How can I run cucumber scenarios crossbrowser?

Question

so I have set up my step definitions and cucumber scenarios and they r running fine using firefox (since my step def are using firefox webdriver) but now I need to run my scenarios crossbrowser. I have been looking at selenium grid as an option but would greatly appreciate if someone can guide me on how to run my cucumber scenarios crossbrowser. thanks

Answer 1

When running WebDriver using any browser that is not Firefox you will need to use a third-party WebDriver.

Use the links Aravin has provided to download the WebDrivers.

You will also need to set a system property to where the third party driver files are located.

Here's an example of setting up a new ChromeDriver instance in Java:

System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "path/to/chromedriver.exe");
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

IE:

System.setProperty("webdriver.ie.driver",  "path/to/iedriver.exe");
WebDriver = new InternetExplorerDriver();

This should set you up a local instance for the above browsers.

If you are thinking of using grid, you can find plenty of info in the docs

Answer 2

You have to use the corresponding driver for the browser to execute your scenario.

For Chrome : https://code.google.com/p/selenium/wiki/ChromeDriver

For IE : https://code.google.com/p/selenium/wiki/InternetExplorerDriver

For Safari : https://code.google.com/p/selenium/wiki/SafariDriver

You can configure this in env.rb file of your project.