seleniumbase/SeleniumBase

Features

• Automated Web Scraping - Navigates complex websites and bypasses anti-bot security measures to collect data efficiently while managing browser sessions and state.
• End-to-End Testing - Validates complete user workflows and application functionality across different browsers to ensure consistent behavior and reliable performance.
• Browser Automation Frameworks - Simplifies browser interactions, element waiting, and test execution for end-to-end testing and web scraping.
• Anti-Bot Evasion - Employs specialized browser modes and stealth configurations to navigate websites and interact with protected content without triggering anti-bot measures.
• WebDriver Implementations - Controls web browsers by sending commands through the standard W3C WebDriver protocol to manage lifecycles and user interactions.
• Test Execution and Orchestration - Provides a robust engine for running automated test suites, supporting command-line configuration, automatic test discovery, and cross-platform execution.
• Web Testing Frameworks - Manages browser lifecycles, parallel test execution, and generates detailed reports for complex web application validation.
• Browser Automation - Enables complex sequences like typing, clicking, and dragging by combining low-level browser actions into reliable method calls with automatic waiting.
• Failure Artifact Capturers - Automatically captures screenshots, page source, and logs upon test failure to provide immediate visual context for debugging sessions.
• Cross-Browser Testing Tools - Provides a unified interface for controlling multiple browser vendors and drivers to ensure consistent application behavior across different operating systems.
• Stealth Configurations - Modifies browser fingerprints and execution flags to bypass automated bot detection mechanisms during web scraping and testing.
• Browser Environment Configurations - Modifies browser fingerprints and execution flags to bypass automated bot detection mechanisms during web scraping and testing tasks.
• Test Reporters - Produces detailed execution summaries in HTML or JUnit XML formats to track test results and failures after a suite completes.
• Auto-Waiting Assertions - Monitors the Document Object Model for element readiness before executing actions to prevent failures caused by asynchronous page loading.
• Parallel Test Execution - Distributes large test suites across multiple threads to reduce execution time and provide rapid feedback.
• Test Execution Management - Distributes test suites across multiple threads to reduce total runtime by running browser instances concurrently.
• Browser Lifecycle Managers - Handles the automatic launching, configuration, and cleanup of browser instances across multiple operating systems and browser vendors.
• Browser Driver Management - Automatically detects, downloads, and configures the correct browser-specific executable drivers to ensure compatibility across different operating systems.
• Debugging and Inspection Tools - Pauses execution on errors or at specific breakpoints to allow developers to inspect the browser state and step through code.
• Multi-Process Parallelism - Distributes independent test suites across multiple concurrent processes to reduce total execution time on multi-core hardware.
• Screenshot Capture - Automatically captures screenshots, page source, and metadata during automated sessions to assist in debugging and monitoring.
• Test Retry Strategies - Automatically re-executes tests or specific methods upon failure to account for transient issues or environmental instability.
• Hybrid Testing Modes - Combines automated browser sequences with manual validation steps to streamline quality assurance for sensitive web interactions.
• Hybrid Testing Interfaces - Facilitates collaborative testing by combining automated browser actions with manual validation steps through an interactive interface.
• Browser Automation - Provides standardized project structures, visual recording, and debugging tools to accelerate the creation and maintenance of browser interaction scripts.
• Command Line Interfaces - Provides a unified command-based layer that wraps complex configuration, environment setup, and test execution logic for automated workflows.
• Environment Configuration - Manages browser selection, driver versions, and execution settings through command-line parameters to support diverse testing and scraping requirements.
• Browser Context Managers - Controls multiple browser windows, tabs, and iframe containers to maintain state and navigate complex web layouts during automation tasks.
• Failure Artifact Management - Automatically generates logs and screenshots upon test failure, managing storage through automated archiving or replacement policies.
• Execution Observability - Highlights elements and pauses between actions during automated tasks to help developers observe and verify the flow of a test.
• Initialization Script Injections - Allows users to inject and execute custom JavaScript or jQuery code directly within the browser context for advanced page manipulations.

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