How to disable Javascript when using Selenium?

Question

Hi

I am wondering how do I disable javascript when using selenium so I can test server side validation.

I found this article but I don't know what to really do. Like I make this javascript file then what?

http://thom.org.uk/2006/03/12/disabling-javascript-from-selenium/

Answer 1

It looks like creating this file will give you the functions that you need to disable javascript for your test. You will call the "doDisableJavascript" function before you begin the test and the "doEnableJavascript" function when you want to enable it again.

Answer 2

The steps to use the script referenced above aren't to bad:

1. Create the selenium "user-extensions.js" file as mentioned in the article you link.
2. Select your "user-extensions.js" file in the Selenium preferences in Options->Options.
3. Use the script by selecting the command "DisableJavascript" or "EnableJavascript" from the command list (or just type it manually).

For screen shot examples of steps 2 and 3 see: http://i32.tinypic.com/161mgcm.jpg

Update: For information about using user-extensions.js with Selenium RC try the following URL: http://seleniumhq.org/docs/08%5Fuser%5Fextensions.html

Answer 3

Other possibilities would be:

• Write your application to support disabling JavaScript (yes, the web application).
  Sounds crazy? Isn't. In our development process we're doing exactly this, implementing features without JS until all are there, then spice up with JS. We usually provide a hook within all templates which can control from a single point to basically witch JS off/on from the web application itself. And, yes, the application is hardly recognizable without JS enabled, but it's the best way to ensure things work properly. We even write Selenium tests for it, for both versions; NOJS and JS. The NOJS are so quickly implemented that they don't matter compared to what it takes to write sophisticated JS tests ...
• Modify the appropriate browser profile to have JS disabled. I.e. for FF you can tell Selenium which profile to use; you can load this profile normally, disable JS in about:config and feed this profile as default profile to Selenium RC.

Answer 4

I followed the steps exactly as above. Created user-extensions.js file Selected the file through Selenium Preferences Typed the command manually as I was not able to see the command in the dropdown.

Please suggest.

Answer 5

Get the Web Developer toolbar for Firefox from http://chrispederick.com/work/web-developer/ Disable->Disable Javascript