How to run Django selenium test in github actions - django

Question

I have a Django selenium test that runs fine on local machine using Firefox Webdrive.
When I try to run it on github actions I get following error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/runner/work/Pangea/Pangea/core/tests/test_selenium.py", line 12, in setUpClass
cls.selenium = WebDriver()
File "/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.8.12/x64/lib/python3.8/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/firefox/webdriver.py", line 181, in __init__
RemoteWebDriver.__init__(
File "/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.8.12/x64/lib/python3.8/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 269, in __init__
self.start_session(capabilities, browser_profile)
File "/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.8.12/x64/lib/python3.8/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 360, in start_session
response = self.execute(Command.NEW_SESSION, parameters)
File "/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.8.12/x64/lib/python3.8/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 425, in execute
self.error_handler.check_response(response)
File "/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.8.12/x64/lib/python3.8/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/errorhandler.py", line 247, in check_response
raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: Process unexpectedly closed with status 1
The test that I am trying to run is very basic as shown below
from django.contrib.staticfiles.testing import StaticLiveServerTestCase
from rest_framework.reverse import reverse
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.firefox.webdriver import WebDriver
class TestLoginWithSelenium(StaticLiveServerTestCase):
#classmethod
def setUpClass(cls):
super().setUpClass()
cls.selenium = WebDriver()
cls.selenium.maximize_window()
cls.username = "xyz"
cls.password = "mnbvcxza"
cls.server_url = 'http://127.0.0.1:8000'
#classmethod
def tearDownClass(cls):
cls.selenium.quit()
super().tearDownClass()
def test_login(self):
"""
Test Login for a user
"""
self.assertTrue(1==1)
I am running following commands on Github Actions:
pip install selenium
sudo apt install firefox-geckodriver
which geckodriver
geckodriver -V
sudo mv /usr/bin/geckodriver /usr/local/bin/geckodriver
which geckodriver
Mozilla Firefox 99.0
geckodriver 0.30.0

Answer 1

Reference on headless firefox option
Following is the modified code to run headless firefox on github actions
test.py
from django.contrib.staticfiles.testing import StaticLiveServerTestCase
from rest_framework.reverse import reverse
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver import FirefoxOptions
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
class TestLoginWithSelenium(StaticLiveServerTestCase):
#classmethod
def setUpClass(cls):
super().setUpClass()
opts = FirefoxOptions()
opts.add_argument("--headless")
cls.selenium = webdriver.Firefox(options=opts)
# this will run with head and you can actually see the
# browser open up in tests
# cls.selenium = webdriver.Firefox()
cls.username = "xyz"
cls.password = "mnbvcxza"
#classmethod
def tearDownClass(cls):
cls.selenium.quit()
super().tearDownClass()
def test_login(self):
"""
Test Login for a user
"""
self.client.logout()
self.selenium.get(f"{self.live_server_url}{reverse('login')}")
username_input = self.selenium.find_element(By.ID, "id_auth-username")
username_input.send_keys(self.username)
password_input = self.selenium.find_element(By.ID, "id_auth-password")
password_input.send_keys(self.password)
self.selenium.find_element(By.ID, 'idLogin').click()
github actions
pip install selenium
sudo apt install firefox-geckodriver