gistfile1.txt

# Environment:
#  * Mac OS X: 10.4.11
#  * Firefox: 3.5.1
#  * Java: "1.5.0_19" (build 1.5.0_19-b02-306)
#  * Ruby: 1.8.6 (2007-03-13 patchlevel 0) [universal-darwin8.0]
#  * Selenium RC: 1.0.1
#  * selenium-client gem: 1.2.16

# Terminal #1:
# ------------
...
$ cd ~/selenium/selenium-remote-control-1.0.1/selenium-server-1.0.1
$ java -jar selenium-server.jar     


# Terminal #2:
# ------------
$ cd ~/selenium

# Basic 'hello google' test taken from:
# http://github.com/ph7/selenium-client/blob/2a464f87b061d7eec7a5cdf66a3345456ecb0121/README.markdown
$ cat << 'EOF' >> hello-google.rb
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
#
# Sample Ruby script using the Selenium client API
#
require "rubygems"
gem "selenium-client", ">=1.2.16"
require "selenium/client"

begin
  @browser = Selenium::Client::Driver.new \
      :host => "localhost", 
      :port => 4444, 
      :browser => "*firefox", 
      :url => "http://www.google.com", 
      :timeout_in_second => 60

  @browser.start_new_browser_session
    @browser.open "/"
    @browser.type "q", "Selenium seleniumhq.org"
    @browser.click "btnG", :wait_for => :page
    puts @browser.text?("seleniumhq.org")
ensure
  @browser.close_current_browser_session    
end
EOF


$ ruby hello-google.rb 
true
$