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Running Appium Tests With Python

LambdaTest Appium Grid enables you to perform app test automation on 3000+ real devices and OS versions. You can run app automated tests in Python using Appium on a cloud-based scalable automation testing platform.

This documentation will help in configuring and running your Python tests on the LambdaTest platform using Appium.

Prerequisites

You can either download or clone our repository to quickly run the tests. All the code samples in this documentation can be found at <img loading="lazy" src={require('../assets/images/GitHub_icon/github-icon.webp').default} alt="Image" width="25" height="25" /> GitHub Python LambdaTest Repository.

Before start testing apps with Python, make sure you have the following things configured on your system.

  1. Download the latest version of Python.
  2. Install Appium’s Python client library.
  3. Set your LambdaTest username and access key in environment variables. You can get them from the LambdaTest app automation dashboard.
  4. A mobile app - .apk/.aab file for Android and .ipa file for iOS. If you don't already have one, use LambdaTest Android Sample App and iOS Sample App.

Uploading Your App

To upload Android or iOS apps on LambdaTest cloud, you have to use the REST API.

Below is the cURL command to upload the app.

curl --location --request POST 'https://manual-api.lambdatest.com/app/upload/realDevice' \
--header 'Authorization: Basic <Your_LambdaTest_AccessKey>' \
--form 'name="lambda1"' \
--form 'appFile=@"C:\Users\admin\Downloads\WikipediaSample.apk"'

Once the app is uploaded, you would get a response command for the above cURL request.

"app":"lt://APP10051525539885437397"

The app URL ("app":"lt://APP10051525539885437397") received in the response of the cURL command will be used in your Python automation scripts to set the desired app capability.

Running Your Python Tests

To run the test, you need to make some tweaks in the desired capability of your Python scripts.

Use the response cURL command value ("lt://APP10051525539885437397") to configure the ‘app’ capability. Define the ‘deviceName’, 'platformName', 'platformVersion' and 'isRealMobile' capabilities for the Android or iOS device on which you want to run the test.

The below Python test script runs on Wikipedia application, it starts by opening the app and going to the search section of the app and finding a term - “LambdaTest”.

#samplewikipedia.py

import ssl

try:
    _create_unverified_https_context = ssl._create_unverified_context
except AttributeError:
    # Legacy Python that doesn't verify HTTPS certificates by default
    pass
else:
    # Handle target environment that doesn't support HTTPS verification
    ssl._create_default_https_context = _create_unverified_https_context

from threading import Thread
import time
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
from selenium.webdriver.common.desired_capabilities import DesiredCapabilities
from selenium.common.exceptions import TimeoutException
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
from appium.webdriver.common.mobileby import MobileBy
from appium import webdriver


# This array 'caps' defines the capabilities browser, device and OS combinations where the test will run
caps = [

    {
        "deviceName": "Galaxy Tab S4",
        "platformName": "Android",
        "platformVersion": "10",
        "app": "lt://APP10051525539885437397",
        "isRealMobile": True,
        "deviceOrientation": "PORTRAIT",
        "visual": True,
        "console": True,
        "build": "Demo",
           },
]
# run_session function searches for 'lambtest' on google.com


def run_session(desired_cap):
    driver = webdriver.Remote(
        # hub.mobile-dev-1.dev.lambdatest.io/wd/hub",
        command_executor="https://LT_USERNAME:LT_ACCESS_KEY@mobile-hub.lambdatest.com/wd/hub",
        desired_capabilities=desired_cap)

    # driver.get("https://www.ifconfig.me")
    # time.sleep(10)
    # Test case for the lambdatest sample Android app.
# If you have uploaded your app, update the test case here.
    search_element = WebDriverWait(driver, 30).until(
        EC.element_to_be_clickable(
            (MobileBy.ACCESSIBILITY_ID, "Search Wikipedia"))
    )
    search_element.click()
    search_input = WebDriverWait(driver, 30).until(
        EC.element_to_be_clickable(
            (MobileBy.ID, "org.wikipedia.alpha:id/search_src_text"))
    )
    search_input.send_keys("lambdatest")
    time.sleep(5)
    search_results = driver.find_elements_by_class_name(
        "android.widget.TextView")
    assert(len(search_results) > 0)

# Invoke driver.quit() after the test is done to indicate that the test is completed.
    driver.quit()


# The Thread function takes run_session function and each set of capability from the caps array as an argument to run each session in parallel
for cap in caps:
    Thread(target=run_session, args=(cap,)).start()

Run the below command in the terminal to run the test.

python samplewikipedia.py

Viewing Appium Test Reports

Go to LambdaTest App Automation dashboard to access the results of your test sessions. You can view the comprehensive test execution insights and debugging statistics like video recording, Appium logs, network logs, and device logs.

<img loading="lazy" src={require('../assets/images/app-automation/dashboard.webp').default} alt="Integrating LambdaTest With Testsigma" width="1281" height="722" className="doc_img"/>

Parallel Testing With Python

Parallel Testing involves running the same test on the different devices and OS versions or different tests on the same device and OS version. LambdaTest allows you to perform extensive parallel testing across different 3000+ real devices and operating systems combination on cloud Appium grid.

To get started with Parallel testing, you can choose best test automation frameworks like Behave and unittest to automate Python test scripts.

That’s all! In case you have any questions or need any additional information, you could reach out at our <span className="doc__lt" onClick={() => window.openLTChatWidget()}>24X7 Chat Support or mail us directly at support@lambdatest.com.