IRJET- An Efficient Automation Framework for Testing ITS Solution using Selenium

International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) e-ISSN: 2395-0056
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An Efficient Automation Framework for Testing ITS Solution Using
Selenium
Ramyashree. B
MTech, Information Technology, The National Institute of Engineering, Mysore
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Abstract- Intelligent transport system (ITS) requires both
hardware and software support to maintain its accuracy.
Hardware are test for its performance whereas software is
tested for its accuracy and maintainability to support end
users and customers. The proposed system creates a selenium
framework for automating the test cases to be executedonthe
web applications. The automation framework is required to
provide maintainability, productivity and to make result
analysis easier. Frameworks are a set of guidelines which
defines how we will structure the various components in an
automation environment. Proposed system creates a data
driven framework to test the web application of the above
mentioned ITS.
Keywords- ITS, Selenium, Selenium Framework, Data
driven framework
1. INTRODUCTION
Intelligent Transport Systems(ITS), as the name specifies-it
is the transport systems with some intelligence. ITS is built
upon both Hardware and Software. ITS aims to provide
innovative services to different modesof transportation.Itis
an application of computer, electronics and communication
technologies and management strategies in an integrated
manner to provide traveler information to increase the
safety and efficiency of the surface transportation systems.
Some of the examples of intelligence in transport systems
include- vehicular tracking, panic alert, Wi-Fi facility etc...
ITS should be managed by Hardware like Routers, Display
systems, etc. and Software like Web Applications, Firewalls,
Protocols, etc. Let’s take an example; Bus is the most widely
used public transport system. Some systems are developed
to provide intelligence to this public transport. Initially the
bus was setup by a GPS device in order to monitor them
remotely. Next, a Wi-Fi device was setup in the bus in order
to provide a free Wi-Fi for the passengers. In the Software,
An App was developed to help the passengers to track the
bus and then ‘Alert’ option was given to the passengers in
case of any emergency. Figure1 shows a simple example of
ITS where in there are different Transport systems with the
facility like GPS, Wi-Fi, Satellite communication, etc…
Intelligent transport systems are built on as per the
requirements of the client. So, each system varies in both
Hardware and Software Layouts. Once the system is built
and ready to setup, it has to be tested before installation.
Testing phase takes an important rolebeforeInstallationand
Maintenance. In Intelligent Transport Systems, Testing
should be done from two aspects, Hardware and Software.
Figure1: An example of intelligent transport systems.
Routers, GPS devices, Display systems, Inductive loop
detectorsetc. hasto go under performance testing to ensure
the correctness of the devices. Similarly, every Software,
Particularly web application has to go under different types
of testing like functional, Integration, System, Security,
Performance, End-End testing. All these types of testing are
done in order to check the correctness of the application.
Every Software is developed to support a business. Every
software is developed to support the business. If thereisbug
in software, affects the business so before we launch the
software to the business it should be tested such that all the
bugsshould be recognized and fixed. Software testingcanbe
done both manually and automatically. Manual Software
testing involve click and check method which becomes
tedioustask and also require lots of time to do. To overcome
this disadvantage we prefer for Automation Testing.
Automation testing involves writing a code, creating
framework and reusing framework for other applicationsof
similar type.
This project aims at creating one such framework for the
web application which supports ITS. The framework is
created with the main intension of reusability and
correctness. The framework uses selenium as its tool with
extension of jar file. ‘User Management’ Module was
automated using the framework. Validation testing,
Functional testing, Integration testing and some extent of
penetration testing is done using selenium tool. A research
work wasdone regarding penetration testing with selenium

tool. The end results were evaluated and reported to the
organization. Selenium is an Open source tool which is used
to automate the Software testing. Selenium is a set of jarfiles
or suite of software that are intended to automate the
software based on organization needs. Selenium has four
components: Selenium RC, Selenium IDE, Web Driver and
Selenium Grid. Selenium Remote Control (RC) allows the
user to write the automation script in any programing
language against HTTP request. Selenium IDE is an UI based
application which have Record and Playback option which
helpsthe user to record the test casesand execute it.But,the
disadvantages of IDE are that the validationtestcasescannot
be executed efficiently. Selenium Web Driver allowstheuser
to automate the software and test whether the components
are working as expected. Also, WebDriver allowsthe user to
have friendly API that is easier to maintain thaninSelenium-
RC. In this project we are using Selenium WebDriver to
create a framework.
2. PROPOSED SYSTEM
The main purpose of the ITS web application concentrates
on remotely controlling the systems, user management and
to support the employee in retrieving the information about
the transport system. The module which is concentrated
here is “User Management”. In usermanagementmodule,the
user will register from the companies email address to
subscribe for Wi-Fi facility inside the bus. Also, the
employees can track the bus through WebApp or Mobile
App. The user can register only through the web application.
