# Appium Python Client
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An extension library for adding [WebDriver Protocol](https://www.w3.org/TR/webdriver/) and Appium commands to the Selenium Python language binding for use with the mobile testing framework [Appium](https://appium.io).
## Notice
Since **v1.0.0**, only Python 3.7+ is supported.
Since **v2.0.0**, the base selenium client version is v4.
The version only works in W3C WebDriver protocol format.
If you would like to use the old protocol (MJSONWP), please use v1 Appium Python client.
### Quick migration guide from v1 to v2
- Enhancement
- Updated base Selenium Python binding version to v4
- Removed `forceMjsonwp` since Selenium v4 and Appium Python client v2 expect only W3C WebDriver protocol
- Methods `ActionHelpers#scroll`, `ActionHelpers#drag_and_drop`, `ActionHelpers#tap`, `ActionHelpers#swipe` and `ActionHelpers#flick` now call W3C actions as its backend
- Please check each behavior. Their behaviors could slightly differ.
- Added `strict_ssl` to relax SSL error such as self-signed ones
- Deprecated
- `MultiAction` and `TouchAction` are deprecated. Please use W3C WebDriver actions.
- e.g.
- [appium/webdriver/extensions/action_helpers.py](appium/webdriver/extensions/action_helpers.py)
- https://www.selenium.dev/documentation/support_packages/mouse_and_keyboard_actions_in_detail/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAJ7jwMNFVU
- https://appiumpro.com/editions/30-ios-specific-touch-action-methods
- https://appiumpro.com/editions/29-automating-complex-gestures-with-the-w3c-actions-api
- `launch_app`, `close_app` and `reset` are deprecated. Please read [issues#15807](https://github.com/appium/appium/issues/15807) for more details
#### MultiAction/TouchAction to W3C actions
On UIA2, some elements can be handled with `touch` pointer action insead of the default `mouse` pointer action in the Selenium Python cleint.
For example, the below action builder is to replace the default one with the `touch` pointer action.
```python
from selenium.webdriver.common.actions import interaction
from selenium.webdriver.common.actions.action_builder import ActionBuilder
actions = ActionChains(driver)
# override as 'touch' pointer action
actions.w3c_actions = ActionBuilder(driver, mouse=PointerInput(interaction.POINTER_TOUCH, "touch"))
actions.w3c_actions.pointer_action.move_to_location(start_x, start_y)
actions.w3c_actions.pointer_action.pointer_down()
actions.w3c_actions.pointer_action.pause(2)
actions.w3c_actions.pointer_action.move_to_location(end_x, end_y)
actions.w3c_actions.pointer_action.release()
actions.perform()
```
## Getting the Appium Python client
There are three ways to install and use the Appium Python client.
1. Install from [PyPi](https://pypi.org), as
['Appium-Python-Client'](https://pypi.org/project/Appium-Python-Client/).
```shell
pip install Appium-Python-Client
```
You can see the history from [here](https://pypi.org/project/Appium-Python-Client/#history)
2. Install from source, via [PyPi](https://pypi.org). From ['Appium-Python-Client'](https://pypi.org/project/Appium-Python-Client/),
download and unarchive the source tarball (Appium-Python-Client-X.X.tar.gz).
```shell
tar -xvf Appium-Python-Client-X.X.tar.gz
cd Appium-Python-Client-X.X
python setup.py install
```
3. Install from source via [GitHub](https://github.com/appium/python-client).
```shell
git clone git@github.com:appium/python-client.git
cd python-client
python setup.py install
```
## Usage
The Appium Python Client is fully compliant with the WebDriver Protocol
including several helpers to make mobile testing in Python easier.
To use the new functionality now, and to use the superset of functions, instead of
including the Selenium `webdriver` module in your test code, use that from
Appium instead.
```python
from appium import webdriver
```
From there much of your test code will work with no change.
As a base for the following code examples, the following sets up the [UnitTest](https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.html)
environment:
```python
# Android environment
from appium import webdriver
# Options are only available since client version 2.3.0
# If you use an older client then switch to desired_capabilities
# instead: https://github.com/appium/python-client/pull/720
from appium.options.android import UiAutomator2Options
from appium.webdriver.common.appiumby import AppiumBy
options = UiAutomator2Options()
options.platformVersion = '10'
options.udid = '123456789ABC'
options.app = PATH('../../../apps/test-app.apk')
# Appium1 points to http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub by default
self.driver = webdriver.Remote('http://127.0.0.1:4723', options=options)
el = self.driver.find_element(by=AppiumBy.ACCESSIBILITY_ID, value='item')
el.click()
```
```python
# iOS environment
from appium import webdriver
# Options are only available since client version 2.3.0
# If you use an older client then switch to desired_capabilities
# instead: https://github.com/appium/python-client/pull/720
from appium.options.ios import XCUITestOptions
from appium.webdriver.common.appiumby import AppiumBy
options = XCUITestOptions()
options.platformVersion = '13.4'
options.udid = '123456789ABC'
options.app = PATH('../../apps/UICatalog.app.zip')
# Appium1 points to http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub by default
self.driver = webdriver.Remote('http://127.0.0.1:4723', options=options)
el = self.driver.find_element(by=AppiumBy.ACCESSIBILITY_ID, value='item')
el.click()
```
## Direct Connect URLs
If your Selenium/Appium server decorates the new session capabilities response with the following keys:
- `directConnectProtocol`
- `directConnectHost`
- `directConnectPort`
- `directConnectPath`
Then python client will switch its endpoint to the one specified by the values of those keys.
