All posts by Abhijit Kumar

Naukri API Testing Framework

Framework is like blueprint for test automation. A good automation framework design helps in achieving more reusable, scalable, beneficial testing and reduce maintenance cost. Automation test framework provides environment for structured automated testing which includes test scripts writing with the help of reusable functions, test data generation and reporting. In case of API automation, framework become more challenging because of following tasks Handling JSON/XML based request or response parameter/body. Handling connection with API with different HTTP method. Validating API... Read More

Difference between Implicit and Explicit Wait in Selenium

What is a wait and why it is used in automation scripts? Have you ever seen a traffic signal? What does the Red light in the Traffic signal indicate? The origin of wait comes from the traffic signal problem. As Red light in traffic signal asks the traffic to halt for some time, similarly wait is used to halt the execution of our automation script for a specified time. In other words wait asks our script to stop the execution for a specified time. Wait is mostly used by automation testers like us to debug our code or to avoid situations like Element not found Exception(s) by the webdriver.... Read More

How Firefox Profile solved our basic automation problems

              What is FirefoxProfile?   Firefox saves your personal information such as bookmarks, passwords, and user preferences in a set of files called your profile, which is stored in a separate location from the Firefox program files. You can have multiple Firefox profiles, each containing a separate set of user information. – Reference: https://support.mozilla.org . In automation terms, Firefox Profile is used to set properties for the WebDriver. We Used firefox profile to make our scripts execute on various versions of Firefox. It can also be used to handle ssl... Read More