automate-python-samples

Documentation for writing Automate test scripts in Python.

Master branch contains Selenium 3 samples, for Selenium 4 - W3C protocol please checkout selenium-4 branch

Environment variables

To test various sample repositories with ease, it is recommended to setup BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME and BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY environment variables. Alternatively you can directly update the samples with the credentials or pass the appropriate command line parameters.

Install Python

For Windows:

• Download the latest python build for windows - https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/
• Run the installer exe and follow the instructions to install python.

For Mac and Linux:

• Run python --version to see what python version is installed and make sure it is 3.X and above.
• Mac OS, Ubuntu and many flavors of linux come with pre-installed python.

Install Selenium

For Unix:

sudo easy_install selenium

For Windows:

easy_install selenium

If you prefer pip, then use the following command:

sudo pip install selenium

If pip is not installed, you can install it using:

sudo easy_install pip

For Python frameworks samples and integrations with BrowserStack, refer to their individual repositories -

• Behave
• Lettuce
• Salad