Users (Employees of the organization) has to enter
authorized employee-id, card-id, corresponding e-mail id
with organization domain name and corresponding mobile
number. As soon as they register, an email will be sent on to
the registered mail-id with unique link for each employee.
Employee has to validate themselves by clicking on the link.
Once the validation is over, then employees have full access
to the app. Every time when user wants Wi-fi, he/she has to
login to the application. As soon as employee logs-in, they
will receive an OTP using which the employeecanstartusing
the Wi-Fi. The employees also have the facility of editing
their profile. If users enter invalid credentialsfor3times,the
account will be blocked and can be unlocked only by admin
side web application.
The proposed system creates a selenium framework for
automating the test cases to be executed on the web
applications. The automation framework is required to
provide maintainability, productivity and to make result
analysis easier. Frameworks are a set of guidelines which
defines how we will structure the various components in an
automation environment. Proposed system creates a data
driven framework to test the web application of the above
mentioned ITS.
Advantages of Proposed System:
 Efficient Data Driven Framework.
 Automatically generates validation test results.
 Penetration test cases are executed.
 Test results will be written back to excel file.
 Reusability of code.
 Better performance.
3. RELATED WORKS
As stated in [1] Urban transportation is being transformed
by mobility-on-demand (MoD) systems. One of the goals of
MoD systems is to provide personalized transportation
services to passengers. This process is facilitated by a
centralized operator that coordinates the assignment of
vehicles to individual passengers, based on location data.
However, current approaches assume that accurate
positioning information for passengers and vehicles is
readily Formally, we solve a batch assignment problem that
routes vehicles at obfuscated origin locations to passenger
locations (since origin locations correspond to previous
drop-off locations), such that the mean waiting time is
minimized. Our main contributions are two-fold. First, we
formalize the notion of privacy for continuous vehicle-to-
passenger assignment in MoD systems, and integrate a
privacy mechanism that providesformalguarantees.Second,
we present a polynomial-time iterative version of the
Hungarian algorithm to allocate a redundant number of
vehicles to a single passenger. This algorithm builds on the
insight that even during peak rush hour there are
unoccupied (redundant) traveling vehicles.
Paper [2] reports that, We devise an inexpensive and
intuitive system for bus route navigation for locales where
public transportation may serve as a prevalent mode of
commute but where technologies that make arrival
predictions through tracking vehiclesin transit throughGPS
or othermeans do not exist. These systemstypically require
real-time monitoring of traffic variations. We provide a
personalized approach where in a world of pervasive smart
phone use, users may take advantage of sensor data to learn
and personalize their bus routes, and alert them on time
when a bus stop is approaching. We accomplish thisthrough
the development and implementation of two algorithms: 1)
turn detection using on-board compass sensor of a smart
phone, and 2) characterizing road segmentsintermsofturns
and thereby predicting approaching bus stops. We conduct
field experiments on a route with four selected bus stops in
the town of Chapel Hill. Results show that the accuracy of
turn detection and detection of approaching bus stops are
95.7% and 83%, respectively.
The selenium framework which is created here data drive.
So we are referring below papers to create a framework. As
per [3] Software testing is considered to be the most
important step in Software Development Life Cycle. The
main objective of the testing process is to compare the
obtained results with those of expected by the end user of
the software. Test Automation simplifies the work of tester
by automating the execution of test scripts with the use of

special software. This paper focuses on the use of Selenium
Webdriver to test a web application and to demonstrate the
use of this tool in combination with other tools like the
Maven, TestNG, etc., for more easier approach to testing and
to improve the quality of testing process.
Paper [4] states that, The challengesmet duringthesoftware
projects fall into any number of categories.Thedevelopment
and the technical solutions bring about technicalchallenges,
but the situations one is confronted with, may also be
sociological, psychological ormanagerial in nature. Without
any knowledge in the field of social sciences, the
programmers, testers and managers might interpret the
social aspects of the project improperly, and such
interpretations lead to the inability to fully understand the
problem and, ultimately, to inefficiency in the decision-
making process. Furthermore, solid knowledgeoftheoriesin
the area of the social sciences is required for a better
understanding of both the context in which the application
runs and of the final users who will use the developed
project. The understanding of and the involvement in a
software acceptance testing (SAT) project, requires the
combination of multiple theories and principles from
different disciplines.
According to [5] Software testing is a key process that
ensures a reliable quality product, and likeotheractivitiesin
the development process, has a wide range of toolsavailable,
but still requires a lot of human work, where the finalquality
of the software can be impacted directly by several factors.
