Katalon Studio Tutorial Part 1 - Setup, Install and Run Script using Katalon

[@_RUiSU]

Great teaching. Every explanation is concise but informative.

[@Mukeshotwani]

Thanks Louis,Glad it was helpful!

[@kennethpatierno4922]

I really appreciate this tutorial, very well done and easy to understand. You saved me quite a few hours of research and fumbling around, thank you Mukesh!

[@Mukeshotwani]

Great Kenneth 😊 you can also try few more tools like AutoIt for windows automation. Glad to read from you.

[@johnwest5644]

Hi Mukesh, great video. Would love to see videos on using Katalon for testing the following: 1.Web Services. 2. Data Driven Testing. 3. MySQL backend testing. 4. Integration with Jenkins for CI.

[@laxmideepika]

Hi Mukesh, Very very Interesting and Useful... its the combination of QTP and Selenium... Mainly No need to write any script. Appreciating your efforts which is really helping Us!!! Please add more videos soon, including complex scenarios with real-time projects Thanks....

[@Mukeshotwani]

Hi Deepika, correct its combination of QTP and Selenium. I have planned many videos will upload soon.

[@meetamalhotra1976]

Hi Mukesh, Your video helped me allot. Thank you so much for uploading this video. Waiting for Part 2.

[@Mukeshotwani]

Thanks Meeta :) Will upload soon. Check out katalon recorder as well. I found it usefull. kzbin.info/www/bejne/naXMh6lnnKhppZY&list=PL6flErFppaj0PgYaMVlxfCUJXT33oPlvJ

[@muthuvel2390]

Hi Mukesh, Thank you so much for this video, I have learned lot of things from your videos watched and iam the big fan of your teaching style .pls keep posting katalon related videos in detailed.

[@saikiranpalugula802]

Thank you very much for introducing us to a new automation tool. Kindly post some more videos on how to use object spy, how to write the script manually and how to work on ajax controls.

[@Mukeshotwani]

Hi Sai, sure more videos yet to come :) Stay tunned.

[@ArunSharma0603]

thank you so much sir for sharing awesome video.

[@Mukeshotwani]

Thanks, Arun :) I am glad you liked it

[@KuldeepKumar-wu7xx]

looks very promising tool, thanks for sharing.

[@Mukeshotwani]

Yes It is very nice tool.. Give a try..

[@user-fk5ml6jb7i]

Thanks mukesh for sharing this video. Thanks a lot..!

[@mp8900816]

Thanks for your videos, Mukesh. It's very useful for me to get familiar with this tool.

[@Mukeshotwani]

Hope you will like this tool. Kindly share your thought on this.

[@priythak3]

Can we use scripts from this tool to execute in saucelabs ?

[@trandaniel3521]

Priyanka Thakur Yes, we can. You can learn more about the features at docs.katalon.com/display/KD/SauceLabs+Integration

[@Mukeshotwani]

Hi Daniel thanks for quick reply.

[@YunusTraveler]

Hi Mukhes, thank you for the video. can we integrate it with jenkins ?

[@pallishreesenapati7452]

such a cool tool and nicely explained. I am totally impressed

[@CezaryDanielNowak]

Can't wait for part 2 :-)

[@Mukeshotwani]

Thanks, Daniel will be uploading in 2-3 days.

[@malinivu1575]

Hi Mukesh ,Thanks for your contributionrecommend

[@Mukeshotwani]

So nice of you I am glad it helped. Malini

[@letaciogalvao9908]

You are truelly awsome man! Thanks a lot!

[@Mukeshotwani]

Glad it helped! Thank you Letacio

[@AbhishekVerma-fs6bs]

Thanks Mukesh. Very good video to kick start Katalon tool. I will surly give try this tool.

[@Mukeshotwani]

Thanks Abhishek :)

[@himanshusingh6350]

nice videos....helps for us..thanks...mukesh

[@himankshekher8645]

Hey Mukesh Please provide more tutorial video on katalon for web.. mobile and API testing.. there are other video tutorial.. but I have been learning from Ur videos and want to continue in the same way

[@jigneshsheliya5949]

Good video, Grt Help, Thank you.

