Katalon Studio Tutorial -- Create Test Case using Script Mode

How to create & run test  in Katalon Studio using Script Mode

Step 1 - Download & Open Katalon Studio

• Download Katalon Studio from here.
• You have to Sign up in order to download Katalon Studio
• After downloading, open katalon.exe (create desktop shortcut for future)
• Click on New Project and give name to the project
• Click on OK

Step 2 - Create Test Case

• After the project is created, click on the "+" button & select Test Case

• Give name to the test case and click OK
• A window like this will be created(Test Case window)

Step 3 - Open Spy Web & record objects

• Suppose we want to test some actions of  qaprovider.com , Add this URL in spy web and start recording
• A chrome window will be opened automatically
• Instead of recording actions, we will capture objects using ALT+` 

• In the image I put my cursor on Got it button(I didn't click) & I pressed ALT+` to capture the object corresponding to that button

Step 4 - Open Script Mode & Write Test using WebUI keywords

• Close the Spy Web & open Script editor from Test case(see at the bottom, there is a script tab, open that)
• Inside script editor there are some default packages already imported by Katalon itself.
• We are testing a website, so we will write scripts using WebUI keywords(to open browser, close browser, verify element etc)
• Follow the keywords accordingly
• Know more about Katalon's built-in keywords from Keywords Browser

• These are some basic WebUI keyword that are present in Katalon. The format to write is WebUI.keyword(object_id)
• We can use drag & drop facility to add object_id to the keyword.
• N.B. the 0 inside braces indicates time delay

• The final test will look like this with 5 actions to perform.

Step 5 - Run the Test to validate

• Save the script & hit the Run button from toolbar
• A browser window will be opened & all the actions will be repeated automatically
• Status of every action will be displayed in the log viewer
• We have 5 actions in total & in the log viewer we can see status of each of them

So what we have done here? 

We have created a test where we will open the website in browser, check the functionality of two buttons(Got it, expand_menu), verify if Become a Tester is present or not & close browser.

Everything in this test has been written in script mode. This is how we can create & execute tests in script mode in Katalon Studio.