Gmail Automation using qtp

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QTPAutomating Gmail

Anshoo Arora March 18, 2010 AllQTP-UFT161 Comments

This article is a tutorial to show how parts of Gmail can be automated using QTP. Gmail is anextremely dynamic UI and always quite challenging to automate successfully. Its dynamic

behavior also makes it an excellent candidate to practice QTP with and sharpen your skills. I will

try to show a few techniques that can be helpful in automating Gmail, and through it, automatingany dynamic application that you encounter.

Gmail Login

Im sure everyone who has worked with Gmail would have already created this part of the script

and chances are that it would have been created as a function. The same has been done here with

the help of conditional statements:

FunctionGmailLogin(sUserName, sPassword)GmailLogin = False

WithBrowser("title:=Gmail.*").Page("micclass:=Page")'Check if the UserName field existsIf.WebEdit("html id:=Email").Exist(0) Then

.WebEdit("html id:=Email").SetsUserName 'Set UserName

.WebEdit("html id:=Passwd").SetSecure sPassword 'Set Password

.WebButton("name:=Sign in").Click 'Click Submit

.SyncEndIf

'Check for Link Inbox(xyz)If.Link("innertext:=Inbox.*").Exist(15) ThenGMailLogin = True

EndWithEndFunction

'Usage 1:MsgBox GmailLogin("yourUserName", "yourPassword")

'Usage 2:IfGmailLogin("yourUserName", "yourPassword") = TrueThen

'Continue with testElse

'Stop

EndIf

Sign Out of Gmail

No tricks here. A simple inline DP or OR statement would accomplish Signing out of Gmail:

Browser("title:=Gmail.*").Page("micclass:=Page").Link("innertext:=SignOut").Click
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'Update March 15, 2011: The Gmail interface has changed slightly.'If the above does not work, please try this:Browser("title:=Gmail.*").Page("micclass:=Page").Link("innertext:=Sign Out","class:=gbml1").Click

Get New Email Count

Each automation developer prefers a different approach of retrieving desired values from blocksor text. For each task which requires a value to be retrieved, 3 techniques are demonstrated for

the retrieval of expected values: Split, RegExp and Left/Right. But first, we must retrieve the

entire string containing the number of Unread emails:

Retrieve Inbox (3)

sLink =Browser("title:=Gmail.*").Page("title:=Gmail.*").Link("innertext:=Inbox.*")_

.GetROProperty("innertext")

Once the string containing the number of unread e-mails is retrieved, one of the following

approaches can be used to produce the same result:

Split

iEmails = Split(sLink, " ")(1) '(3)iEmails = Replace(iEmails, "(", "") '3)iEmails = Replace(iEmails, ")", "") '3PrintiEmails

RegExp

'Updated 03/12/2012

SetoRegExp = NewRegExpoRegExp.Global = TrueoRegExp.Pattern = "\d+"SetoMatches = oRegExp.Execute(sLink) 'oMatches(0) = 3iEmails = oMatches(0)IfoMatches.Count = 2 TheniEmails = iEmails & ""& oMatches(1)PrintiEmails

Left, Right


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iPosition = InStr(1, sLink, "(")iEmails = Right(sLink, Len(sLink) - iPosition) '3iEmails = Left(iEmails, Len(iEmails) - 1)PrintiEmails

Get Total Emails CountUnlike the scenario above, which retrieved the number of unread e-mails in the AUT, this

section shows how the total number of e-mails can be retrieved. Just like the previous scenario, a

simple inline DP statement can be used to retrieve the number string that contains the value weare looking for:

Retrieve 1 4 of 4

'Updated 03/15/2012sText = Browser("title:=Gmail.*").Page("title:=Gmail.*")_

.WebElement("innertext:=\d+\d+ of \d+.*","index:=0").GetROProperty("innertext")

'Alternate:sText = Browser("title:=Gmail.*").Page("title:=Gmail.*")_

.WebElement("class:=J-J5-Ji amH J-JN-I").GetROProperty("innertext")

After retrieving the entire string, one of the following approaches can be used to produce the

result:

Split

iEmails = Split(sText, "of")(1) ' 4iEmails = Split(iEmails, " ")(1) '4PrintiEmails

RegExp

'Updated 03/12/2012SetoRegExp = NewRegExp

oRegExp.Global = TrueoRegExp.Pattern = "of .*"SetoMatches = oRegExp.Execute(sText)sMatch = oMatches(oMatches.Count - 1)

oRegExp.Pattern = "\d+"SetoMatches = oRegExp.Execute(sMatch)iEmails = oMatches(0)IfoMatches.Count = 2 TheniEmails = iEmails & ""& oMatches(1)


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PrintiEmails

Left, Right

iLoc_Of = InStr(1, sText, "of")iTotals = Right(sText, Len(sText) - iLoc_Of - 1)iTotals = Trim(iTotals)PrintiTotals

Space Used by Emails

One important, and a little complex (in comparison to the above scenarios) one: retrieving the

space used by Emails. The process will remain the same, but notice the usage of the wild card

character for the WebElement:

Retrieve You are currently using 0 MB (0%) of your 7430 MB.

