Many banks and credit unions use Flexcube to keep track of their customers’ information and streamline their day-to-day business processes. As a front-end developer or data entry officer, you might have to do mundane things like entering data or running tests on the Flexcube platform. Performing them by hand increases the likelihood of making mistakes and increases the amount of time spent on them. That’s where Selenium comes in.
What is Selenium?
Selenium is a free and open-source program for automating browser testing. It allows you to create automated scripts for use on a website. In this article, we will examine how to automate front-end tasks on the Flexcube platform by utilizing the Selenium framework.
Setting up Selenium
Before we get started, you’ll need to install Selenium and the web driver for your preferred browser. Here’s how you can do it:
- Install Python on your machine if you don’t already have it.
- Install Selenium by running the following command in your terminal:
pip install selenium - Download the web driver for your preferred browser. I used the firefox driver called geckodriver which I was able to download from here.
- Extract the driver and place it in a folder on your machine. Make note of the path to this folder as you’ll need it later.
Writing the script
Now that we have Selenium set up, let’s see how to write a script to automate a task on Flexcube.
First, we’ll need to import the necessary modules and set up the web driver. Add the following code to your script:
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
# Replace "/path/to/webdriver" with the path to your web driver
driver = webdriver.Firefox(options=options, service= Service("/path/to/webdriver"))
driver.get("loginaddressforflexcube.com")
Next, we’ll need to open the Flexcube login page and log in. Add the following code to your script:
#Open the Flexcube login page
driver.get("https://your-flexcube-url/login")
#Find the username and password fields and enter your credentials
username_field = driver.find_element_by_id("username")
password_field = driver.find_element_by_id("password")
username_field.send_keys("your-username")
password_field.send_keys("your-password")
# Find the login button and click it
login_button = driver.find_element_by_css_selector("button\[type='submit']")
login_button.click()
Conclusion
You can use Selenium to automate a variety of front-end tasks in Flexcube, such as navigating to different pages, filling out forms, and clicking buttons. You can automate complex tasks and save time and effort by combining these actions in a script.
I hope you have a good understanding of how to use Selenium to automate front-end tasks in Flexcube after reading this overview. You can use Selenium to streamline your work and save time and effort with a little practice and experimentation.
