc_object.setup_method('')     doc_object.test_doctest() finally:     doc_object.teardown_method('')