Below are possible ways to run Selenium test-cases from JMeter:

• using JUnit Request Sampler;
• using BeanShell Sampler;
• using JSR223 Sampler + Groovy.

JUnit Request Sampler

Running Selenium tests this way maybe useful if you want to re-use already automated (Java) Selenium scenarios instead of re-writing JS-scripts for WebDriver Sampler.

Selenium RC

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1. Prepare Selenium test project and setup.

   1.1. Download Selenium Java client libraries and put selenium-java-${version}.jar to JMeter classpath, e.g. %JMETER_HOME%/lib/.
   1.2. Selenium server should be up and listening:

   java -jar selenium-server-standalone-${version}.jar
   

   1.3. Export Selenium test-plan as .jar and save it to %JMETER_HOME%/lib/junit/.

   NOTE: Your test class should extend TestCase or SeleneseTestCase to allow JMeter pick up this test plan, test case's name should start with "test").
   NOTE: By default SeleneseTestCase extends JUnit 3.x TestCase, also SeleneseTestCase expects external Selenium server to be running.

2. Configure JUnit Request sampler

   2.1. In JMeter test-plan add JUnit Request sampler.
   Set Class Name according to one from the Selenium test plan.
   Set Test Method to test that is about to run.
   Leave other parameters by default.

   

   JUnit 3.x vs. 4.x
   JUnit Request Sampler can process both JUnit3- and JUnit4-style classes and methods. To set Sampler to search for JUnit 4 tests (@Test annotations) check Search for Junit4 annotations (instead of JUnit 3) checkbox in settings above.
   The following JUnit4 annotations are recognized:

   @Test - used to find test methods and classes. The "expected" and "timeout" attributes are supported.
   @Before - treated the same as setUp() in JUnit3
   @After - treated the same as tearDown() in JUnit3
   @BeforeClass, @AfterClass - treated as test methods so they can be run independently as required

3. You are ready to start your Selenium test with JMeter.

Java code for JUnit Request sampler:

JUnit 3.x

package com.example.tests;

import com.thoughtworks.selenium.*;

public class selenium extends SeleneseTestCase {

    private static Selenium selenium;

    public void setUp() throws Exception {
        selenium = new DefaultSelenium("localhost", 4444, "*firefox", "http://www.google.com/");
        selenium.start();
        selenium.windowMaximize();
    }

    public void testSelenium() throws Exception {
        selenium.open("/");
        selenium.waitForPageToLoad("30000");
        Assert.assertEquals("Google", selenium.getTitle());
    }

    public void tearDown() throws Exception {
        selenium.close();
    }
}

JUnit 4.x

Test script written in JUnit 4 uses JUnit annotations:

package com.example.tests;

import com.thoughtworks.selenium.*;

import org.junit.After;
import org.junit.Assert;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;

public class selenium extends SeleneseTestCase {

    private static Selenium selenium;

    @Before
    public void setUp() throws Exception {
        selenium = new DefaultSelenium("localhost", 4444, "*firefox", "http://www.google.com/");
        selenium.start();
        selenium.windowMaximize();
    }

    @Test
    public void testSelenium() throws Exception {
        selenium.open("/");
        selenium.waitForPageToLoad("30000");
        Assert.assertEquals("Google", selenium.getTitle());
    }

    @After
    public void tearDown() throws Exception {
        selenium.stop();
    }
}

Selenium WebDriver

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This case is an alternative to WebDriver Sampler mentioned in another answer below.

Prerequisites

The only difference with Selenium RC case is Selenium setup preparation:

1.1. Download and put selenium-server-standalone-${version}.jar to JMeter classpath, e.g. %JMETER_HOME%/lib/.
NOTE: There is no need to start the Selenium server.

All the other steps are the same as in the scenario described above.

package org.openqa.selenium.example;

import junit.framework.TestCase;

import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.After;
import org.openqa.selenium.*;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxProfile;

public class selenium extends TestCase {
    public static WebDriver driver;

    @Before
    public void setUp() {
        FirefoxProfile profile = new FirefoxProfile();
        driver = new FirefoxDriver(profile);
    }

    @Test
    public void testSelenium() throws Exception {
        driver.get("http://www.google.com/");
        Assert.assertEquals("Google", driver.getTitle());
    }

    @After
    public void tearDown() {
        driver.quit();
    }
}

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Upd.

Another good points and step-by-step guides to use Selenium + JUnit + JMeter bundle:

• Integrating Selenium with JMeter for Load Testing
• Integrating Jmeter with Selenium Code
• Performance testing with Selenium and JMeter
• Running Selenium tests under JMeter
• How to integrate a JUnit4 – Webdriver test into JMeter

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BeanShell Sampler

In this case selenium test-scenario is executed directly in JMeter's BeanShell Sampler.

1. Selenium setup preparation is completely identical to described above cases: download Selenium libraries, put to JMeter classpath, start Selenium server (in case of Selenium RC).
2. Put your selenium test-scenario into BeanShell Sampler:

Selenium RC

import com.thoughtworks.selenium.*;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

Boolean result = true;

try {
    selenium = new DefaultSelenium("localhost", 4444, "*iexplore", "http://www.google.com/");
    selenium.start();
    selenium.windowMaximize();

    selenium.open("/");
    selenium.waitForPageToLoad("30000");  

    if (!selenium.isTextPresent("Google")) result = false;
} catch (Exception ex) {
    ex.printStackTrace();
    IsSuccess = false;
    ResponseCode = "500";
    ResponseMessage = ex.getMessage();
} finally {
    selenium.stop();
}

IsSuccess = result;
return result;

Selenium WebDriver

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.htmlunit.HtmlUnitDriver;

Boolean result = true;

try {
    driver = new HtmlUnitDriver();
    driver.setJavascriptEnabled(true);

    driver.get("http://www.google.com/");

    if (!driver.getTitle().contains("Google")) result = false;
} catch (Exception ex) {
    ex.printStackTrace();
    IsSuccess = false;
    ResponseCode = "500";
    ResponseMessage = ex.getMessage();
} finally {
    driver.quit();
}

IsSuccess = result;
return result;

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JSR223 Sampler + Groovy

In this case selenium test-scenario is executed via JSR223 Sampler + Groovy.
For performance considerations this approach seems to be more preferable than using BeanShell Sampler described above.

1. Selenium setup preparation is completely identical to described above cases: download Selenium libraries, put to JMeter classpath, start Selenium server (in case of Selenium RC).

2. Add Groovy support for JSR223 Sampler:

   2.1. download latest Groovy binary distribution;
   2.2. copy groovy-all-${VERSION}.jar from “embeddable” folder of distribution and drop it to %JMETER_HOME%/lib/;
   2.3. restart JMeter.

3. Configure JSR233 Sampler:

   3.1. add JSR233 Sampler to Thread Group;
   3.2. set Script Language to groovy in sampler's settings;
   3.3. put your selenium test-scenario into Script section (Java code will be accepted):

Selenium RC

import com.thoughtworks.selenium.*;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

Boolean result = true;

try {
    selenium = new DefaultSelenium("localhost", 4444, "*iexplore", "http://www.google.com/");
    selenium.start();
    selenium.windowMaximize();

    selenium.open("/");
    selenium.waitForPageToLoad("30000");      

    if (!selenium.isTextPresent("Google")) result = false;
} catch (Exception ex) {
    ex.printStackTrace();
    log.error(ex.getMessage());
     SampleResult.setSuccessful(false);
     SampleResult.setResponseCode("500");
     SampleResult.setResponseMessage(ex.getMessage());
} finally {
    selenium.stop();
}

SampleResult.setSuccessful(result);
return result;

Selenium WebDriver

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.htmlunit.HtmlUnitDriver;

Boolean result = true;

try {
    driver = new HtmlUnitDriver();
    driver.setJavascriptEnabled(true);

    driver.get("http://www.google.com/");

    if (!driver.getTitle().contains("Google")) result = false;
} catch (Exception ex) {
    ex.printStackTrace();
    log.error(ex.getMessage());
     SampleResult.setSuccessful(false);
     SampleResult.setResponseCode("500");
     SampleResult.setResponseMessage(ex.getMessage());
} finally {
    driver.quit();
}

SampleResult.setSuccessful(result);
return result;

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Common notes for BeanShell / JSR223 Sampler cases:

• Use external .bsh / .groovy files with test-scenario (Script file field) instead of using Beanshell / Groovy code directly in sampler for intensive testing.
• Since BeanShell / JSR233 Samplers have access to JMeter's variables you can set test (= sampler execution) status directly in test-scenario (via e.g. IsSuccess = STATUS or SampleResult.setSuccessful(STATUS), see code above), without using Response Assertion.

Before you try searching for the elements within the iframe you will have to switch Selenium focus to the iframe.

Try this before searching for the elements within the iframe:

driver.switchTo().frame(driver.findElement(By.name("iFrameTitle")));

After calling driver.close() the value of driver is set to

FirefoxDriver: firefox on WINDOWS(4b4ffb1e-7c02-4d9c-b37b-310c771492ac)

But if you call driver.quit() then it sets the value of driver to

FirefoxDriver: firefox on WINDOWS (null)

So if you're checking the browser window after calling driver.quit() then you will be able to know by below implementation.

WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
driver.get("http://www.google.com");
driver.quit();              
if(driver.toString().contains("null"))
{

System.out.print("All Browser windows are closed ");
}
else
{
//open a new Browser
}

Your problem is that the library is needed in compilation time, and you only specified to "test" scope.

Try to change this:

<dependency>
   <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
   <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
   <version>6.14.3</version>
   <scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>

[UPDATED] in the beta version you are using, there is no Test annotation in the package "org.testng.annotations".

You should use findElements to find the list of WebElements. See API doc here

findElement returns single WebElement whereas findElements is plural and should be the expected one in this case.

List<WebElement> fields = driver.findElements(By.xpath("//input[@type='text']"));
System.out.println(fields.size());

For the current htmlUnit 2.13, setting options is slightly different from what maxmax has provided:

final WebClient webClient = new WebClient(BrowserVersion.CHROME);
webClient.getOptions().setCssEnabled(false);//if you don't need css
webClient.getOptions().setJavaScriptEnabled(false);//if you don't need js
HtmlPage page = webClient.getPage("http://XXX.xxx.xx");
...

In my own test, this is 8 times faster than the default options.(Note that this could be webpage-dependent)

Webdriver utilizes a browser's native support for mapping the DOM element to WebElement object using id/xpath etc.

The JavascriptExecutor.executeScript executes an external script in the context of the currently selected browser window. (similar to an augmented browsing tool like grease monkey, if you ever used), and in case the script returns any DOM element its converted into WebElement object.

One can also say, the click simulated by WebDriver on a browser is similar to what actual user do as compared to one invoked using javascript.

In reality, with WebDriver not all the events can be automated flawlessly with all the web browsers, in fact with different versions of the same Web browser also. (i.e. different version of IE, FF etc behave differently). Still WebDriver is the near best tool available for this.

Once (~4 years back) on a certain version of IE we observed that we can't send right click or may be hover mouse on generated menu links, so we used js to simulate that, which performed very much browser independent way. so you can now conclude what executing external javascript can be good for.

Also, there are automated web testing frameworks which use javascript for everything instead of browser's native support. e.g. :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahi_%28software%29

Ref:

• #executeScript%28java.lang.String,%20java.lang.Object...%29
• #findElement%28org.openqa.selenium.By%29

The solution for that issue was to change the type of Chromium browser. I have uninstalled Chromium which was in snap version and installed Chromium Web Driver. More info can be found here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1075103/chromium-config-folder-is-missing-in-ubuntu-18-04

You can use the following preferences (in this case to allow):

...
options.addPreference("permissions.default.microphone", 1);
options.addPreference("permissions.default.camera", 1);
...

Hope it helps you!