| Introduction to Selenium |
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| Introduction to Automation Testing |
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| Selenium WebDriver Basics |
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| Understanding WebDriver |
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| First Selenium Script |
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| Locating Web Elements |
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| WebDriver Commands |
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| Advanced Web Element Interaction |
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| Synchronization in Selenium |
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| Implicit Wait |
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| Fluent Wait |
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| Working with Different Browsers |
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| Setting up WebDriver for different browsers |
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| Cross-Browser Testing |
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| Handling Advanced User Interactions |
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| Mouse Actions |
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| Keyboard Actions |
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| Page Object Model (POM) |
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| Introduction to POM |
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| Implementing POM |
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| TestNG Framework |
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| Introduction to TestNG |
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| Creating and Running TestNG Tests |
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In Selenium, the By.name locator is used to find web elements using the value of their name attribute. This is particularly useful when dealing with form elements such as input fields, dropdowns, and other elements where the name attribute is commonly used.
Syntax
The ‘By.name‘ locator is used with the ‘findElement‘ or ‘findElements‘ method in the following way:
WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.name("elementName"));
Example
Here’s an example demonstrating how to use the ‘By.name‘ locator in a Selenium test script written in Java:
Setting Up the WebDriver: Make sure you have the WebDriver executable for the browser you are testing (e.g., ‘
chromedriver‘ for Chrome).Using ‘
By.name‘: Locate the element using its ‘name‘ attribute and perform actions on it.
Full Example Code
import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
public class SeleniumByNameExample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Set the path to the ChromeDriver executable
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "path/to/chromedriver");
// Initialize a new WebDriver instance
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
// Open a website
driver.get("https://example.com");
// Locate an element using the name attribute
WebElement elementByName = driver.findElement(By.name("elementName"));
// Perform actions on the located element
elementByName.sendKeys("sample text");
// Optionally, you can locate multiple elements with the same name attribute
List<WebElement> elementsByName = driver.findElements(By.name("elementName"));
for (WebElement element : elementsByName) {
// Perform actions on each element
element.click();
}
// Close the browser
driver.quit();
}
}
Breakdown of the Example
Setting the System Property: The
System.setPropertyline sets the path to the WebDriver executable (in this case,chromedriver).Initializing WebDriver:
new ChromeDriver()initializes a new instance of the Chrome browser.Opening a Website:
driver.get("https://example.com")navigates to the specified URL.Locating the Element:
driver.findElement(By.name("elementName"))locates the first element with the specifiednameattribute.Interacting with the Element:
elementByName.sendKeys("sample text")sends text input to the located element.Locating Multiple Elements:
driver.findElements(By.name("elementName"))returns a list of all elements with the specifiednameattribute.Iterating and Interacting with Each Element: The
forloop iterates through each element in the list and performs actions on them.Closing the Browser:
driver.quit()closes the browser window and terminates the WebDriver session.
Conclusion
The ‘By.name‘ locator is a straightforward and effective way to locate elements on a web page using their ‘name‘ attribute in Selenium with Java. This approach is commonly used in form handling and other scenarios where elements are identified by their ‘name‘ attributes.
