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Answer − We can download all pdf files using Selenium webdriver in Python. A file is downloaded in the default path set in the Chrome browser. However, we can modify the path of the downloaded file programmatically in Selenium.This is done with the help of the Options class. We have to create an object of this class and apply add_experimental_option. We have to pass the parameters - prefs and the path where the pdf is to be downloaded to this method. Finally, this information has to be sent to the webdriver object.Syntaxop = Options() p = {"download.default_directory": "../pdf"} op.add_experimental_option("prefs", p)ExampleCode ... Read More

We can make a JAR file with the code created in Selenium and share it among others. The procedure to make a Selenium Jar file and to test it are listed in the below steps −Step1 − Right-click on the Selenium project and click on Export.Step2 − Select the option Runnable Jar under the Java folder. Then click on Next.Step3 − Select the Java class for which we want to create a JAR in the Launch Configurations field. Enter the Export destination: field and select the option Extract required libraries into generated JAR. Then click on Finish.Step4 − Click on ... Read More

We can download and install Selenium webdriver. This can be done with the following steps −Installation of Java JDK.Eclipse IDE installation.Installation of Selenium driver files.Installation of Java JDKStep1 − Navigate to the below link −https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase-downloads.htmlStep2 − Click on JDK Download.Step3 − Depending on operating system we have, click on the link and complete the download −Step4 − Launch the Advanced System settings.Step5 − Click on the Environmental Variables button.Step6 − In the System Variables section, click on New and then type JAVA_HOME under the Variable name field and the path of the jdk in the Variable value field.Step7 − Scroll ... Read More

We can get the error - Element is not clickable at point while working with Selenium webdriver. This normally happens in chromedriver since the Chrome browser utilises point location to identify an element.When the position of an element is dynamic and we want to click on that element, then this error is thrown. The cause of this error is if an element is available in DOM, but its position is dynamic in the front end.Some of the ways to fix this issue are listed below −Usage of explicit wait. We can use wait for the expected condition - visibilityOf. The ... