Run Selenium commands via google chrome extension? - google-chrome

Question

Is it possible to build a custom google chrome extension to run selenium commands when it detects a specific Url/page?
Where to begin? How would you run selenium commands via a google chrome extension?

Answer 1

First install selenium IDE and record all your test cases into it [This is to save your time in writing test cases].
Then get selenium RC binaries for your preferred language (for me its C#). Create your project and take reference of selenium RC binaries. Import all test cases from above selenium IDE in your preferred language and add those into your project.
When you will import the test cases from IDE default browser will be *chrome(i.e. Firefox). To change it to Chrome change browser type when we are creating selenium object
selenium = new DefaultSelenium("localhost", 4444, "*googlechrome", "http://www.google.com/");
To run your project you have to first start selenium server. Here is the guideline for the same.
Note: You can also use selenium web driver in place of selenium RC. And I think if you use web driver then you no need to run selenium server to execute your test cases/project.