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Watir WebDriver Automated Testing

See our Watir example repository for a simple example on how to run Watir tests in parallel on TestingBot.

Watir, pronounced water, is an open-source (BSD) family of Ruby libraries for automating web browsers.

To install the watir-webdriver gem:

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gem install watir-webdriver

Example with Watir WebDriver

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require "watir-webdriver"

caps = WebDriver::Remote::Capabilities.new
caps[:browserName] = "chrome"
caps[:version] = "latest-1"
caps[:platform] = :WINDOWS
caps[:name] = "Watir WebDriver Test"

browser = Watir::Browser.new(
	:remote,
	:url => "http://key:secret@hub.testingbot.com/wd/hub",
	:desired_capabilities => caps)

browser.goto "https://www.google.com/ncr"
browser.text_field(:name => 'q').set 'TestingBot'
browser.button(:name => 'btnG').click

puts browser.title
browser.quit

Configuring capabilities

To run your existing tests on TestingBot, your tests will need to be configured to use the TestingBot remote machines. If the test was running on your local machine or network, you can simply change your existing test like this:

Before:
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browser = Watir::Browser.new(:firefox)
After:
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browser = Watir::Browser.new(:remote,
	:url => "http://API_KEY:API_SECRET@hub.testingbot.com/wd/hub",
	:desired_capabilities => caps)

Specify Browsers & Devices

To let TestingBot know on which browser/platform/device you want to run your test on, you need to specify the browsername, version, OS and other optional options in the capabilities field.

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browser = Watir::Browser.new(:remote,
	:url => "http://API_KEY:API_SECRET@hub.testingbot.com/wd/hub",
	:desired_capabilities => caps)

To see how to do this, please select a combination of browser, version and platform in the drop-down menus below.

1. Select a Platform
2. Select a browser
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Testing Internal Websites

We've built TestingBot Tunnel, to provide you with a secure way to run tests against your staged/internal webapps.
Please see our TestingBot Tunnel documentation for more information about this easy to use tunneling solution.

The example below shows how to easily run a Watir test with our Tunnel:

1. Download our tunnel and start the tunnel:

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java -jar testingbot-tunnel.jar key secret

2. Adjust your test: instead of pointing to 'hub.testingbot.com/wd/hub' like the example above - change it to point to your tunnel's IP address.
Assuming you run the tunnel on the same machine you run your tests, change to 'localhost:4445/wd/hub'. localhost is the machine running the tunnel, 4445 is the default port of the tunnel.

This way your test will go securely through the tunnel to TestingBot and back:

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require "watir-webdriver"

caps = WebDriver::Remote::Capabilities.new
caps[:browserName] = "firefox"
caps[:version] = "latest-1"
caps[:platform] = :WINDOWS
caps[:name] = "Watir WebDriver Test"

browser = Watir::Browser.new(
	:remote,
	:url => "http://key:secret@localhost:4445/wd/hub",
	:desired_capabilities => caps)

browser.goto "https://www.google.com/ncr"
browser.text_field(:name => 'q').set 'TestingBot'
browser.button(:name => 'btnG').click

puts browser.title
browser.quit

Mark tests as passed/failed

As TestingBot has no way to dermine whether your test passed or failed (it is determined by your business logic), we offer a way to send the test status back to TestingBot. This is useful if you want to see if a test succeeded or failed from the TestingBot member area.

You can use our Ruby API client to report back test results.

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api = TestingBot::Api.new(key, secret)
api.update_test(driver.session_id, { :name => new_name, :success => true })

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