'Updated 03/15/2012sText = Browser("title:=Gmail.*").Page("title:=Gmail.*")_

.WebElement("innertext:=.*Using.*of your.*", "index:=0")_

.GetROProperty("innertext")

The above inline DP statement will retrieve and store the entire string with sText. Once

executed, one of the following methods can be used to retrieve the result:

Split

iSpace = Trim(Split(sText, "Using")(1))iSpace = Split(iSpace, " ")(0) '0PrintiSpace

RegExp

'Updated 03/12/2012SetoRegExp = NewRegExp

oRegExp.Pattern = "\d+ MB"SetoMatches = oRegExp.Execute(sText)iSpace = oMatches(0)PrintiSpace

Left, Right

iLoc_MB = InStr(1, sText, "MB")


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sText = Trim(Left(sText, iLoc_MB - 1)) 'You are currently using xxiSpace = Right(sText, Len(sText) - InStrRev(sText, " ")) '0PrintiSpace

Gmail Auto-Generated Response Message

If you would like to check the existence of any of the messages as shown below, accessing the

classof the Element will suffice to retrieve the entire text and verify it against our expectedresult.

Out of the numerous ways these messages could be checked, I am going to show 2 possible uses

with a description object and an inline DP statement.

Inline DP

Browser("title:=Gmail.*").Page("micclass:=Page")_.WebElement("class:=vh", "html tag:=TD",

"index:=0").GetROProperty("innertext")

Description Object + ChildObjects

DimoDesc, colObject

SetoDesc = Description.CreateoDesc("micclass").Value = "WebElement"oDesc("class").Value = "vh"

SetcolObject =Browser("title:=Gmail.*").Page("micclass:=Page").ChildObjects(oDesc)

MsgBox colObject(0).GetROProperty("innertext")

Finding Row with Containing Text

To find an e-mail row using text, we can either create a custom function or use the

GetRowWithCellTextmethod of the WebTable. However, chances are that the custom functionwill not prove to be quite as fast. A custom function has been created to find the row containing

the specified text:

Custom Function


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FunctionFindMailRow(sText)DimoTable, iRows, ix

FindMailRow = -1

WithBrowser("title:=Gmail.*").Page("micclass:=Page").WebTable("class:=F

cf zt") iRows = .GetROProperty("rows")

Forix = 1 toiRowssMailText = .GetCellData(ix, 3) & .GetCellData(ix, 5) &

.GetCellData(ix, 7)IfInStr(1, LCase(Replace(sMailText, vbLf, " ")), LCase(sText))

ThenFindMailRow = ixExitFunction

EndIfNext

EndWithEndFunction

'Usage:MsgBox FindMailRow("Text")

The outcome will be the same when using the GetRowWithCellTextmethod, but with a smallerperformance footprint.

GetRowWithCellText

MsgBox Browser("title:=Gmail.*").Page("micclass:=Page").WebTable("class:=F cfzt")_

.GetRowWithCellText("Redefining")

The custom function took 2.45 secondsto find the row whereas GetRowWithCellText took

only 1.22 seconds.

Reading Emails

The above method can be coupled with a click event to find and open the e-mail that is to beread. A simple inline DP statement can be used to click the target row and open the e-mail. In

this example, were going to click on the 2nd Email:


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'Updated 03/12/2012'I have used 'Access Gmail' but you can use any (unique) text on that rowiRow = Browser("title:=Gmail.*").Page("micclass:=Page").WebTable("class:=F cfzt")_

.GetRowWithCellText("Access Gmail")

WithBrowser("title:=Gmail.*").Page("micclass:=Page").WebTable("class:=F cfzt")Setting.WebPackage("ReplayType") = 2

.ChildItem(iRow, 5, "WebElement", 0).ClickSetting.WebPackage("ReplayType") = 1

EndWith

When the row is clicked, the Email is opened for reading:

Compose

This can be tricky. Breaking down each component below:

Clicking Compose

Setting.WebPackage("ReplayType") = 2Browser("title:=Gmail.*").WebElement("innertext:=COMPOSE","index:=1").ClickSetting.WebPackage("ReplayType") = 1

Recipient, Subject, Body

WithBrowser("title:=Gmail.*").WebEdit("html id:=:1b6").Set"[email protected]"'Recipient.WebEdit("html id:=:1c9").Set"Subject"'Subject.WebElement("html id:=:1cl", "index:=1").Object.innerText = "Message

Body"'BodyEndWith

Click Send

Setting.WebPackage("ReplayType") = 2Browser("title:=Gmail.*").WebElement("html id:=:1d3", "index:=1").Click

Setting.WebPackage("ReplayType") = 1


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I hope this article provides more in-depth knowledge of testing complex Web applications. I

hope to find more such applications in the future to share with everyone. If you feel there is a

scenario that this article lacks, or will become more useful with the addition of one, please do letme know.

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