[@Mukeshotwani]

Thanks Jignesh bhai

[@srinivastrully3789]

Mukesh is the best as usual

[@MrEarthwaterwind]

Hi Mukesh, do you think this tool is going to take over Selenium ?

[@jayeshchhapwale9200]

Hi I was looking forward to start katalon , so thank you for making this video Also can u please make one video for mobile automation script in katalon

[@rakeshsharma-qe3pt]

@mukesh otwani: pelase suggest me how to start learning rest api automation using java

[@Mukeshotwani]

yes rakesh will upload soon.

[@srinivasareddyyasa9247]

Nice demo. Thank you

[@rajavarapubharatkumar1855]

Hi Mukesh i was learn selenium using your videos so now I am good in selenium.comapre the bouth Selenium and katalon which one is best?

[@koteswararaovasa9721]

Hi Mukesh,can you share your views on how katalon impacts on selenium market?

[@mshhsm6811]

Hello Sir, i'm from Bangladesh, plz upgrade more the katalon series if possible. I want to learn more.

[@m.tanzeebrubaiathaque8716]

Waiting for part 2 🙏

[@santooveluri7128]

Hi Mukesh.. Does Katalon support PDF comparison and quote the differences along with the text and alignment of PDF's

[@srikubobba4273]

hi mukesh, thanks for all your efforts. Would you prefer this to selenium looking at these features it has?

[@deepaksingh-ts8qk]

hi mukesh, thanks.

[@y.c.breddy3153]

Can I use katalon studio for functional automation testing and API automation testing

[@rckevartmusic533]

Hi Mukesh, You are a fantastic chap and I have found your videos to be very useful. I like the Katalon framework, but was wondering how do I do cucumber BDD with Katalon. I can add the the cucumber JAR in external library, but were are the feature files actually created?

[@Mukeshotwani]

Hey RCKev, Thank you so much for such a nice comment. As of now Katalon does not support BDD but they have planned for this. Maybe they will release the new version soon. You can checkout the same answer here forum.katalon.com/discussion/1744/is-it-possible-to-run-cucumber-features-files Thanks Mukesh

[@Nuhnyabiz]

please make part 2

[@Mukeshotwani]

Yes Sanil will make soon.

[@SaikiranPalugula]

Hi Mukesh, thank you very much for the video on Katalon Studio. Please let me know how to integrate Katalon Studio with Test Rail?

[@TheUkr1244]

Hi Mukesh, If we have dropdowns with same names in backend and visible dropdowns values are unique, depended on previous selection. Facing issue to select right one. In Katalon missing "select option by visible text". Any alternate please help

[@gaurav1381]

Hi Mukesh, Can you please explain more about custom execution which is under setting in katalon

[@rupeshgawande2716]

Mukesh sir.....Please upload hybrid framework video (keyword driven and data driven and POM) .....I need this

[@ankitagopal87]

Hi Mukesh,Thanks for such a descriptive video! My query is regarding Katalon's execution speed.I have been using the tool for a week now and was able to run all the scripts pretty smoothly and good speed. Unexpectedly now all the scripts are executing slow even the previous one's.How to handle this?

[@aarchakulkarni2077]

Hi Mukesh, Thank you so much for the video. Do you think katalon is good tool to automate testing for ecommerce website? Plus is it possible to integrate API test cases in between ui automation?

[@Mukeshotwani]

Hi Aarcha yes we can integrate and Katalon will work for any application

[@sathyaraj7272]

@mukesh, thanks for sharing this video. I have a question like if we want to execute same TC multiple times with different credentials? That how can we do it. And can we use collections concept here?

[@Mukeshotwani]

Yes Sathya we can do that using our keyword or Test Suite collection in Katalon. I will post video for this.

[@akashp1690]

hi mukesh i am following your videos form many days can you please make a video on how capture the xpath of shadow dom based application .how katalon studio will help on shadow dom structure

[@Mukeshotwani]

Sure Akash I will make video for that as well. Do you have any application which covers shadow dom ?

[@y.c.breddy3153]

Is it coding experience mandatory for katalon studio

[@fariaislam1799]

Why I am getting Activation alert box everytime I open Katalon? I have activated it once do I need to do it everytime?

