Scripting Web Tests
Watir Cheat Sheet
Getting Started with Watir
require 'watir'
ie = Watir::IE.start('http://localhost:8080')
ie.close
ie = Watir::IE.attach(:title, 'title')
Manipulating Controls with Watir
ie.text_field(:name, 'name').set('value')
ie.button(:value, 'value').click
ie.button(:name, 'name').click
ie.checkbox(:name, 'name').set
ie.object(:attribute, 'name').flash
A Special Testing Function For Timeclock
require 'toolkit/testhook'
ensure_no_user_data 'name'
Accessing Page Contents with Watir
ie.contains_text('text')
ie.title
ie.html
ie.table(:id, 'recent_records).to_a
ie.table(:id,
'recent_records')[2][1].text
Assertions
assert_equal(expected, test_method)
assert_match(regexp, test_method)
assert(expression)
Load the Watir library
Start IE using the local
timeclock server.
Close IE.
Attach to an existing IE
window, so you can drive it
with Watir.
Set the text field specified name
specified value.
Click the button with the specified
value (label)
Click the button with the specified
name.
Check the check box named
"name". (Uncheck: clear)
Cause the specified control to
flash.
Delete any database records for the named
user.
Return true if the current page has the
specified text somewhere on the page.
Otherwise, false.
Return the title of the current page.
Return all the HTML in the body of
the page
Return an array containing the text in
the table's rows and columns.
Return the text from the first column
of the second row of the table id'd
'recent_records.
Test whether the expected value
matches the actual value returned by
the test method
Test whether the regular expression
matches the actual value returned by
the test method.
Test whether the expression is true.
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