ArgoBEAST is a structural engine for Selenium and Behave. It eliminates the "scramble" of test automation by providing a pre-structured, collaborative ecosystem that forces consistency across your entire team.
Scaffold a professional Page Object Model (POM) architecture in minutes.
Most automation projects fail because of inconsistent structure and complex driver logic. ArgoBEAST "crushes" that grunt work by providing the guardrails necessary for collaborative success.
- ⚡ Zero-Config Scaffolding: Generate a full, professional POM stack—Pages, Actions, Steps, and Features—in seconds via the CLI.
- 🤝 Enforced Collaboration: Every engineer follows the same pattern: Pages → Actions → Steps → Features. No more "lone wolf" code styles.
- 🏗️ Architecture Built-In: Inherit from
BasePageandCommonActionsto get enterprise-grade form handling and element synchronization out of the box. - 📉 Regression Creep Killer: Standardized logic makes high-frequency smoke testing easy to implement, maintain, and scale.
pip install argobeast
# OR (Recommended)
uv add argobeastargobeast initThis scaffolds a complete, framework-agnostic environment. You can opt-in to generate example template files (based on a login scenario) to see the ArgoBEAST pattern in action.
Use the CLI to generate the blueprint for your specific application:
argobeast create page checkout
argobeast create actions checkout
argobeast create steps checkoutSimply add your locators to the Page and your business logic to the Actions—ArgoBEAST handles the driver injection and configuration merging behind the scenes.
ArgoBEAST enforces a clean separation of concerns, ensuring your tests remain readable and maintainable:
| Component | Responsibility | Parent Class |
|---|---|---|
| Pages | Store element locators and IDs | BasePage |
| Actions | High-level business logic & form filling | CommonActions |
| Steps | Thin Behave "glue" code | N/A |
| Features | Human-readable Gherkin scenarios | N/A |
Stop wrestling with webdriver initializations and messy environment.py hooks. ArgoBEAST abstracts the heavy lifting into a simple configuration layer.
- ⚙️ Logic-Free Configuration: Control browser types, headless modes, and timeouts via
config/driver.yml. Change browsers or toggle headless mode without touching a single line of Python code. - 🪄 Zero-Bloat environment.py: Framework-level setup/teardown is handled by ArgoBEAST's engine, keeping your project files focused solely on your project logic.
- 📸 Automatic Recovery: Built-in screenshot capture on every failure, handled internally by framework hooks.
- 📑 Advanced Form Logic: Use built-in dictionary mapping to complete massive web forms in a single action call.
ArgoBEAST is built for the future of professional QA:
- V2: Dockerized Execution: Standardized containers for Selenium Grid and headless execution.
- V2: Reporting Enhancements: Native, deep integration for Allure reports.
- V3: Mobile Support: Expanding the DriverFactory to support native Appium integration.
- Documentation: Full Guide & API Reference
- License: Apache 2.0
ArgoBEAST: INSTANT VERIFICATION. STRUCTURED, SCALABLE TESTING.