[@michalmichal5267]

very nice tool :)

[@Mukeshotwani]

Thanks Michal, this tool has now community version and pro version as well.

[@ArunJadhavRocco]

Hi Mukesh, Thanks for your video. Is there a way to test the Network calls scenario using Charles or Fiddler?

[@Mukeshotwani]

Hi Arun, You can use bmp.lightbody.net/ for this.

[@tejkumarkempaiah4906]

Thanks for the video, The latest version of katalon 7.0.3 is missing report feature version.. Any suggestion on it?

[@pb6096]

Hi mukesh,do you’ve any videos how to automate angular based applications using katalon.thanks

[@raghav8888]

Good one. Do you have anymore videos on how to work with Object repository? Like in this video you did change the xpath for fail the case. So how do we fix them? Should we record again or is there a way to update from application?

[@Mukeshotwani]

Hi Raghu you can update OR directly is Katalon

[@sihezhai]

hi Man, it is a great video, and, where is the part2 ,3 ,4, 5 ?

[@yourworld4786]

Hi Mukesh, thanks for this video, I would like learn this tool. Do you provide online training ?

[@Mukeshotwani]

No, sorry Faizan, I dont provide any training on Katalon as of now.

[@pavankdas3931]

Hi mukesh, I'm new to katalon , Pre condition what ? Do we know the knowledge on java or dotnet ? Can you clear on this. Please be mention this points also.

[@Mukeshotwani]

Hi Pavank, no precondition , Katalon use Groovy docs.katalon.com/katalon-studio/docs/product-availability-matrix.html

[@akulabhaskar3797]

Hello Mukesh What are the skills required to Implement KOTLIN.? My Skills are limited till Core Java

[@Bharathblr]

Akula Bhaskar you don't require any skill to start Katalon, you can easily start recording your integration test scenario and run them when you want..

[@Mukeshotwani]

Correct Bharath:)

[@Khetandod]

Hiii. Mukesh Thanks for upload this video and ease to explain katalon. but How to read data from excel file in katalon. I hope you clarrify it.

[@lucasalder3664]

Hi Sameer, you may find the answer from this tutorial: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n57OoGRopZKkqMk

[@vikram4103]

Hi Mukesh, Can I use Katalon even for Desktop based application ?What if I need to consume the responses of REST Services while working with Web UI automation ?Does Katalon support both REST Services and WebUI automation within a single kind of project ?

[@Mukeshotwani]

Hi Vikarm, Katalon does not support Desktop automation. You can use Winium for desktop automation. Katalon support web services, mobile automation, web ui automation.

[@ashmitabhandari7733]

I am beginner for Katalon. Do you also provide lessons ?

[@Mukeshotwani]

Hi Ashmita I am planning soon. I will keep you posted.. Please share your email.

[@mianasadhussain3830]

kzbin.info/door/Tt7pyY-o0eltq14glaG5dgplaylists

[@TuanLuu-ue9rc]

the interesting part starts at 15:00

[@adhongde1]

You think Katlon replace Selenium in near future?

[@vegaaaa1]

no it's impossible Selenuim have no alternative

[@vegaaaa1]

katalon built on top of Selenium

[@pragatipatil6303]

HI Mukesh, plz tell how to write dynamic values into excel sheet in case of Rest API?

[@Mukeshotwani]

Hey Pragati you need to use Apache POI to read and write excel.

[@Sanjeevkumar-cl6nl]

Pls let me know the best automation tool for Automating Mobile application both Android and iOS? Whether I can proceed with Appium or any other emerging tools?

[@Mukeshotwani]

TestProject

[@vishalshah8972]

Hi Mukesh, Can you please tell me how validation of numbers, email and particular format is done using Katalon Studio.

[@Mukeshotwani]

not sure on this Vishal

[@goldenwales]

Nice Video. Do you know if its possible to send attachment in soap request with Katalon?

[@renukakommoju4055]

Hi Mukesh...Canu provide videos for katalon studio with desktop applications recording and playback

[@Mukeshotwani]

Hey Renuka, I have not tried this with Katalon. You can check Raghav Pal videos for this.

[@renukakommoju4055]

@@Mukeshotwani Ok...Thanks for reply

[@1112aless]

Can this tool be used to test desktop application that is written in C# and web application that uses PHP?

