SeleniumBase/help_docs/features_list.md

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Features:

• A complete test automation framework for web/mobile UI testing.
• Uses pytest, unittest, and nose for test discovery and execution.
• No more flaky tests! (Smart-waiting code keeps tests reliable.)
• Powerful console scripts. (Type seleniumbase or sbase to use.)
• Has the ability to translate tests into multiple spoken languages.
• Has a flexible command-line interface for customizing test runs.
• Can run tests multithreaded in parallel. (Use -n NUM_THREADS)
• Has Plugins for logging data and screenshots. (Click to learn more)
• Has a global config file for configuring SeleniumBase as needed.
• Includes a website tour builder for creating interactive walkthroughs.
• Backwards-compatible with WebDriver. (Use self.driver anywhere.)
• Includes code to export Katalon Recorder scripts into SeleniumBase format.
• Can run tests in Headless Mode to hide the web browser. (Use --headless)
• Can run tests through a proxy server. (Use --proxy=IP_ADDRESS:PORT)
• Can use an authenticated proxy server. (--proxy=USER:PASS@IP_ADDRESS:PORT)
• Can change the web browser's user agent string. (Use --agent=USER_AGENT_STRING)
• Can run tests using Chrome's mobile device emulator (Use --mobile)
• Can set a Chrome User Data Directory / Profile to load. (Use --user_data_dir=DIR)
• Can load Chrome Extension ZIP files. (Use --extension_zip=ZIP)
• Can load Chrome Extension folders. (Use --extension_dir=DIR)
• Can handle Google Authenticator logins with Python's one-time password library.
• Includes a hybrid-automation solution called MasterQA to speed up manual testing.
• Integrates with MySQL, Selenium Grid, Azure, Google Cloud, AWS, and Docker.
• Can connect to BrowserStack, Sauce Labs, or TestingBot Selenium Grids.
• Includes a tool to convert Selenium IDE recordings into simple SeleniumBase scripts.
• Can load and make assertions on PDF files from websites or the local file system.
• Can reuse the same Selenium browser session between tests. (Use: --reuse-session)
• Written in Python, but can also make JavaScript calls. (Use: self.execute_script())
• Includes useful Python decorators and password obfuscation methods.