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RenegadeAndy
RenegadeAndy

Reputation: 5690

How best should I interact with Flash from Selenium Java WebDriver

I am aware a bunch of similar questions such as (Interact flash elements using WebDriver) have been asked in the past however it is still not clear how best to interact with a Flash Element on a page in association with Selenium's Java WebDriver.

By default I know it doesnt support Flash, so I use it to log onto the site which is fine. Now I need to interact with a flash element as seen on this page :

http://store.nike.com/us/en_us/product/free-tr-4-id/?piid=34979&pbid=517639039

I want to be able to pick a shoe size from the Flash on the left hand side of the page, and then click the add to cart button.

Can anybody who has achieved this please offer their guidance and opinion on the best way. I have tried https://code.google.com/p/flash-selenium/ however this appears to be old, or not compatible with the new Java WebDriver.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 7371

Answers (2)

markanderson
markanderson

Reputation: 1

There is a massive misconception that webdriver cannot interact with flash elements.The answer is YES you can interact with flash elements embedded inside html if you can locate the xy coordinates you can interact using selenium ACTION class like so..

Actions Action = new Actions(driver);
WebElement e = driver.findElements(By.cssSelector("button"));
Action.moveToElement(e).clickAndHold().perform();
Action.release().perform();

Upvotes: -1

Yi Zeng
Yi Zeng

Reputation: 32855

The answer to your question is: No, there is no way you can interact with Flash from/using Selenium WebDriver. Full stop.

I know there are heaps of developers out there need to automated Flash. But this has never been a part of the Selenium project and it will never be added into. You might want to have a wander around Selenium Users group.

For projects like flash-selenium and flex-ui-selenium, they are not part of the Selenium project but created by third party, which means they can easily be discontinued due to various reasons. If you have decided to use them, you might end up developing the project itself instead of using it. Furthermore, I'm not aware of such projects compatible with Selenium WebDriver anyway.

One other possible solution might be using Sikuli, which is not a Flash automation tool though. It should support automating Flash with its unique image comparison technology. But once again, this has nothing to do with Selenium in any way.

Upvotes: 4

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