[@adhongde1]

Trying capture iner text of variable but no luck String FstName = WebUI.getText(findTestObject('OR_AddEmployee/Page_OrangeHRM (2)/input_firstName')) println (FstName) its not printing inner text of object it print as blank

[@lucasalder3664]

Hi abbay, you can submit your concern on their forum, there are a lot of valuable info I found here: forum.katalon.com/

[@sunayanisvalkeri5702]

Hi Mukesh, I have tried installing the Katalon studio several times but whenever I installed I am getting an error as "Currently you have no teams to work on"

[@brandonhu8359]

May I know if Katalon supports handling applet prompts from legacy sites?

[@tejkumarkempaiah4906]

What is the version of katalon which was used in your demo ? Cz seems like only that version has report feature..

[@appansingharoy491]

Hi, i tried and faced the same issue. But i found the report folder in the project root directory. However, the report folder is not displayed in katalon test explorer. One more thing, there is no HTML report present in the report folder, only JSON report and few other formats are present.

[@suchibatheja9813]

Hi Mukesh, Can we automate Angular application using Katalon Studio?

[@Mukeshotwani]

Yes Suchi we can do that..

[@manekagayomi9079]

Hi Mukesh, I want to do the UI automation using Katalon Studio but the web application used extjs.Because ID's are dynamically generating I couldn't find the objects in next time.can we use label nams any unique attribute to recognize the objects in Katalon ? Or else is there any other opensorce UI automation tool which support extjs?

[@tramvo2900]

Why I can not connect with Safari 11 (Katalon version 5.0.1)

[@dilawarkhan4085]

my test case failed, same login test case as you performed in the tutorial, what could the reason?

[@kushanchoudhury1942]

Hi Mukesh, Please tell me whats the default version of firefox that can be used to automate the OrangeHRM url.I was getting some error and i am using 43 version of firefox.

[@dvsrkumar13]

Mukesh , Is this tool going to be a potential replacement for Selenium? How it is going to affect selenium market ?

[@lucasalder3664]

Since Selenium was no longer support FF 55+, I think Katalon maybe considered as a potential replacement

[@liviulupei860]

I would just use Endtest instead, it's much better.

[@Mukeshotwani]

Thank I will also try

[@prakashsrinivasan4626]

Hi mukesh, thanks for good one. here my question is how do i get reports on invalid password attempt. am new to katalon so i have tried right but getting a report as passed with invalid attempt

[@Mukeshotwani]

Seems you havent refreshed the report. If test fails it should throw or generate failed report.

[@prakashsrinivasan4626]

@@Mukeshotwani will you able to send me the further tutorials links.? i mean mobile automation and so on.

[@rajeevbhaskar7814]

Nice video..Can i use Katalon with C# language...

[@lucasalder3664]

They only support Java and Groovy.

[@decerymuyco3490]

is it possible to change the light theme of IDE into Dark color?

[@Mukeshotwani]

Hi Decery, yes you can do that..

[@MaheshJoshi_wellington]

Hi Mukesh is kataloan studio work for me in the following scenario ,

[@varunbassi]

Hi Mukesh, Need your input. My Company wants to Automate Salesforce Testing and needs advise as to which tool to use? Is Katalon Studio better than Selenium? If I judge based on market demand, no company from where I live uses it. Everyone uses Selenium instead. So, I'm confused whether to recommend Selenium or Katalon??

[@sihezhai]

hi Man, this tool is just based on the selenium.....package selenium's complex command or script. We can say you use this tool, means you use the selenium

[@deepikadeepika2397]

Hi mukesh i want to enter the alphabet key in the keyboard for a particular menu how can be doe please let me know

[@uvitalkumar]

Is this open source tool or licensed?

[@Mukeshotwani]

+Vital Kumar open source

[@omermindivanli2981]

Hi I have a question. I have a an interview soon. I am a full stack javaScript developer. I need to easily pickup a testing automation tool for mobile and web development. I have read many articles but i do not have time to learn many testing software. I wanna learn something trendy and good for both of development types. Should i learn SELENIUM or Katalon? Can you quickly suggest me something ? thanks Here is the job requirement: Experience in test automation for web and mobile applications. I wanna learn something in a short time. Every help is appreciated :) Have a great day...

