SeleniumLibrary 6.3.0

SeleniumLibrary 6.3.0 is a new release with enhancements including minimizing browser window, waiting on expected conditions, getting element attribute or properties and bug fixes. SeleniumLibrary supports Python 3.8 through 3.11, Selenium 4.14.0 through 4.19.0 and Robot Framework 5.0.1, 6.1.1 and 7.0.

Most important enhancements

Added Minimize Browser Window keyword (#1741)
New keyword which minimizes the current browser window.

Add keywords to fetch differentiated element Attribute or Property (#1822)
The older Get Element Attribute keyword uses the Selenium getAttribute() method which, as [this SauceLabs article (https://saucelabs.com/resources/blog/selenium-4-new-element-attribute-and-property-methods) describes "did not actually retrieve the Attribute value." Instead it "figured out what the user was most likely interested in between the Attribute value and the Property values and returned it." This would mean sometimes it might return an unexpected result. Selenium 4 introduced newer methods which returns either the attribute or the property as specifically asked for.

It is recommend that one transition to these newer Get DOM Attribute and Get Property keywords.

Incorporate the expected conditions of Selenium (#1827)
A new keyword that allows for one to wait on an expected condition.

Remove deprecation of Press Key keyword (#1892)
The Press Keys keyword was introduced to replace Press Key. Press Key in turn was deprecated but I (Ed Manlove) failed to remove. Its been noted that both keywords use different underlying methods for sending or pressing keys and either one will work in differing situations. So instead of removing Press Key, it has been reinstated as a library keyword.

Acknowledgements

• Luciano Martorella for contributing the new minimize keyword (#1741)
• Yuri Verweij and Lisa Crispin for reviewing changes and additions to Attribute or Property keywords (#1822)
• Noam Manos for reporting the issues where the Open Browser 'Options' object has no attribute (#1877)
• Yuri for helping update the contribution guide (#1881)
• All those who have commented on the deprecation of Press Key keyword (#1892)
• Yuri and Lisa for assisting with the addition of Wait For Expected Condition keyword and for the Robot Framework Foundation for the ecosystem support (#1827)

and Yuri Verweij, Lisa Crispin, and Tatu Aalto for their continued support of the library development.

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SeleniumLibrary 6.2.0

SeleniumLibrary 6.2.0 is a new release with compatibility fixes for recent selenium versions and some bug fixes. SeleniumLibrary supports Python 3.8 through 3.11, Selenium 4.12.0 through 4.15.2 and Robot Framework 5.0.1 and 6.1.1.

Most important enhancements

Remove deprecated headless option for chrome and firefox. (#1858)

If one specified either headlesschrome or headlessfirefox as the browser within the Open Browser keyword, then the library would handle setting this option with the underlying Selenium driver. But the methods to do so were deprecated and then removed in Selenium v4.13.0. Thus one was not getting a headless browser in these instances. This resolves that issue.

Resolve issue with service log_path now log_output. (#1870)

Selenium changed the arguments for the service log within v4.13.0. This change allows for a seamless usage across versions before and after v4.13.0.

Execute JavaScript converts arguments to strings. (#1843)

If any ARGUMENTS were passed into either the Execute Javascript or Execute Async Javascript then they were converted to strings even if they were of some other type. This has been corrected within this release.

Acknowledgements

I want to thank the following for helping to get out this release,

• René Rohner for pointing out that Create Webdriver had a mutable default value (#1817)
• Kieran Trautwein for resolving the issue with deprecated headless option for chrome and firefox. (#1858)
• Nicholas Bollweg for assisting in resolving the issue with service log_path now log_output. (#1870)
• Igor Kozyrenko for reporting the argument issue with Execute JavaScript and René Rohner for resolving it. (#1843_)
• Robin Matz for improving the documentation on page load timeout (#1821)
• Dor Blayzer for reporting and fixing the SeleniumLibrary CI badge. ()

and Yuri Verweij, Lisa Crispin, and Tatu Aalto.

