How to Use Selenium on MacBook to Test Cases

Follow these steps to set up and use Selenium on your MacBook for writing and executing test cases:

Step 1: Install Python

Ensure that Python is installed on your Mac. You can download and install Python from python.org.

Step 2: Install Selenium

pip install selenium

Step 3: Install ChromeDriver

1. Go to the ChromeDriver download page.
2. Identify the version of Chrome you have installed by navigating to chrome://settings/help.
3. Download the corresponding version of ChromeDriver for Mac.
4. Extract the downloaded file and move the chromedriver file to a location in your PATH using the following terminal command:

   sudo mv chromedriver /usr/local/bin/

Verify Installation

To verify that ChromeDriver is correctly installed, open your terminal and type:

chromedriver --version

This should display the version of ChromeDriver installed on your system.

Example Test Script

Create a Python script with the following content to verify that everything is set up correctly:

from selenium import webdriver

# Set up the WebDriver
driver = webdriver.Chrome()

# Navigate to a webpage
driver.get('https://www.example.com')

# Perform some actions (e.g., find an element and click it)
element = driver.find_element('name', 'q')
element.send_keys('Selenium')
element.submit()

# Close the browser
driver.quit()

Run Your Script

Run your script using Python:

python your_test_script.py

Published By: Krishanu Jadiya
Updated at: 2024-07-31 00:42:16