Automated webpage testing
Systems and methods involving automated test of web pages are described. A computing device may load a web page in a test environment, the web page may having a first underlying representation for rendering. The underlying representation may be analyzed by a page crawler to identify one or more testable components of the web page. A file may be generated, and the identified components may be stored in the file in a second representation that may be more streamlined than the first. The testable components in the file may be displayed as a menu of selectable test options in a graphical user interface (GUI) on a display device. Selection of at least one of the selectable test options may be made via input received at the GUI, the selections corresponding to a set of test steps. The set of test steps may be run in the test environment.
1. A computing device comprising:
a processor;
a display component; and
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the computing device to carry out operations including:
loading a web page into a test environment, the web page having an underlying first representation for rendering of the web page;
analyzing the underlying first representation to identify testable components, each corresponding to an element associated with interactive content on the web page;
generating a file containing the identified testable components, the generated file having a second representation different than the underlying first representation;
on the display component, displaying, in a graphical user interface, the identified testable components in the generated file as a menu of selectable test options;
generating a test comprising a set of test steps to test the identified testable components, wherein a particular test step of the set of test steps is configured by:
receiving, via the graphical user interface, a selection of one of the identified testable components on the menu of selectable test options;
receiving, via the graphical user interface, an input identifying an input value to assign to the selected identified testable component for a portion of the test, wherein the input value assigned to the selected identified testable component comprises an output value obtained from a previous test step of the set of test steps; and
determining an order of execution of the particular test step within the set of test steps; and
running the set of test steps in the test environment.
2. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the operations include displaying results of running the set of test steps in the test environment.
3. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the operations include storing the generated test in a database.
4. The computing device of claim 3 , wherein the operations include:
retrieving the stored test from the database; and
running the retrieved test in the test environment.
5. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein analyzing the underlying first representation comprises textually crawling the underlying first representation to identify pre-defined tags and/or labels.
6. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein analyzing the underlying first representation comprises ignoring testable components identified in a pre-defined list of excluded testable components.
7. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the second representation contains less information than the underlying first representation.
8. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein each testable component comprises at least one of a clickable component, a settable component, or a gettable component.
9. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the underlying first representation is hypertext markup language (HTML).
10. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the second representation is Javascript object notation (JSON).
11. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the operations include reversing any changes to the test environment or the loaded web page, or a combination thereof, made as a result of running the set of test steps in the test environment.
12. A method carried out in a computing device, the method comprising:
loading a web page into a test environment executing on the computing device, the web page having an underlying first representation for rendering of the web page;
analyzing the underlying first representation to identify testable components, each corresponding to an element associated with interactive content on the web page;
generating a file containing the identified testable components, the generated file having a second representation different than the underlying first representation;
displaying, in a graphical user interface of the computing device, the identified testable components in the generated file as a menu of selectable test options;
generating a test comprising a set of test steps to test the identified testable components, wherein a particular test step of the set of test steps is configured by:
receiving, via the graphical user interface, a selection of one of the identified testable components on the menu of selectable test options;
receiving, via the graphical user interface, an input identifying an input value to assign to the selected identified testable component for a portion of the test, wherein the input value assigned to the selected identified testable component comprises an output value obtained from a previous test step of the set of test steps, and
determining an order of execution of the particular test step within the set of test steps; and
running the set of test steps in the test environment.
13. The method of claim 12 , comprising displaying results of running the set of test steps in the test environment.
14. The method of claim 12 , comprising storing the generated test in a database.
15. The method of claim 14 , comprising:
retrieving the stored test from the database; and
running the retrieved test in the test environment.
16. The method of claim 12 , wherein analyzing the underlying first representation comprises textually crawling the underlying first representation to identify pre-defined tags and/or labels.
17. The method of claim 12 , wherein analyzing the underlying first representation comprises ignoring testable components identified in a pre-defined list of excluded testable components.
18. The method of claim 12 , wherein the second representation contains less information than the underlying first representation.
19. The method of claim 12 , wherein each testable component comprises at least one of a clickable component, a settable component, or a gettable component.
20. The method device of claim 12 , wherein the underlying first representation is HTML.
21. The method of claim 12 , wherein the second representation is JSON.
22. The method of claim 12 , comprising reversing any changes to the test environment, the loaded web page, or a combination thereof, made as a result of running the set of test steps in the test environment.
23. An article of manufacture including a non-transitory computer-readable medium, having stored thereon program instructions that, upon execution by a computing device, cause computing device to perform operations comprising:
loading a web page into a test environment executing on the computing device, the web page having an underlying first representation for rendering of the web page;
analyzing the underlying first representation to identify testable components, each corresponding to an element associated with interactive content on the web page;
generating a file containing the identified testable components, the generated file having a second representation different than the underlying first representation;
displaying, in a graphical user interface of the computing device, the identified testable components in the generated file as a menu of selectable test options;
generating a test comprising a set of test steps to test the identified testable components, wherein a particular test step of the set of test steps is configured by:
receiving, via the graphical user interface, a selection of one of the identified testable components on the menu of selectable test options;
receiving, via the graphical user interface, an input identifying an input value to assign to the selected identified testable component for a portion of the test, wherein the input value assigned to the selected identified testable component comprises an output value obtained from a previous test step of the set of test steps; and
determining an order of execution of the particular test step within the set of test steps;
running the set of test steps in the test environment.