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SeleniumLibrary 6.1.3

SeleniumLibrary 6.1.3 is a hotfix release that fixes an issue with remote browsers when options are not provided.

SeleniumLibrary 6.1.3 was released on Thursday October 12, 2023. SeleniumLibrary supports Python 3.8+, Selenium 4.3+ and Robot Framework 4.1.3 or higher.

Most important enhancements

Remote browser fails when no options provided (#1855)

For several of the remote browsers we need to initialize the options if none are provided. In addition the deprecated and removed from selenium desired_capabilities have been removed from SeleniumLibrary v6.1.3.

Acknowledgements

I want to thank Tero Lempiäinen for pointing out this issue (#1855)

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SeleniumLibrary 6.1.2

SeleniumLibrary 6.1.2 is a hotfix release focused on bug fixes for setting configuration options when using a remote Edge or Safari Browser. More information is given below.

SeleniumLibrary 6.1.2 was released on Saturday September 9, 2023. SeleniumLibrary supports Python 3.7+, Selenium 4.3+ and Robot Framework 4.1.3 or higher.

Most important enhancements

Missing "Options" setup in EDGE browser for remote url execution

The browser options if given within the Open Browser or Create WebDriver keyword were not being passed to either a remote Edge or remote Safari browser. This has been fixed within this release.

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SeleniumLibrary 6.1.1

SeleniumLibrary 6.1.1 is a hotfix release with one bug fix - the incompatablitilty with Selenium v4.10.0+. More information is given below.

SeleniumLibrary 6.1.1 was released on Friday August 4, 2023. SeleniumLibrary supports Python 3.7+, Selenium 4.3.0 or higher and Robot Framework 4.1.3 or higher.

Most important enhancements

Fixed Selenium v4.10.0+ Incompatibility
Selenium v4.10.0 removed code that was labeled as deprecated which we did not catch before the release. As such it broke code particular around how the Open Browser keyword calls into selenium. This release is a targeted change to resolve that conflict. In particular if one is using a few particular arguments with the Open Browser keyword then it is recommended you verify you get the same results as before. Some of these you should not need to make any changes as we make those internally. But others we completely removed and you with need to update to get the same functionality. Let me walk through those argument now ..

If you use the service_log_path and/or executable_path argument, these are now passed different to the webdriver creation. We have strong confidence this was done properly but still want to be transparent a change was made there. If you find something amiss please open a support ticket.

If you use Firefox and the ff_profile_dir argument, this is now attached first to the options structure and passed along to the webdriver creation via options. Again for most users you should not see any issues. If, by chance, you are already setting the profile via options (ie Open Browser None Firefox options=profile=/path/to/profile/dir) and through the ff_profile_dir then you will get unexpected operation. I suspect the ff_profile_dir will overwride the other; but that is just a guess. Don't try to set it in two places at once. I recognize the change of profile into the options structure complicates the argument structure here (for example what is you want to pass a profile object?). It is not my intention nor do I even attempt to address that here. If you do use Firefox profiles and have some thoughts on how we can improve this, please reach out.

If you use desired_capabilities they are deprecated and removed completely by Selenium. SeleniumLibrary just ignores that you passed them in. We will, most likely in the next release just remove that argument, but I wanted to ease you into this as best as I could. This is not the place for a tutorial on what has been the way to do this but you can find plenty about that on either Selenium Grid documentation or vendors like SauceLabs or BrowserStack.

Finally if you do do anything beyond the basic Open Browser someUrl someBrowser it would be worthwhile that with this release you get similar expected results as with the previous 6.1.0 release. If you see some browser configuration settings that are not resulting in previous usage and can prove this release has something in error please raise a ticket.

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SeleniumLibrary 6.1.0

SeleniumLibrary 6.1.0 is a new release with some enhancements around timeouts, broadening edge support and removing deprecated Opera support, and bug fixes.

