Run Selenium Tests With Capybara On LambdaTest

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Learn how to use Capybara framework to configure and run your Java automation testing scripts on the LambdaTest platform

Table Of Contents

• Pre-requisites
• Run-Your-First-Test
• Executing-The-Test
• Running Your Parallel Tests Using Capybara Framework
• Testing Locally Hosted or Privately Hosted Projects

Pre-requisites

Before you can start performing Ruby automation testing with Selenium, you would need to:

• Install Ruby and gem on your local system. Follow these instructions to install on different operating systems.
  • For Windows, you can download from the official website.
  • For Linux or Ubuntu, you can run a simple apt command like below:

  sudo apt-get install ruby-full

  • For macOS, you can run a Homebrew command like this:

  brew install ruby

• To run tests in parallel you will require the parallel_tests gem.
• LambdaTest binary file for running tests on your locally hosted web pages.

Installing Selenium Dependencies and Tutorial Repo

Step 1: Clone the LambdaTest’s Capybara-Ruby repository and navigate to the code directory as shown below:

git clone https://github.com/LambdaTest/Capybara-Cucumber-Ruby.git
cd Capybara-Cucumber-Ruby

Step 2: After navigating to the cloned directory, install project dependencies using the below commands:

bundle install

Setting up Your Authentication

Make sure you have your LambdaTest credentials with you to run test automation scripts with Capybara on LambdaTest Selenium Grid. You can obtain these credentials from the LambdaTest Automation Dashboard or through LambdaTest Profile.

Set LambdaTest Username and Access Key in environment variables.

• For Linux/macOS: export LT_USERNAME="YOUR_USERNAME" export LT_ACCESS_KEY="YOUR ACCESS KEY"
• For Windows: set LT_USERNAME="YOUR_USERNAME" set LT_ACCESS_KEY="YOUR ACCESS KEY"

Run Your First Test

Sample Test with Capybara Ruby

Test Scenario: The example mentioned in the lambdatest.rb sample file would help you to execute your automation test using CapyBara Ruby.

Configuration of Your Test Capabilities

In the test script, you need to update your test capabilities. In this code, we are passing browser, browser version, and operating system information, along with LambdaTest Selenium grid capabilities via capabilities object. The capabilities in the above code are defined as:

@caps = {                       
            "browserName"=>lt_browser, 
            "version"=>lt_browser_version, 
            "platform"=>lt_os, 
            "resolution"=>lt_res, 
            "build"=>"capybara-lambdatest", 
            "name"=>"single-Test-Jenkins",
            "video"=>true, 
            "network"=>true, 
            "console"=>true, 
            "visual"=>true 
        }  

You can generate capabilities for your test requirements with the help of our inbuilt Capabilities Generator tool.

Executing The Test

Navigate to the directory where you cloned the sample of CapyBara Ruby and run the following command.

bundle exec rake single

Your test results would be displayed on the test console (or command-line interface if you are using terminal/cmd) and on LambdaTest automation dashboard. LambdaTest Automation Dashboard will help you view all your text logs, screenshots and video recording for your entire automation tests.

Running Your Parallel Tests Using Capybara Framework

Executing Parallel Tests Using Capybara

Navigate to the directory where you cloned the sample of CapyBara Ruby and run the following command.

bundle exec rake parallel

Testing Locally Hosted or Privately Hosted Projects

You can test your locally hosted or privately hosted projects with LambdaTest Selenium grid cloud using LambdaTest Tunnel app. All you would have to do is set up an SSH tunnel using LambdaTest Tunnel app and pass toggle tunnel = True via desired capabilities. LambdaTest Tunnel establishes a secure SSH protocol based tunnel that allows you in testing your locally hosted or privately hosted pages, even before they are made live.

Refer our LambdaTest Tunnel documentation for more information.

Here’s how you can establish LambdaTest Tunnel.

Download the binary file of:

• LambdaTest Tunnel for Windows
• LambdaTest Tunnel for Mac
• LambdaTest Tunnel for Linux

Open command prompt and navigate to the binary folder.

Run the following command:

LT -user {user’s login email} -key {user’s access key}

So if your user name is lambdatest@example.com and key is 123456, the command would be:

LT -user lambdatest@example.com -key 123456

Once you are able to connect LambdaTest Tunnel successfully, you would just have to pass on tunnel capabilities in the code shown below :

Tunnel Capability

caps = {             
            ...          
            :tunnel => true,         
            ...
        }  

Additional Links

• Advanced Configuration for Capabilities
• How to test locally hosted apps
• How to integrate LambdaTest with CI/CD

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