Methods and systems for automated testing using browser extension

A computer system comprising:

• a memory storing instructions;
• and
• one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to perform operations including:
• displaying a web page in a web browser application executed by the one or more processors, the web browser application having a testing extension;
• activating, by the testing extension, a recording mode during which user interaction events detected by the web browser application are recorded;
• while the recording mode is active,
• recording one or more actions performed by a user on the web page, the one or more actions resulting in a web page element being displayed in the web browser application,
• recording an identifier of the web page element in response to detecting a user input indicating a selection of the web page element,
• receiving a selection to process the user input as an input action or an identification of a feature, and
• recording a characteristic of the web page element and the selection;
• generating, by the testing extension, a test scenario specifying a testable outcome resulting from the one or more actions, the testable outcome being an occurrence of an element having the identifier and the characteristic;
• and
• in response to a user command to perform execution of the test scenario,
• executing, using an automated testing engine, a replication of the one or more actions on the web page using an automated testing application executed by the one or more processors,
• determining, using the automated testing engine, whether an element having the identifier and the characteristic resulted from the replication of the one or more actions, and
• displaying, using the automated testing engine, a sequence of steps of the executing of the replication of the one or more actions on the web page, and an indication of whether the element having the identifier and the characteristic resulted from the replication of the one or more actions.

A computer-implemented method for testing a web application displayed by a web application browser extension, the method comprising:

• activating, by a testing extension, a recording mode during which user interaction events detected by a web browser application are recorded;
• while the recording mode is active,
• recording one or more actions performed by a user on one or more web page elements of the web application, the one or more actions causing a web page element to be displayed in the web application as a result of an operation of web application in response to the one or more actions,
• recording an identifier of the web page element, in response to detecting a user input indicating a selection of the web page element,
• receiving a selection to process the user input as an input action or an identification of a feature, and
• recording a characteristic of the web page element and the selection;
• generating, by the testing extension, a test scenario specifying a testable outcome resulting from the one or more action, the testable outcome being an occurrence of an element having the identifier;
• and
• in response to a user command to perform execution of the test scenario, executing a replication of the one or more actions on the one or more web page elements and determining whether an element having the identifier and the characteristic resulted from the replication of the one or more actions, and displaying a sequence of steps of the executing of the replication of the one or more actions on the one or more web page elements, and an indication of whether the element having the identifier and the characteristic resulted from the replication of the one or more actions.