[@nacomaco09]

Omer Mindivanli katalon is based on selenium, should learn first selenium and then katalon , handsome !

[@omermindivanli2981]

@@nacomaco09 Thanks my friend, i am gonna have a look to selenium :)

[@nacomaco09]

Omer Mindivanli ok, good luck , let’s keep in touch 😉 [e-mail]

[@pritipawar2460]

Hi Mukesh, I am trying to install Nexial for API automation, While installation I am getting " PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilder ! ! Exception: unable to find valid certification path to requested target" this error. Can you please help me?

[@Mukeshotwani]

Hi Priti, is it possible to share API?

[@hima3867]

Hello I downloaded Katalon 5.8.6 why there is no Record Web/ Spy web such tools not available in that??

[@yugendervelde]

Hi Mukesh, do we have any option to record third party tool.. like filezilla, because we passing the xml through filezilla and we should that file transfer into the web application..

[@Mukeshotwani]

Use AutoIT for the same...

[@abhishekbehera1992]

I am having issues finding and recording events in IE browser for the Katalon recorder. Did anyone has any solution or recommendations. I also have tried all the process as mentioned in the Katalon resources towards IE configurations for Katalon, but I am still unable to record the steps in IE. Works fine on Chrome though.

[@manekagayomi9079]

Hi Mukesh, I have record & replay the login page of Orange HRM.It is successfully run without any error. But when I'm try to record user details section as well. But when play the record I'm getting this kind of error. "Test Cases/edit profile FAILED because (of) Unable to click on object........(Root cause: element not visible) Why getting this kind of error? Please help

[@Mukeshotwani]

Hi Maneka you have to give some wait to make it visible

[@bhargavdesai6366]

Does it work on flex based web applications?

[@Mukeshotwani]

HI Bhargav, for Flex I am not sure let me check with Katalon team.

[@yadavgaurav386]

Mukesh otwani thanks alot

[@lucasalder3664]

Hi Bhargav, hope I can help to solve your problem. Katalon Studio has built-in keywords to work with image elements. Users can leverage this to automate Flex application. In case custom keywords is required, Katalon Studio also allows user to create custom keywords. Please refer to: www.katalon.com/resources-center/tutorials/create-custom-keyword/

[@dilawarkhan4085]

i am not getting the report in Html or Excel Sheet format,

[@Mukeshotwani]

Hi Dilawar which version of Katalon you are using? Try using latest one.

[@hemantgandhi5040]

@@Mukeshotwani its not working on latest only using Version: 6.2.1

[@Warrex01]

@Simran Sekhon I think so. I had to download the plugin "Basic Report" , then after running a test suite, in the results tab i got a new option that says "Export report" right next to "Katalon Analytics". This options allows me to export in CSV, HTML, and PDF.

[@Yashu0915]

Where is the next parts of this video? 0pls share the link.

[@Mukeshotwani]

Here is the playlist kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJnLaX-uZ7Vmb8k

[@saravanagenzo3108]

can you create a tutorial for android app? thanks.

[@akshayashinde2413]

while running Katalon.exe on win 32 bit.no further process done.why?

[@adiprabowo2162]

can you make tutorial login test facebook with katalon?? i have tried, but at step "log out" i get error . so the result always failed. please help me

[@adhongde1]

How to pass variable value from one test case to another

[@Khetandod]

Hi Mukesh Sir, Please tell me how to sell email the report. thank you.

[@tanushrimukherjee2762]

Hi Mukesh can you please help me with the code for OracleDB connection and writing query in Katalon Test case.

[@Mukeshotwani]

Hi Tanu, as of now I don’t have video but will come with video soon.

[@Mukeshotwani]

Another good news for katalon is coming with new version katalon 7 which has many new interesting feature. Release date is 24 oct

[@praveenrajist]

Hi Mukesh I download katalon studio on my ubundu system how to install please replay me

[@bs7099]

Can this tool do the function of reading from excel sheet as input and declare variables, print messages and if/else/loop conditions in recording mode ?

[@lucasalder3664]

Hi Bikram, you may find the answer by raising question on their support channel at: forum.katalon.com/