An example to implement Singleton WebDriverFactory and BasePage in order to have shared driver instance

[yasenltd]

Hi again! In general, I suggest you to do this as a very basic step:

• create WebDriverFactory to initialize the IWebDriver
• create BasePage abstract class to setup the driver and navigation to landing page
• create other Page classes that : the BasePage and its constructor
• create Steps classes injecting the driver and the page classes that you need. Make them to work in the constructor and call you Factory method to initialize the driver
• make AfterHook method somewhere to close the driver after each test / then it will be started by the Factory method again

using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome;

public class WebDriverFactory
{
    private static IWebDriver _driver;

    public static IWebDriver GetDriver()
    {
        if (_driver == null)
        {
            _driver = new ChromeDriver();
            _driver.Manage().Timeouts().ImplicitWait = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10);
        }
        return _driver;
    }

    public static void CloseDriver()
    {
        if (_driver != null)
        {
            _driver.Quit();
            _driver = null;
        }
    }
}

public abstract class BasePage
{
    protected readonly IWebDriver _driver;

    protected BasePage(IWebDriver driver)
    {
        _driver = driver;
    }

    // Common method to navigate to a page
    public void NavigateTo(string url)
    {
        _driver.Navigate().GoToUrl(url);
    }
}

public class LoginPage : BasePage
{
    private readonly WebDriverWait _wait;

    // Constructor that accepts the WebDriver instance and passes it to the base class
    public LoginPage(IWebDriver driver) : base(driver)
    {
        _wait = new WebDriverWait(_driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10)); // Explicit wait for 10 seconds
    }

    // Elements located explicitly using By selectors
    private IWebElement UsernameField => _wait.Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementIsVisible(By.Id("username")));
    private IWebElement PasswordField => _wait.Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementIsVisible(By.Id("password")));
    private IWebElement LoginButton => _wait.Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementIsVisible(By.Id("loginButton")));

    // Methods to interact with the page
    public void EnterCredentials(string username, string password)
    {
        UsernameField.SendKeys(username);
        PasswordField.SendKeys(password);
    }
}

using TechTalk.SpecFlow;
using OpenQA.Selenium;

[Binding]
public class LoginSteps
{
    private readonly IWebDriver _driver;
    private readonly LoginPage _loginPage;
    private readonly DashboardPage _dashboardPage;

    public LoginSteps()
    {
        // Get the shared WebDriver instance from the factory
        _driver = WebDriverFactory.GetDriver();

        // Pass the shared WebDriver instance to the page objects
        _loginPage = new LoginPage(_driver);
        _dashboardPage = new DashboardPage(_driver);
    }

    [Given(@"I navigate to the login page")]
    public void GivenINavigateToTheLoginPage()
    {
        _loginPage.NavigateTo("https://example.com/login");
    }

    [When(@"I enter my credentials")]
    public void WhenIEnterMyCredentials()
    {
        _loginPage.EnterCredentials("testuser", "password123");
    }

    [When(@"I click the login button")]
    public void WhenIClickTheLoginButton()
    {
        _loginPage.ClickLogin();
    }

    [Then(@"I should see the dashboard")]
    public void ThenIShouldSeeTheDashboard()
    {
        Assert.IsTrue(_dashboardPage.IsDashboardVisible());
    }

    // AfterScenario hook to close WebDriver after the scenario is finished
    [AfterScenario]
    public void AfterScenario()
    {
        WebDriverFactory.CloseDriver();
    }
}

[KarinaCampaharo]

Hi @yasenltd, thank your help.

but I have some doubts: public abstract class BasePagee and public class WebDriverFactory

Should these two code snippets be in the same file?

and the private readonly DashboardPage variable _dashboardPage;

was not found anywhere, display error:

public class LoginSteps { private readonly IWebDriver _driver; private readonly LoginPage _loginPage; private readonly DashboardPage _dashboardPage; //???

public LoginSteps()
{
    // Get the shared WebDriver instance from the factory
    _driver = WebDriverFactory.GetDriver();

    // Pass the shared WebDriver instance to the page objects
    _loginPage = new LoginPage(_driver);
   //_dashboardPage = new DashboardPage(_driver);
}

[yasenltd]

public abstract class BasePage and public class WebDriverFactory should be two different classes. The "private readonly DashboardPage variable _dashboardPage;" is just an example page class that does not exist. My idea was to illustrate how to have multiple Page classes into a single Step class. You will create those PageObject classes. I have only schemed the LoginPage but you can have more with names of your application pages.

On Tue, 1 Oct 2024 at 14:59, KarinaCampaharo @.***> wrote:

Hi @yasenltd https://github.com/yasenltd, thank your help.

but I have some doubts: public abstract class BasePagee and public class WebDriverFactory

Should these two code snippets be in the same file?

and the private readonly DashboardPage variable _dashboardPage;

was not found anywhere, display error:

public class LoginSteps { private readonly IWebDriver _driver; private readonly LoginPage _loginPage; private readonly DashboardPage _dashboardPage; //???

public LoginSteps() { // Get the shared WebDriver instance from the factory _driver = WebDriverFactory.GetDriver();

// Pass the shared WebDriver instance to the page objects
_loginPage = new LoginPage(_driver);

//_dashboardPage = new DashboardPage(_driver); }

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[KarinaCampaharo]

Okay, got it.

I was thinking about not creating a Login feature file. Just create a class and pass it on to other feature files for the test scenarios I want to run. Is it a good practice?

My question is how to be able to use login for other .feature files. I couldn't understand that.

[yasenltd]

By feature files you mean the Specflow classes in which Scenarios are placed or the step binding classes in which the logic behind the steps is described?

On Tue, 1 Oct 2024 at 16:19, KarinaCampaharo @.***> wrote:

Okay, got it.

I was thinking about not creating a Login feature file. Just create a class and pass it on to other feature files for the test scenarios I want to run. Is it a good practice?

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