SeleniumLibrary 6.1.0 was released on Wednesday May 3, 2023. SeleniumLibrary supports Python 3.7+, Selenium 4.0+ and Robot Framework 4.1.3 or higher.

Most important enhancements

Set Page Load Timeout
The ability to set the page load timeout value was added (#1535). This can be done on the Library import. For example, one could set it to ten seconds, as in,

*** Setting ***
Library           SeleniumLibrary    page_load_timeout=10 seconds

In addition there are two addition keywords (Set Selenium Page Load Timeout and Get Selenium Page Load Timeout) which allow for changing the page load timeout within a script. See the keyword documentation for more information.

Duration of mouse movements within Action Chains
Actions chains allow for building up a series of interactions including mouse movements. As to simulate an actual user moving the mouse a default duration (250ms) for pointer movements is set. This change (#1768) allows for the action chain duration to be modified. This can be done on the Library import, as in,

*** Setting ***
Library           SeleniumLibrary    action_chain_delay=100 milliseconds

or with the setter keyword Set Action Chain Delay. In addition one can get the current duration with the new keyword Get Action Chain Delay. See the keyword documentation for more information.

Timeout documentation updated
The keyword documentation around timeouts was enhanced (#1738) to clarify what the default timeout is and that the default is used if None is specified. The changes are, as shown in italics here,

The default timeout these keywords use can be set globally either by using the Set Selenium Timeout keyword or with the timeout argument when importing the library. If no default timeout is set globally, the default is 5 seconds. If None is specified for the timeout argument in the keywords, the default is used. See time format below for supported timeout syntax.

Edge webdriver under Linux
The executable path to the edge browser has been changed (#1698) so as to support both Windows and Linux/Unix/MacOS OSes. One should not notice any difference under Windows but under Linux/*nix one will no longer get an error message saying the Windows executable is missing.

Upcoming Deprecation of Selenium2Library

Please Take Note - The SeleniumLibrary Team will be deprecating and removing the Selenium2Library package in an upcoming release. When the underlying Selenium project transitioned, over six years ago, from distinguishing between the "old" selenium (Selenium 1) and the "new" WebDriver Selenium 2 into a numerically increasing versioning, this project decided to use the original SeleniumLibrary package name. As a convenience the Selenium2Library package was made a wrapper around the SeleniumLibrary package. Due to the issues around upgrading packages and the simple passage of time, it is time to deprecate and remove the Selenium2Library package.

If you are still installing the Selenium2Libary package please transition over, as soon as possible, to installing the SeleniumLibrary package instead.

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SeleniumLibrary 6.0.0

SeleniumLibrary is a web testing library for Robot Framework that utilizes the Selenium tool internally. SeleniumLibrary 6.0.0 is a new release with enhancements to locators and bug fixes on how run on failure functionality is executed. Starting with version 6.0 SeleniumLibrary requires Selenium 4.0+. If you wish to use Selenium version 3.x you must use SeleniumLibrary version 5 or prior.

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SeleniumLibrary 5.1.3

SeleniumLibrary is a web testing library for Robot Framework that utilizes the Selenium_ tool internally. SeleniumLibrary 5.1.3 is a new release with bug fixes to Execute JavaScript and Execute Async JavaScript type hints with RF 4.0.

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SeleniumLibrary 5.1.2

SeleniumLibrary is a web testing library for Robot Framework that utilizes the Selenium tool internally. SeleniumLibrary 5.1.2 is a new release with bug fixes type type conversion bugs with Robot Framework 4.0.

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SeleniumLibrary 5.1.1

SeleniumLibrary is a web testing library for Robot Framework that utilizes the Selenium tool internally. SeleniumLibrary 5.1.1 is a new release with bug fixes to Open Browser keyword ff_profile_dir argument type conversion.

SeleniumLibrary 5.1.1 was released on Sunday March 14, 2021. SeleniumLibrary supports Python 3.6+, Selenium 3.141.0+ and Robot Framework 3.2.2+.

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