```python
from appium import webdriver
# Options are only available since client version 2.3.0
# If you use an older client then switch to desired_capabilities
# instead: https://github.com/appium/python-client/pull/720
from appium.options.ios import XCUITestOptions
# load_capabilities API could be used to
# load options mapping stored in a dictionary
options = XCUITestOptions().load_capabilities({
'platformVersion': '13.4',
'deviceName': 'iPhone Simulator',
'app': PATH('../../apps/UICatalog.app.zip'),
})
self.driver = webdriver.Remote(
# Appium1 points to http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub by default
'http://127.0.0.1:4723',
options=options,
direct_connection=True
)
```
## Relax SSL validation
`strict_ssl` option allows you to send commands to an invalid certificate host like a self-signed one.
```python
from appium import webdriver
# Options are only available since client version 2.3.0
# If you use an older client then switch to desired_capabilities
# instead: https://github.com/appium/python-client/pull/720
from appium.options.common import AppiumOptions
options = AppiumOptions()
options.platform_name = 'mac'
options.automation_name = 'safari'
# set_capability API allows to provide any custom option
# calls to it could be chained
options.set_capability('browser_name', 'safari')
# Appium1 points to http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub by default
self.driver = webdriver.Remote('http://127.0.0.1:4723', options=options, strict_ssl=False)
```
## Set custom `AppiumConnection`
The first argument of `webdriver.Remote` can set an arbitrary command executor for you.
1. Set init arguments for the pool manager Appium Python client uses to manage http requests.
```python
from appium import webdriver
from appium.options.ios import XCUITestOptions
import urllib3
from appium.webdriver.appium_connection import AppiumConnection
# Retry connection error up to 3 times.
init_args_for_pool_manage = {
'retries': urllib3.util.retry.Retry(total=3, connect=3, read=False)
}
appium_executor = AppiumConnection(remote_server_addr='http://127.0.0.1:4723',
init_args_for_pool_manage=init_args_for_pool_manage)
options = XCUITestOptions()
options.platformVersion = '13.4'
options.udid = '123456789ABC'
options.app = PATH('../../apps/UICatalog.app.zip')
driver = webdriver.Remote(appium_executor, options=options)
```
2. Define a subclass of `AppiumConnection`
```python
from appium import webdriver
from appium.options.ios import XCUITestOptions
from appium.webdriver.appium_connection import AppiumConnection
class CustomAppiumConnection(AppiumConnection):
# Can add your own methods for the custom class
pass
custom_executor = CustomAppiumConnection(remote_server_addr='http://127.0.0.1:4723')
options = XCUITestOptions().load_capabilities({
'platformVersion': '13.4',
'deviceName': 'iPhone Simulator',
'app': PATH('../../apps/UICatalog.app.zip'),
})
driver = webdriver.Remote(custom_executor, options=options)
```
## Documentation
- https://appium.github.io/python-client-sphinx/ is detailed documentation
- [functional tests](test/functional) also may help to see concrete examples.
## Development
- Code Style: [PEP-0008](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/)
- Apply `black`, `isort` and `mypy` as pre commit hook
- Run `make` command for development. See `make help` output for details
- Docstring style: [Google Style](https://sphinxcontrib-napoleon.readthedocs.io/en/latest/example_google.html)
- `gitchangelog` generates `CHANGELOG.rst`
### Setup
- `pip install --user pipenv`
- `python -m pipenv lock --clear`
- If you experience `Locking Failed! unknown locale: UTF-8` error, then refer [pypa/pipenv#187](https://github.com/pypa/pipenv/issues/187) to solve it.
- `python -m pipenv install --dev --system`
- `pre-commit install`
### Run tests
You can run all of tests running on CI via `tox` in your local.
```bash
$ tox
```
You also can run particular tests like below.
#### Unit
```bash
$ pytest test/unit
```
Run with `pytest-xdist`
```bash
$ pytest -n 2 test/unit
```
#### Functional
```bash
$ pytest test/functional/ios/search_context/find_by_ios_class_chain_tests.py
```
#### In parallel for iOS
1. Create simulators named 'iPhone X - 8100' and 'iPhone X - 8101'
2. Install test libraries via pip, `pip install pytest pytest-xdist`
3. Run tests
```bash
$ pytest -n 2 test/functional/ios/search_context/find_by_ios_class_chain_tests.py
```
## Release
Follow below steps.
```bash
$ pip install twine
$ pip install git+git://github.com/vaab/gitchangelog.git # Getting via GitHub repository is necessary for Python 3.7
# Type the new version number and 'yes' if you can publish it
# You can test the command with DRY_RUN
$ DRY_RUN=1 ./release.sh
$ ./release.sh # release
```
## License
Apache License v2