passing command line arguments to selenium python test case

Question

I have a selenium python automation test where i want to pass url of website as a parameter to function. I will be calling the function via command line.

my_python_code.py

class my_automation_class(unittest.TestCase)
    
    def setUp(self):
        chrome_options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
        chrome_options.add_argument("--headless")
        chrome_options.add_argument("--disable-gpu")
        self.driver = webdriver.Chrome(ChromeDriverManager().install())
        parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
        parser.add_argument("url_link", help="display url")
        self.args = parser.parse_args()

    def test_my_automation(self):
        
        driver = self.driver
        driver.maximize_window()

        driver.get(self.args.url_link)
        //performs some operation after this

if __name__ == "__main__":
unittest.main(testRunner=HTMLTestRunner(output='Reports'),exit=False)

When I ran this via command line

python my_python_code.py "https://www.netflix.com/in/ "

I am getting

ERROR [0.000000s]: unittest.loader._FailedTest.https://www

AttributeError: module 'main' has no attribute 'https://www'

I am not sure why it's not working. Is there any other way i can pass arguments to selenium python test case ?

The parsing statements should be under the if name == 'main': statement or in the set-up function. — Devang Sanghani
– Devang Sanghani, Commented Feb 4, 2022 at 8:05
@DevangSanghani Thank you for your answer, i added it in the setup func, but i am still getting the same error. — geek
– geek, Commented Feb 7, 2022 at 4:23
You should run it like this : python my_python_code.py --url_link="https://www.netflix.com/in/ " — Devang Sanghani
– Devang Sanghani, Commented Feb 7, 2022 at 5:03

Devang Sanghani · Accepted Answer · 2022-02-07 06:37:35Z

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class my_automation_class(unittest.TestCase)               
      def setUp(self):
          chrome_options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
          chrome_options.add_argument("--headless")
          chrome_options.add_argument("--disable-gpu")
          self.driver = webdriver.Chrome(ChromeDriverManager().install())
          self.url_link = args.url_link
            
      def test_my_automation(self):
          driver = self.driver
          driver.maximize_window()
          driver.get(self.url_link)
          //performs some operation after this
                
if __name__ == "__main__":
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     parser.add_argument("url_link", help="display url")
     args = parser.parse_args()
     sys.argv.pop()            
     unittest.main(testRunner=HTMLTestRunner(output='Reports'),exit=False)

Run code:

    python my_python_code  --url_link="https://www.netflix.com/in/"

edited Feb 7, 2022 at 6:37

answered Feb 7, 2022 at 6:23

Devang Sanghani

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2 Comments

geek Over a year ago

I have one more doubt , i want to run this using pytest and create a report of it in html, how does this work ? i tried "pytest -v -s --json-report --json-report-indent=4 --json-report-file=report/report.json --html=report/report.html conftest.py"

Devang Sanghani Over a year ago

Pls try it and post a new question in case you need help.

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