[FIXED] read from the csv file for searchbox in selenium

Issue

I want to test the e-commerce site. If you run this block of code, find the Search Box on the automation website, then type "novel" and click the button. But I want to do this using csvfiles. Csvfiles contain 1 row/column (novel). And after reading this word, he should write a novel in the search box and click the search button.

But I don't know how to read and integrate csvfiles. Could you help?

    public void TestSecond(){
        WebElement searchBar = driver.findElement(By.id("search-input"));
        searchBar.click();

        searchBar.sendKeys("novel");
        driver.findElement(By.className("button-search")).click();
    }

Solution

You can make use of Scanner class to read the CSV file. You can create a method which reads the csv files and returns the proviced value which you can use within your test method

Your solution would look like

Method to read csv

public List<String> readCsv(String path)
{ 
  List<String> novels = new ArrayList<String>();
  try 
  {
    Scanner scanner = new Scanner(new FileInputStream(path));
    while(scanner.hasNext())
    {
      novels.add(scanner.next());   
    }

   } 
  catch (FileNotFoundException e) 
   {  
      // If required you can print the complete error trace on console   
      e.printStackTrace();
      //message indicating file was not found   
      System.out.println("File not found or is deleted");
   }
  return novels;
}

Test Method

 public void TestSecond(){
   List<String> novels = readCsv("path where your csv file is stored");
   for(String novel: novels)
   {
      WebElement searchBar = driver.findElement(By.id("search-input"));
      searchBar.click();

      searchBar.sendKeys(novel);
      driver.findElement(By.className("button-search")).click();
    }

 }

Answered By - Darshan Shah