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Maximize WebDriver (Selenium 2) in Python.

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Published on 30-Jan-2021 17:37:07

We can maximize browser window with Selenium webdriver in Python. It is a good practise to maximize the browser while running the tests to reduce the chance of failure.Once a browser is maximized, the majority of elements become visible to the screen and the probability of interaction with the driver ... Read More

Take screenshot of full page with Selenium Python with chromedriver.

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Debomita Bhattacharjee

Published on 30-Jan-2021 17:35:26

We can take a screenshot of a full page with Selenium webdriver in Python with chromedriver. First of all, we shall obtain the original window size with the get_window_size method.Then with the help of JavaScript Executor we shall fetch the complete height and width of the page which is opened ... Read More

How could I start a Selenium browser(like Firefox) minimized?

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Debomita Bhattacharjee

Published on 30-Jan-2021 17:33:40

We can start the Selenium browser(like Firefox) in minimized mode. This will be achieved by taking the help of the Dimension class. We shall create an object of this class.While creating the object , we shall pass the dimensions of the browser size as parameters to the Dimension class. Finally ... Read More

Get PID of Browser launched by Selenium.

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Debomita Bhattacharjee

Published on 30-Jan-2021 17:31:21

We can PID of browsers launched by Selenium webdriver. First of all, we have to create an object of the webdriver. Next, for example, to launch the browser in the Firefox browser, we have to take the help of webdriver.Firefox() class.The location of the geckodriver.exe file is passed as a ... Read More

How to start ChromeDriver in headless mode?

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Debomita Bhattacharjee

Published on 30-Jan-2021 17:29:41

We can start chromedriver in headless mode. Headless execution is getting popular now−a−days since the resource consumption is less and execution is done at a faster speed.Post version 59, Chrome supports headless execution. ChromeOptions class is utilized to modify the default characteristics of the browser. The addArguments method of the ... Read More

How can I parse a website using Selenium and Beautifulsoup in python?

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Debomita Bhattacharjee

Published on 30-Jan-2021 17:27:57

We can parse a website using Selenium and Beautiful Soup in Python. Web Scraping is a concept used to extract content from the web pages, used extensively in Data Science and metrics preparation. In Python, it is achieved with the BeautifulSoup package.To have BeautifulSoup along with Selenium, we should run ... Read More

Getting console.log output from Chrome with Selenium Python API bindings.

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Debomita Bhattacharjee

Published on 30-Jan-2021 17:25:30

We can get console.log output from Chrome with Selenium Python API bindings. We will perform this with the DesiredCapabilities class. We shall enable the logging from the browser with DesiredCapabilities.Chrome setting.We have to pass this browser capability to the driver object by passing it as a parameter to the Chrome ... Read More

Running Selenium WebDriver python bindings in chrome.

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Debomita Bhattacharjee

Published on 30-Jan-2021 17:23:29

We can run Selenium webdriver with Python bindings in Chrome. This can be done by downloading the chromedriver.exe file. Visit the link: https://chromedriver.chromium.org/downloads. There shall be links available for download for various chromedriver versions.Select the version which is compatible with the Chrome browser in the local system. Click on it. As ... Read More

How to use Selenium with Python?

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Debomita Bhattacharjee

Published on 30-Jan-2021 17:21:29

We can use Selenium with Python. First, we have to install Python in our system. Navigate to the link: https://www.python.org/downloads/. Click on Download Python <version>.Based on our operating system, we have the options to download Python on Windows, Linux/Unix, Mac, and so on. After clicking the button, the Python executable ... Read More

How to check URL for 404 using Selenium WebDriver?

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Debomita Bhattacharjee

Published on 30-Jan-2021 17:12:20

We can check the URL for 404 using Selenium webdriver. A 404 check is actually done to verify if there are broken links in a page. On clicking such a link, we shall not be directed to the correct page.A broken link can occur due to the following reasons −The ... Read More