I am currently using HtmlUnitDriver 2.45 version and when I run below code snippet
BrowserVersion version = BrowserVersion.CHROME;
WebDriver driver = new HtmlUnitDriver(version);
driver.get("http://www.google.com");
System.out.println(driver.getCurrentUrl());
my output is "about:blank".
I have noticed that driver instance created from default constructor
WebDriver driver = new HtmlUnitDriver(true);
creates driver object with deprecated default browser version "INTERNET_EXPLORER_8"
/** The default browser version. */
private static BrowserVersion DefaultBrowserVersion_ = INTERNET_EXPLORER_8;
Am I missing something while creating HtmlUnitDriver??
My experience with HTMLUnitDriver has been pretty terrible so far. It doesn't really serve as a viable testing driver due to the multiple compatibility issues it has with different applications (depends on the application).
If you are trying to do headless browser testing, I would suggest running PhantomJSDriver rather than HTMLUnitDriver. In your use-case this should be fine, since you are trying to run HTMLUnitDriver as the CHROME browser version, and PhantomJS is webkit-based.
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I use Selenium WebDriver 3.141.59 with ChromeDriver and try to remove browser cache and history during test execution.
I have found several solutions about using chrome://settings/clearBrowserData page in test scripts, but these seems flaky.
In v4.0, there will be a better solution to interact with DevTools, but it isn't yet released.
driver.getDevTools().createSessionIfThereIsNotOne();
driver.getDevTools().send(Network.clearBrowserCookies());
Whenever chrome opens it stores info in a profile folder. The best solution might be to create a custom profile folder every time you start the driver.
ChromeOptions chromeProfile = new ChromeOptions();
chromeProfile.addArguments("user-data-dir=" + chromeProfilePath);
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(chromeProfile);
Is it the browser job to support WebDriver or is it WebDriver job to support each browser?
I mean if there is a new release of Chrome does this mean that WebDriver works right away because the support is included in the new Chrome release?
Or is WebDriver support added later by the developers of WebDriver?
To run selenium webdriver in Chrome browser, we need to take the help of ChromeDriver which is a separate executable that selenium webdriver uses to control chrome. ChromeDriver is supported by the Chromium team, ChromeDriver is a standalone server which implements WebDriver's wire protocol for Chromium.
http://www.seleniumeasy.com/selenium-tutorials/how-to-run-webdriver-in-chrome-browser
Yes, Webdriver made changes later that's the reason new jars of selenium launches so rapidly.
Hope it will help you :)
We use the selenium webdriver dlls set up to run my automation suite. I encounter this problem when runnning tests in Firefox only. The tests in Firefox run very slow , taking 3-4 minutes to load pages, However, when I run the same test on the same machine using Firefox browser manually I don't encounter this slowness. At times while running automation on Firefox, we also get "Connection was reset" page. Also, the same tests run fine in Chrome and IE.
We use the following environment:
Firefox version 28, 37 (proxy is set to use system settings)
Webdriver (dlls) version 2.45
Windows 7
Earlier we used to run the same set up in Windows XP using Firefox version 14,16, and Webdriver version 2.37, we didn't experience this issue.
We invoke Firefox using the following code :
Proxy proxy = new Proxy();
proxy.Kind = ProxyKind.System;
FirefoxProfile profile = new FirefoxProfile();
profile.SetProxyPreferences(proxy);
RemoteWebDriver dr = new FirefoxDriver(new FirefoxBinary(#"C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"), profile, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(120));
dr.Manage().Timeouts().ImplicitlyWait(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3));
dr.Manage().Window.Maximize();
dr.Manage().Cookies.DeleteAllCookies();
dr.Navigate().GoToUrl(WebSiteUrl);
remaining tests steps......
Please can someone help me resolve this issue.
Thanks in advance.
This is how I solved the "extremely slow FirefoxDriver" problem:
FirefoxDriverService service = FirefoxDriverService.CreateDefaultService();
service.Host = "::1";
IWebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(service);
The above code forces the geckodriver to use the IPv6 protocol, which works many times faster for the interactions with the UI elements.
Probably won't do you any good now, but I had the same problem with Firefox 45 and Webdriver 2.15. Turned the problem was the implicit wait setup. In my case, I had:
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(60, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
This one line was taking 190 seconds (yes, more than 3 minutes!) to execute. Removing it cut the startup time to under 8 seconds!
how to set Firefox version in web-driver?
I just want to user different version of Firefox.
like different version 19, 20 , 21....
please provide a generic solution which help for other browser also.
You have to install all the versions on your system. Then you can use the System property webdriver.firefox.bin to define the path for Firefox. Note than since the path is set through a System property, you will not be able to run two different Firefox in the same Java process.
This solution is specific to Firefox. There is no generic solution. You have to configure every WebDriver yourself.
More information about the configuration of Firefox Web Drvier.
Finally i have found solution to run with different browser version
System.setProperty("webdriver.firefox.bin", "/Applications/Firefox-2.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin");
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
driver.get(baseUrl);
System.out.println(driver.getTitle());
driver.close();
driver.quit();
I have found how to start a different FireFox browser (actually WaterFox) in Python Selenium, replacing
driver = webdriver.Firefox()
with
driver = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_binary = "/path/to/my/waterfox")
(Ubuntu 20.04, Python 3.95)
How do I disable the loading of flash objects when using Selenium Remote WebDriver.
It will be helpful if I get a solution for the normal webdriver also.
Since in most cases the Flash object is loaded by a JavaScript
I have tried disabling the javascript on the webdriver and remote webdriver both, but it does not work.
I tried to to disable the JavaScript by:
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
((DesiredCapabilities) driver.getCapabilities()).setJavascriptEnabled(false);
I also tried:
DesiredCapabilities caps = new DesiredCapabilities();
caps.setJavascriptEnabled(false);
WebDriver driver = new FireFoxDriver(caps);
For Remote WebDriver i tried:
final DesiredCapabilities firefoxCapability = DesiredCapabilities.firefox();
firefoxCapability.setJavascriptEnabled(false);
new RemoteWebDriver(new URL("http://" + windowsIP + ":4444/wd/hub"), firefoxCapability);
After execution of the above statement the remote server displays
Executing: [new session: <platform=ANY, javascriptEnabled=false, browserName=firefox, version=>] at URL:/session>
but still all the Javascript is executing on the pages the driver loads and the Flash is also loading.
Please help me :
1. how can stop the flash from loading.
2. need it on remote driver as I need to test the pages on IE, Firefox, Chrome. Hence loading the forefox profile will not work
Thank you for the help.
I used this code on Linux mint and it works:
FirefoxProfile profile= new FirefoxProfile();
profile.setPreference("plugin.state.flash", 0);
FirefoxDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(profile);
though it's already answered question but on different forum... so i will consolidate for you...
I'm not sure if flash objects are loaded by javascript....but if disabling javascript is problem then...
Never disable Javascript for Firefox driver, in case if you want to use it being disabled try with HTMLUNITDRIVER which specially meant for non-javascript pages.
Reason being important parts of firefox driver is implemented in javascript and disabling would have serious concerns.
HtmlUnitDriver on the other hand is fastest and best way for automation tests (splly for pages with no JS)
please check this group discussion
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/webdriver/daLOzCiU_h4%5B1-25%5D
I had the same problem and needed it to be solved for Chrome. This is how I got it to work:
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.addArguments("--disable-bundled-ppapi-flash");
WebDriver webDriver = new org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver(options);