# Using Selenium and WebDriver From [ChromeDriver - WebDriver for Chrome][chrome-driver]: > WebDriver is an open source tool for automated testing of web apps across many > browsers. It provides capabilities for navigating to web pages, user input, > JavaScript execution, and more. ChromeDriver is a standalone server which > implements WebDriver's wire protocol for Chromium. It is being developed by > members of the Chromium and WebDriver teams. In order to use `chromedriver` with Electron you have to tell it where to find Electron and make it think Electron is the Chrome browser. ## Setting up with WebDriverJs [WebDriverJs](https://code.google.com/p/selenium/wiki/WebDriverJs) provides a Node package for testing with web driver, we will use it as an example. ### 1. Start ChromeDriver First you need to download the `chromedriver` binary, and run it: ```bash $ ./chromedriver Starting ChromeDriver (v2.10.291558) on port 9515 Only local connections are allowed. ``` Remember the port number `9515`, which will be used later ### 2. Install WebDriverJS ```bash $ npm install selenium-webdriver ``` ### 3. Connect to ChromeDriver The usage of `selenium-webdriver` with Electron is basically the same with upstream, except that you have to manually specify how to connect chrome driver and where to find Electron's binary: ```javascript var webdriver = require('selenium-webdriver'); var driver = new webdriver.Builder() // The "9515" is the port opened by chrome driver. .usingServer('http://localhost:9515') .withCapabilities({chromeOptions: { // Here is the path to your Electron binary. binary: '/Path-to-Your-App.app/Contents/MacOS/Atom'}}) .forBrowser('electron') .build(); driver.get('http://www.google.com'); driver.findElement(webdriver.By.name('q')).sendKeys('webdriver'); driver.findElement(webdriver.By.name('btnG')).click(); driver.wait(function() { return driver.getTitle().then(function(title) { return title === 'webdriver - Google Search'; }); }, 1000); driver.quit(); ``` ## Setting up with WebdriverIO [WebdriverIO](http://webdriver.io/) provides a Node package for testing with web driver. ### 1. Start ChromeDriver First you need to download the `chromedriver` binary, and run it: ```bash $ chromedriver --url-base=wd/hub --port=9515 Starting ChromeDriver (v2.10.291558) on port 9515 Only local connections are allowed. ``` Remember the port number `9515`, which will be used later ### 2. Install WebdriverIO ```bash $ npm install webdriverio ``` ### 3. Connect to chrome driver ```javascript var webdriverio = require('webdriverio'); var options = { host: "localhost", // Use localhost as chrome driver server port: 9515, // "9515" is the port opened by chrome driver. desiredCapabilities: { browserName: 'chrome', chromeOptions: {binary: '/Path-to-Your-App.app/Electron'} // Path to your Electron binary. } }; var client = webdriverio.remote(options); client .init() .url('http://google.com') .setValue('#q', 'webdriverio') .click('#btnG') .getTitle().then(function(title) { console.log('Title was: ' + title); }) .end(); ``` ## Workflow To test your application without rebuilding Electron, simply [place](https://github.com/atom/electron/blob/master/docs/tutorial/application-distribution.md) your app source into Electron's resource directory. [chrome-driver]: https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/