webdriver

wpt.fyi Webdriver tests

This directory containers integration tests for webapp/. These tests bring up the full webserver then use a Golang Webdriver client, tebeka/selenium, to load pages in a browser (Chrome or Firefox) and assert that the webapp behaves as expected.

To run the tests, from the root wpt.fyi directory, run:

make go_large_test

You can run just one of Chrome or Firefox via:

make go_chrome_test
make go_firefox_test

Note that when running these tests outside of docker (see Running in docker), they will use your locally installed browser and webdriver clients, so it is worth making sure they are the versions you expect.

Debugging

Debugging the webdriver/ tests can be difficult as they are integration tests and the problem can occur anywhere from controlling the browser, to the webapp frontend, to the backend - and other weird bugs inbetween! This section contains some tips on how to effectively debug them.

After running one of the above make commands at least once, one can directly run the golang tests via:

# You can copy GECKODRIVER_PATH out of the make output; it should be installed
# locally under webapp/node_modules/selenium-standalone/...
go test -v -timeout=15m -tags=large ./webdriver -args \
    -firefox_path=/usr/bin/firefox \
    -geckodriver_path=$GECKODRIVER_PATH \
    -chrome_path=/usr/bin/google-chrome \
    -chromedriver_path=/usr/bin/chromedriver \
    -frame_buffer=true \
    -staging=false \
    -browser=chrome  # Or firefox

It is worth comparing this command-line against the Makefile, in case this documentation becomes out of date.

Running only one test

If you only need to run one test, you can use the golang test -run parameter. For example:

go test -v -timeout=15m -tags=large ./webdriver \
    -run TestProductParam_Order/Order \
    -args \
    -firefox_path=/usr/bin/firefox \
    -geckodriver_path=$GECKODRIVER_PATH \
    -chrome_path=/usr/bin/google-chrome \
    -chromedriver_path=/usr/bin/chromedriver \
    -frame_buffer=true \
    -staging=false \
    -browser=chrome  # Or firefox

Visual Output

Many of the tests run some javascript (or click on an element, etc) and expect to find some resulting change on the page. When that doesn't occur, they usually just timeout and it can be difficult to know why. One very useful trick is to enable visual output, so that you can actually see the webpage as the test runs.

To do this, set the frame_buffer argument to false, e.g.:

go test -v -timeout=15m -tags=large ./webdriver -args \
    -firefox_path=/usr/bin/firefox \
    -geckodriver_path=$GECKODRIVER_PATH \
    -chrome_path=/usr/bin/google-chrome \
    -chromedriver_path=/usr/bin/chromedriver \
    -frame_buffer=false \
    -staging=false \
    -browser=chrome  # Or firefox

Verbose webdriver output

By default, webdriver output is hidden as it is very noisy. You can re-enable it by passing -debug=true to the tests, e.g.:

go test -v -timeout=15m -tags=large ./webdriver -args \
    -firefox_path=/usr/bin/firefox \
    -geckodriver_path=$GECKODRIVER_PATH \
    -chrome_path=/usr/bin/google-chrome \
    -chromedriver_path=/usr/bin/chromedriver \
    -frame_buffer=true \
    -staging=false \
    -browser=chrome \
    -debug=true

Redirecting stderr to stdout and saving it to a log-file is recommended due to the verbosity of webdriver logs (append 2>&1 | tee my-log.txt to the above command).

Running in docker

Sometimes bugs only occur in a docker-like environment. This can be difficult to reproduce, but a first step is to run the tests inside of docker. To do this, first start the docker container in one terminal tab:

./util/docker-dev/run.sh

Then, in another tab, we need to get the instance id of the container, exec 'bash' inside of it, and run our test:

docker container ls
[ note the CONTAINER ID ]
docker exec -it $CONTAINER_ID bash
user@abce84dd426d:~/wpt.fyi$
[now you can run 'make go_chrome_test', or 'go test ...' directly, etc]

Note that this maps the host machine's wpt.fyi checkout into docker, so any code edits you make on the host are reflected in the container and vice-versa.