WebCrawler to Capture Objects

[kazurayam]

Don’t you know, you can create an instance of com.kms.katalon.core.testobject.TestObject runtime in memory by code and use it? See

Creation of Test Object in Object Repository in Runtime

Hi Indurajan I use this: /** * Construct a Katalon-compatible TestObject in memory. * @param css (String) The CSS selector used to find the target element. * @return (TestObject) The constructed TestObject. */ static TestObject makeTO(String css) { TestObject to = new TestObject() to.addProperty("css", ConditionType.EQUALS, css) return to }

Using xpath,

static TestObject makeTestObject(String id, String xpath) {
    TestObject to = new TestObject(id)
    to.addProperty("xpath", ConditionType.EQUALS, xpath)
    return to
}

If you use this technique, you no longer need to retrieve entities from the “Object Repository” managed by Katalon Studio. Your CSV file can be a custom testobject repository for you. You can instantiate TestObjects as defined in your CSV file directly.

Now you have to invent a set of Groovy codes that forms your custom testobject repository on top of your CSV file. That could be a fun and easy for you @gengland.