Selenium with Python Full Course for Beginners
Selenium with Python – Full Course for Beginners
Selenium is a popular tool for automating web browsers. It is widely used for web scraping, testing, and automating repetitive tasks. This guide will take you through the fundamentals of Selenium with Python from installation to advanced concepts.
1. Introduction to Selenium
What is Selenium?
Why use Selenium with Python?
Real-world applications
2. Setting Up Selenium
Installing Python
Installing Selenium:
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pip install selenium
Downloading the WebDriver (Chrome, Firefox, Edge)
Setting up WebDriver in Python
3. Launching a Browser with Selenium
Opening a website using webdriver
Navigating to URLs
Maximizing/minimizing browser window
Taking screenshots
4. Locating Web Elements
ID
Name
Class Name
Tag Name
CSS Selector
XPath
Using find_element() and find_elements()
5. Interacting with Web Elements
Clicking buttons
Entering text in input fields
Handling dropdowns and checkboxes
Handling alerts and popups
6. Handling Waits in Selenium
Implicit Wait
Explicit Wait
Fluent Wait
7. Handling Frames and Windows
Switching between multiple windows
Handling iframes
8. Automating Mouse and Keyboard Actions
Performing hover actions
Right-click and double-click actions
Drag and drop
Keyboard actions using ActionChains
9. Handling Tables and Web Scraping
Extracting table data
Iterating through rows and columns
10. Working with Cookies and Sessions
Handling cookies
Managing user sessions
11. Running Selenium Tests in Headless Mode
Running tests without opening a browser window
12. Running Selenium Tests in Parallel
Using pytest with Selenium
Running tests in multiple browsers
13. Using Selenium with PyTest for Automation Testing
Writing test cases
Using assertions
Generating test reports
14. Handling Captchas and Authentication
Solving captchas using external APIs
Automating login for websites requiring authentication
15. Selenium Best Practices
Avoiding common mistakes
Debugging Selenium scripts
Optimizing performance
16. Deploying Selenium Scripts
Running Selenium on cloud platforms (Selenium Grid, BrowserStack)
Scheduling Selenium scripts with cron or Task Scheduler
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