browserctrl 0.2.1

Control the browser behavior automaticly.

browserctrl

Control the browser behavior automaticly.

Install

pip install browserctrl

Installed Commands and sub-commands

• browserctrl
  • create-xlsx-template
  • run-xlsx-config

Usage

C:\Workspace\browserctrl>browserctrl --help
Usage: browserctrl [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

  Browser automation toolset.

Options:
  --help  Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  create-xlsx-template  Create a new xlsx file with command define...
  run-xlsx-config       Run browser automation commands defined in...

C:\Workspace\browserctrl>browserctrl create-xlsx-template --help
Usage: browserctrl create-xlsx-template [OPTIONS] [OUTPUT]

  Create a new xlsx file with command define template.

Options:
  --help  Show this message and exit.

C:\Workspace\browserctrl>browserctrl run-xlsx-config --help
Usage: browserctrl run-xlsx-config [OPTIONS] CONFIG_XLSX_PATH
                                   [VARIABLES_XLSX_PATH]

  Run browser automation commands defined in xlsx file.

Options:
  -l, --log TEXT              Log filename, default to browserctrl.log.
  -s, --sheet TEXT            Sheet name of config xlsx file. Default to the
                              active sheet.
  -v, --variables-sheet TEXT  Sheet name of variables xlsx file. Default to
                              the active sheet.
  -r, --repeat INTEGER        Repeat times to run. Default to 1 means run only
                              once.
  -d, --delay INTEGER         Seconds delay before the next browser instance
                              starts. Default to 5 seconds.
  --help                      Show this message and exit.

Examples

1. Create a new xlsx template.

browserctrl create-xlsx-template my-task.xlsx

2. Edit my-task.xlsx, add commands.
3. Run commands in my-task.xlsx.

browserctrl run-xlsx-config my-task.xlsx

4. If there are variables used in my-task.xlsx, write variables in variables.xlsx, and pass the filename to run command.

browserctrl run-xlsx-config my-task.xlsx variables.xslx

Variables xlsx file format.

name1	name2	name3
value11	value12	value13
value21	value22	value23

• The first line must be variable names.
• Every line is a group of variable values at the second line and lines below.
• Every line of variable values will create a browser instance.

Other information

1. See more help information in xlsx template which can be created by the sub-command create-xlsx-template.
2. You have to install phantomjs, webdriver for chrome, firefox and ie by yourself.

• Phantomjs can be download at https://phantomjs.org/download.html.
• Chrome webdriver can be downloaded at https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/downloads.
• IE webdriver can be downloaded at https://www.selenium.dev/downloads/.
• Firefox webdriver can be downloaded at https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases.
• Download url may change, you may search latest download link by yourself.

Releases

v0.2.1 2020/06/01

• Add documents.

v0.2.0 2020/06/01

• Use xlsx variables file instead of yml variables file.

v0.1.4 2020/05/30

• Add --no-sandbox option for chrome so that we can start chrome under root user.
• Fix third counter problem in wait_and_monitoring.
• Auto close browser after the instance is destroyed.

v0.1.3 2020/05/30

• Fix variables problem in wait_and_monitoring.
• Update document.

v0.1.2 2020/05/29

• Add headless chrome browser support.
• Fix second counter problem in wait_and_monitoring.
• Fix screenshot problem creating empty folder.
• Fix Ie Browser zoom level not 100% problem.
• Ignore lines without operation.

v0.1.1 2020/05/29

• Add instance_start_delay parameter for run_xlsx_config.
• Add StreamHandler() for logging.
• Update interval status before sleep in wait_and_monitoring.
• Fix counter screenshot filename problem in wait_and_monitoring.

v0.1.0 2020/05/29

• First release.