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Selenium WebDriver - Browser and Navigation

Commands
- January 20, 2020
Browser commands are the starting point of your Selenium Webdriver script. These
commands used to launch browser, maximize it, open URL to be tested and other
navigation commands.

1. Browser Commands
i. Set Path of browser/driver executable:

 This would be the first line of your webdriver

script. You have to download the browser
executable file for the browser you are using and
set path of the driver executbale to system
property.
 Like for firefox you have to download
geckodriver.exe and place in your project.
Similarly for other browsers you have to
download their browser/driver executables.
 Download Driver Executables link
- https://www.seleniumhq.org/download/
 Below is an example for Firefox.

// Set Path of driver executable

String driver_executable_path =
"./src/com/techlistic/utils/geckodriver.exe";

System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver",
driver_executable_path);

ii. Launch Broswer:

// Launch Browser - Creating a Firefox instance
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();

Code for other browsers :

// For Chrome
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

// For Safari
WebDriver driver = new SafariDriver();

// For Opera
WebDriver driver = new OperaDriver();

// For IE
WebDriver driver = new InternetExplorerDriver();
iii. Open URL

 This command is used to open URL. You

can provide a string which contains a url.

// Open URL
driver.get("https://www.techlistic.com/");

// Or
String url = "https://www.techlistic.com/";

driver.get(url);

iv. Get Title

 This command is used to obtain title of the page.

It returns a string.

// Get Title
driver.getTitle();

// Code implementation example

String pageTitle = driver.getTitle();
// Validate Page Title
if(pageTitle == "Techlistic - Home") {
System.out.println("Test Passed.");
}
else {
System.out.println("Test Failed.");
}

v. Get Current URL

 This command is used to get url of current page.

It returns a string.

// Get Current URL

driver.getCurrentUrl();

//Code implementation example

String pageURL = driver.getCurrentUrl();

// Validate Current Page URL

if(pageURL == "https://www.techlistic.com/p/selenium-
tutorials.html")
{
System.out.println("Test Passed.");
}
else
{
System.out.println("Test Failed.");
}

vi. Get Page Source

 This command is used to get the source code of

the web page. It returns a string.

// Get Page Source

driver.getPageSource();

// Or
String sourceCode = driver.getPageSource();

vii. Close Browser

 This command is used to close the current

browser window. It is generally used at the end
of script.

viii. Quit Browser

 This command is used to close all the browser

windows opened by Webdriver. It is used at end
of the script

// Close Current Browser Window

driver.close();

// Close All Browser Windows

driver.quit();

ix. Maximize Browser

x. Make Browser Full Screen

xi. Minimize Browser

xii. Set Size of Browser

// Maximize Browser
driver.manage().window().maximize();

// Make Browser Window Full Screen

driver.manage().window().fullscreen();

// Minimize the browser

driver.manage().window().setPosition(new Point(0, -1000));

// Set Size of browser

driver.manage().window().setSize(new Dimension(1920, 1080));

Program - Browser Commands

You can refer the following example program for browser commands.

package com.techlistic.selenium;

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;

public class A_01_BrowserCommands_Test {

public static void main(String[] args) {

// Expected Title
String expectedTitle = "Techlistic";

// Set Path of the Chrome driver

System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver",
"./src/com/techlistic/utils/chromedriver.exe");

// Launch Firefox browser

WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

// Open URL of Website

driver.get("https://www.techlistic.com");

// Maximize Window
 driver.manage().window().maximize();

// Get Title of current Page

String actualTitle = driver.getTitle();
System.out.println("Title fetched: "+ actualTitle);

// Validate/Compare Page Title

if(expectedTitle.equals(actualTitle)) {
System.out.println("Test Case Passed.");
}
else {
System.out.println("Test Case Failed.");
}

// Close Browser
driver.close();

2. Browser Navigation Commands

These commands are used to move forward and back using browser history.

/***********************************
* Browser Navigation Commands *
***********************************
*/

// Navigate Forward
driver.navigate().forward();

// Navigate Back
driver.navigate().back();

// Refresh Page
driver.navigate().refresh();

// Naviagte directly to some URL (which might be external or

internal in the website)
driver.navigate().to("https://www.techlistic.com/p/java.html");
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Author: Vaneesh Behl

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Comments

1.

AnonymousOctober 11, 2019 at 5:04 PM

Excellent. Content Simplified in its best way. Please post on pending areas in the index.

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2.

S VEERESH KUMARFebruary 9, 2020 at 3:56 PM

very helpful to practise these Assignments

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