NAME

Brownie::Session - browser session class

SYNOPSIS

use Test::More;
use Brownie::Session;

# external server
my $session = Brownie::Session->new(
    driver   => 'Mechanize',
    app_host => 'http://app.example.com:5000',
);

# PSGI app
my $session = Brownie::Session->new(
    driver => 'Mechanize',
    app    => sub { ...(PSGI app)... },
);

# PSGI file
my $session = Brownie::Session->new(
    driver => 'Mechanize',
    app    => 'app.psgi',
);

$session->visit('/');
is $session->title => 'Some Title';

$session->fill_in('User Name' => 'brownie');
$session->fill_in('Email Address' => 'brownie@example.com');
$session->click_button('Login');
like $session->source => qr/Welcome (.+)/;

$session->fill_in(q => 'Brownie');
$session->click_link_or_button('Search');
like $session->title => qr/Search result of Brownie/i;

done_testing;

METHODS

  • new(%args)

    my $session = Brownie::Session->new(%args);

    %args are:

    • driver: loadable driver name or config

    • host: external target application

    • app: PSGI application

Driver Delegation

  • visit($url)

    Go to $url.

    $session->visit('http://example.com/');
  • current_url

    Returns current page's URL.

    my $url = $session->current_url;
  • current_path

    Returns current page's path of URL.

    my $path = $session->current_path;
  • title

    Returns current page's <title> text.

    my $title = $session->title;
  • source

    Returns current page's HTML source.

    my $source = $session->source;
  • screenshot($filename)

    Takes current page's screenshot and saves to $filename as PNG.

    $session->screenshot($filename);
  • execute_script($javascript)

    Executes snippet of JavaScript into current page.

    $session->execute_script('$("body").empty()');
  • evaluate_script($javascript)

    Executes snipptes and returns result.

    my $result = $session->evaluate_script('1 + 2');

    If specified DOM element, it returns WebElement object.

    my $node = $session->evaluate_script('document.getElementById("foo")');

Node Action

  • click_link($locator)

    Finds and clicks specified link.

    $session->click_link($locator);

    $locator: id or text of link

  • click_button($locator)

    Finds and clicks specified buttons.

    $session->click_button($locator);

    $locator: id or value of button

  • click_on($locator)

    Finds and clicks specified links or buttons.

    $session->click_on($locator);

    It combines click_link and click_button.

  • fill_in($locator, $value)

    Sets a value to located field (input or textarea).

    $session->fill_in($locator, $value);
  • choose($locator)

    Selects a radio button.

    $session->choose($locator);
  • check($locator)

    Sets a checkbox to "checked"

    $session->check($locator);
  • uncheck($locator)

    Unsets a checkbox from "checked"

    $session->check($locator);
  • select($locator)

    Selects an option.

    $session->select($locator);
  • unselect($locator)

    Unselects an option in multiple select.

    $session->unselect($locator);
  • attach_file($locator, $filename)

    Sets a path to file upload field.

    $session->attach_file($locator, $filename);

AUTHOR

NAKAGAWA Masaki <masaki@cpan.org>

LICENSE

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO

Brownie::Driver, Brownie::Node