How to open and get input from a popup before running test?

Question

I want to open a popup before running my tests and after completing my test run. I want to give few inputs from the popup on basis of that my test will run.

Suppose I have multiple links on which my project is present to test. I want to select the link from popup and then my test cases should run on that selected link.

I have made an html file which have all fields necessary for me. I am trying to open that file in a popup before selenium start running my tests.

Can anyone suggest how to achieve this? I am using Selenium webdriver with Testng.

• Twaldigas: What programming language? What xUnit framework?
• Ashwani Raj: I am using java and Testng framework.
• Twaldigas: Sorry, but I do not know a framework named "Testing" and when I google for it, I can not find it. Do you have a link for me?
• Niels van Reijmersdal: He says he is using TestNG not testing, you can find the website here: testng.org
• Ashwani Raj: hey @Niels any kind of suggestion is highly appreciated.

Answer 1

TestNG provide a lot of annotations for thinks like that: @BeforeTest, @BeforeSuite, BeforeGroups and more: http://testng.org/doc/documentation-main.html#annotations

It may be look like that:

@BeforeTest
public void setup() {
 // open your popup and click on the link
}
@Test
public void test() {
 // test case
}
@AfterTest
public void tearDown() {
 // close popup
}

TestNG also provide Listeners: http://testng.org/doc/documentation-main.html#testng-listeners. With Listeners you can say what before or after a test happens. Also what happens when a test finish, failed, skipped or succeed. Maybe this provide a better way for you.

• Ashwani Raj: I am facing problem in opening popup. That popup may contain a dropdown. so need to get that selected value from dropdown and then proceed.
• Twaldigas: Selenium 2 / WebDriver has a Select class for dropdowns: selenium.googlecode.com/git/docs/api/java/org/openqa/selenium/…