In this sense, this study aims to identify the human factors
(cognitive, operational and organizational) present in the
test process and to define the influence of these factors
during their execution. Thus, the article presents a study
with quantitative methods and techniques of the survey
type, in which 112 professionals from the test area
participated in 17 Brazilian states. The results provide a set
of human factors that correlate with the final quality of a
software product or service.
4. DATA DRIVEN FRAMEWORK
Let usconsider an example where in a web page hastwotext
boxes. One for user name and the other for password. Both
the text fields accepts ten characters which must include
letters, numbers and special characterslik @ and _ . Wehave
to test for the validation of text boxes. That is, we have to
functional test the text boxes for its accuracy of accepting
input. To test these validations, we must create test data.
Test data must include all the combinations of input. We
have to pass on each of these test data to text boxes. Typing
each and every test data into text boxesmanuallyisatedious
task. So we have to automate this work which is called as
data driven framework.
We need automation framework for maintainability,
productivity and to make result analysis easier. Frameworks
are set of guidelines which defineshow we will structurethe
various components in the automation environment. [6].
these components include object repository, test data,
functions, reports and batch execution scripts.
Figure2 showsdifferent componentsof framework.Allthese
components work together to form an efficient framework.
Driver component includes, how the scripts are executed in
batch and what are the setups needed for the execution.
Scripting components include, how all the key components
are structured in automation framework. Reporting
components include how to get the test results.
Figure2: Automation Framework Components
In Data Driven framework test case logic resides in test
scripts, the test data is separated and kept outside the test
scripts. Test data isread from the external file likeexcelfiles,
text files, CSV files and database. These are loaded into the
variable inside the test scripts. Variables are used both for
storing input valuesand verification values. Since the datais
stored outside the script, if any changes in the test data, we
would need to change just one datasheet and all other test
data will fit into execution. This avoids a huge maintenance
effort using this framework. Test data can be changed at one
central place and there is no need to modify the scripts.
Changes to the test data does not affect the test scripts and
test cases can be executed with multiple sets of data.
5. IMPLEMENTATION
The Implementation phase of the project is where the
detailed design is actually transformed into working code.
Aim of the phase is to translate the design into a best
possible solution in a suitable programming language. This
chapter covers the implementation aspects of the project,
giving details of the programing language and development
environment used. It also gives an overview of the core
modules of the project with their step by step flow.
Prerequisitesfor implementation ofthisframeworkrequires
excel test data sheet to be kept ready. Output excel file will
be created internally by the program. All the components
should be located using id, xpath, css etc…
Algorithm1: FileHandle()
1. Create a file with output stream.
2. Print “creating file”
Automation framework
Driver
component
Scripting
component
Reporting
component

3. Crete workbook copy- writeblesh
4. Create sheet with sheetname and offset value
5. for (int i = 0; i < Norows; i++)
for (int k = 0; k < Nocol; k++)
inputdata[i][k]=sheets.getCell(k,i).getContents()
Label l = new Label(k, i, inputdata[i][k]);
Label l2 = new Label(3, 0, "actual output");
Label l3 = new Label(4, 0, "status");
writablesh.addCell(l);
writablesh.addCell(l2);
writablesh.addCell(l3);
6. end for
7. end for
8. end FileHandle
Algorithm1 gives the steps to perform dile handle
operations. That is, using this algorithm the filesare opened
and read. Also, the test data are copied on to the output file.
Algorithm2: Provide_data()
1. open a file in input stream
2. open workbook copy in input stream excel file
3. get sheet in work book copy
4. read number of rows and columns
5. testdata[][]= String[no. of rows-1][columns]
6. count=0
7. for(int i=1;i<Rows;i++)
for(int j=0;j<Columns;j++)
Cell Excell = Exsheet.getCell(j,i);
Testdata[count][j]=Excell.getContents();
8. end for
9. count++;
10. end for
11. end Provide_data()
Algorithm2 gives how the data is stored on to a variable
from fetching the test data by excel. All these data are stored
in the form of array variable and these array variables are
responsible for sending keys on to the text boxes and
verified test results I,e ‘Pass’ or ‘fail’ will be written back to
the output stream excel file.
6. CONCLUSION AND FUTURE WORK
This paper creates an automation framework for ITS web
applications using selenium. The main intension of
automation is to test the application for its accuracy. This
framework is called as “Data driven framework” which
fetches the test data from an external entity like excel or
database and stores it in a variable and passes it to web
elements. Also, the above mention algorithms verify the
results and write it back to the excel file. This frameworkcan
be reused for other similar applications hence maintaining
productivity and maintainability. Further, this framework
can be extended to perform Penetration testing like XSS or
SQL Injection. Also, in future work they can concentrate on
collaborating this framework with otherhybridframeworks.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I wouldliketo thank Dr.Vidya Raj.C, ProfessoratNIE,Mysore
for her guidance and support in doing case study of the
above paper.
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