jhamm1/automating_with_python

Using Python for Automation

Automating with python

This repo provides examples of using Python for Automation. Any repetitive online task can be optimized with a Python script.

Dependencies

pip3 install beautifulsoup4

pip3 install lxml

pip3 install requests

pip3 install selenium

pip install -U python-dotenv

API automated tests

cd API_tests navigate to the API test sub-dir

python3 apiCall.py

python3 apiKey.py

Automate web browsing

cd automate_web_browsing

python3 dragAndDrop.py

python3 googleEarthBrowse.py

python3 webBrowse.py

Execute cmd

cd execute_cmds

python3 example.py

python3 script.py

fileIO

cd fileIO

python3 fileIO.py

Web scraping

cd web_scraping

python3 scrapePages.py

python3 scrape.py

Issues and considerations

Why to use Wait functions

• Many websites use asynchronous techniques to load content
• Technique creates a problem when Selenium tries to locate an element that isn't loaded
• Avoid exceptions in scripts

Explicit wait functions - will wait until a condition is satisfied

Implicit wait functions - pull DOM for a certain amount of time, until the element becomes available

python3 googleEarthBrowse.py > example of explicit wait