How to pass an url as argument through commandline to run selenium python test cases

Question

Is there any proper way to using getting url in cmd as argument along testcases.py file?

I am running below commmand in cmd to run test cases of python file: testcases.py "any url"

testcases.py have coding:

class JSAlertCheck(unittest.TestCase):
    def setUp(self):
        self.driver = webdriver.Chrome("E:\chromedriver.exe")
        self.url = sys.argv[1]

    def test_Case1(self):
        driver = self.driver

    def tearDown(self):
           self.driver.quit()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    unittest.main(sys.argv[1])

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1842168/python-unit-test-pass-command-line-arguments-to-setup-of-unittest-testcase — Yash Pokar, Jun 06 '18 at 09:17
Possible duplicate of [Python, unit test - Pass command line arguments to setUp of unittest.TestCase](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1842168/python-unit-test-pass-command-line-arguments-to-setup-of-unittest-testcase) — Ofer Sadan, Jun 06 '18 at 09:21

undetected Selenium · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-06T15:34:20.750

As per the discussion Python unittest passing arguments the Python Pundits seems to convey that:

Unit tests should be stand-alone which will have no dependencies outside of their setUp() and tearDown() methods. This is to make sure that each tests has minimal side-effects and reactions to the other test. Passing in a parameter defeats this property of unittest and thus makes them sort of invalid. Using a Test Configuration would have been the easiest way and more appropiate as a unittest should never rely on foreign data to perform the test.

If you still want to do so, here is one of the working solution:

Code Block:

from selenium import webdriver
import unittest
import sys


class MyTest(unittest.TestCase):

    URL = "foo"

    def setUp(self):
        self.driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=r'C:\Utility\BrowserDrivers\chromedriver.exe')
        driver = self.driver
        driver.get(self.URL)

    def test_Case1(self):
        driver = self.driver
        print(driver.title)

    def tearDown(self):
        self.driver.quit()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    if len(sys.argv) > 1:
        MyTest.URL = sys.argv.pop()
    unittest.main()

CLI Command:

python unittest_cmdline_urlASarguments.py http://www.python.org

Output:

C:\Users\AtechM_03\LearnAutmation\PythonProject\readthedocs>python unittest_cmdline_urlASarguments.py http://www.python.org
[4448:5632:0606/205445.017:ERROR:install_util.cc(589)] Unable to create registry key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome for reading result=2

DevTools listening on ws://127.0.0.1:5634/devtools/browser/40cc6c16-1e52-4f49-a54f-08fac3ff7abc
Welcome to Python.org
.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 1 test in 9.534s

OK

C:\Users\AtechM_03\LearnAutmation\PythonProject\readthedocs>

Commandline Snapshot:

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How to pass an url as argument through commandline to run selenium python test cases

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