Test Video using Selenium WebDriver

Testing a video is always a challenging task. Most of the video based web sites are manually tested & are out of scope of automation.

However, the javascript executor in selenium webdriver will enable us to play around with the video components. Thus, few of the test scenarios w.r.t video testing can be automated using the below approach.

Sample Video: Video Component Sample

Video Component: JW Player, JW HTML5 Video Player

Sample Script:

System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "C:/folderpath/chromedriver.exe");

WebDriver driver= new ChromeDriver();

//Open the page containing video component.

driver.get("http://html5video.org/wiki/JW_HTML5_Video_Player");

driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(15, TimeUnit.SECONDS);

//If video is placed in embed tag or iframe, navigate to the source.

//However, we can even switch to frame. [Else, skip this step]

WebElement elm = driver.findElement(By.id("video_iframe"));

String urlStr = elm.getAttribute("src");

System.out.println("Video Url : " + urlStr);

driver.navigate().to(urlStr);

cdrv.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(15, TimeUnit.SECONDS);

JavascriptExecutor jse = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;

//Click on play button

jse.executeScript("jwplayer().play();");

Thread.sleep(2000);

//Pause

jse.executeScript("jwplayer().pause()");

Thread.sleep(2000);

//Play

jse.executeScript("jwplayer().play();");

Thread.sleep(2000);

// Set Volume

Thread.sleep(2000);

jse.executeScript("jwplayer().setVolume(50);");

Thread.sleep(2000);

//Mute Player

jse.executeScript("jwplayer().setMute(true);");

Thread.sleep(2000);

//UnMute Player

jse.executeScript("jwplayer().setMute(false);");

Thread.sleep(2000);

//Stop the player

jse.executeScript("jwplayer().stop()");

Thread.sleep(2000);

driver.quit();

!!!!! Video Testing Using Selenium WebDriver is Possible. !!!!!


Download the Sample working code:  TestVideo.java