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Running Selenium from jMeter

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Author
lucaxel
Date
2021-02-14 04:24
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66300855

Initial Notes

This is my first post so please have mercy. I'm writing this hoping that I will save some time for whoever tries to follow me into the madness of running selenium tests in a headless browser from jMeter in a docker container, thus enabling performance. 
I don't like writing stories so I'm keeping this a list/point format so it's easy to understand and find the things I though are useful.  You can find the script attached and details on how it works bellow. 

Why

 - Easy way to deliver tests to CI/CD pipeline integrators 
 - Flexible as you can config jmx to be run locally or on the CI/CD pipeline, switch easily between them 
 - Assert vital fields inside the test using selenium directly (no testng or junit required)
 - jMeter logging offers clues to what happens inside docker
 - Any system that can run java, can run your test

How

 - Selenium commands are written in JSR samplers in jMeter 
 - Pass the browser as object between samplers 
 - Use jMeter logging to log progress, errors and more

Setup

 - Install jMeter and its plugin manager
 - Install the Selenium Support plugin

Implement script

 - Start the browser depending on some variables/parameters defined in JMeter
if ("true".equals(vars.get("runLocal")))
        System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver", vars.get("setLocal"));
else
  System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver", vars.get("setMsmt"));  
FirefoxBinary firefoxBinary = new FirefoxBinary();
if (vars.get("headless") == "true") firefoxBinary.addCommandLineOptions("--headless");  
FirefoxOptions firefoxOptions = new FirefoxOptions();
firefoxOptions.setBinary(firefoxBinary);
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(firefoxOptions);
WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, 50);
JavascriptExecutor js = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;
driver.get("${msm_url}"); // Navigate to website
driver.manage().window().maximize();
 - Pass the browser as object between sampler:
vars.putObject("driver", driver)
WebDriver driver = vars.getObject("driver");

 - Assertions and jMeter logging functionality
boolean asserMailbox = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//a[contains(text(),'Mailbox')]")).isDisplayed();
if (asserMailbox) {
    log.info("Mailbox tab is displayed: " + asserMailbox);
} else {
    log.info("SeleniumTestInvalidated" + driver.findElement(By.xpath("//a[contains(text(),'Mailbox')]")));
}


Selenium headless quirks and other fun stuff

Ok so this section is what I believe is most helpful and I want to share with you. I encountered a lot of problems in my app (checking the jmx will prove that but these are the most helpful tips I can offer anyone)
 - Scrolling options:
Require a JavascriptExecutor to be defined. The objects can be passed between samplers. 
import org.openqa.selenium.JavascriptExecutor;
WebDriver driver = vars.getObject("driver");
JavascriptExecutor js = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;
js.executeScript("arguments[0].scrollIntoView({block: 'center'});", driver.findElement(By.xpath("(//li[@id='tui-pin']//i[@class='fas fa-trash mr-1'])[2]")));
js.executeScript("window.scrollTo(0,0)"); //Scroll to top

 - Print Screens:
import java.io.File; 
import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils; 
import org.openqa.selenium.OutputType; 
import org.openqa.selenium.TakesScreenshot;
public static void takeSnapShot(WebDriver webdriver,String fileWithPath) throws Exception{
//Convert web driver object to TakeScreenshot
TakesScreenshot scrShot =((TakesScreenshot)webdriver);
//Call getScreenshotAs method to create image file
File SrcFile=scrShot.getScreenshotAs(OutputType.FILE);
//Move image file to new destination
File DestFile=new File(fileWithPath);
//Copy file at destination
FileUtils.copyFile(SrcFile, DestFile);
}
this.takeSnapShot(driver, vars.get("pic_location")+"HomePage.png") ;


- Forcing clicks when everything else fails:
Sometimes a button would simply not be clickable so as a workaround implement an action so it simulates a mouse click. Requires an action to be defined. 
import org.openqa.selenium.interactions.Actions;

Actions builder = new Actions(driver);
builder.moveToElement(driver.findElement(By.id("saveSubscriber")), 0, 0).click().build().perform();


 - A final check in jMeter
In case a selenium action fails the whole sampler is marked as failure. but test might fail due to your assertions. In case you don't want to search jmeter logs for multiple error strings I added a log in case sampler is marked as failure in a JSR Assertion Sampler added as a child to the JSR Sampler running the selenium scripts.  
String StartProcessResponseCode = SampleResult.getResponseCode();
log.info('Assertion Start')
try {
    assert StartProcessResponseCode.contains('200') : "SeleniumTestInvalidated: A web element was not found or could not be clicked."
}
catch (AssertionError e) {
    log.info(e.getMessage())
}
log.info('Assertion Ended for :' + StartProcessResponseCode)












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