Overview
The library contains methods which allow you to interact with Appian components in a browser. It can be used in a Java application or integrated directly into any Selenium or Java-based testing tool.
Appian Selenium API contains the methods that are at the core of both Cucumber for Appian and FitNesse for Appian. If you are familiar with either Appian’s FitNesse or Cucumber tools then you are already familiar with the methods provided by the Appian Selenium API. For example, the table below shows the corresponding FitNesse and Cucumber methods for the same underlying Appian Selenium API method.
Appian Selenium API
loginWithUsernameAndPassword(jString userName, String password)
FitNesse for Appian
| login with username | USERNAME | and password | PASSWORD |
Cucumber for Appian
Given I login with username "USERNAME" and password "PASSWORD"
Note: Java 11 required for plugin version 23.4
Key Features & Functionality
The Appian Selenium API plug-in package includes:
The Appian Selenium API plug-in supports both Chrome and Firefox browsers. See the Appian Playbook for more information: Automated Testing with Appian Selenium API
Note on Appian Versions:
With each Appian release, a new version of the plug-in is also released to support the latest Appian components. This plug-in is backwards compatible, ensuring that you do not need to update your test cases when upgrading to new Appian versions.
Editable and Read Only Grid SAIL components cannot find the grid element from accessibityText, although documentation says so. The XPath selector currently only works if you have a label. Tested on version 22.2.1. Currently, we are adding hidden labels so that automation passes. Still, the following XPath does not work for accessibility text as documented because the following sibling does not exist for accessibility text as it's already the parent to the grid.Current selector used when looking up the grid:
//span[contains(translate(text(),'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ','abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'),'your accessibility text or label here')]/parent::div/following-sibling::div/descendant::table[contains(@class, '---table')]/ancestor::div[contains(@class, 'FieldLayout---field_layout')][position()=1]
The selector should be updated to be as follows if you want to support finding the grid by either labels or accessibility text or both as documented://span[contains(translate(text(),'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ','abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'),'your accessibility text or label here')]/parent::div/parent::div/descendant::table[contains(@class, '---table')]/ancestor::div[contains(@class, 'FieldLayout---field_layout')][position()=1]
//span[contains(translate(text(),'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ','abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'),'your accessibility text or label here')]/parent::div/parent::div/descendant::table[contains(@class, '---table')]/ancestor::div[contains(@class, 'FieldLayout---field_layout')][position()=1]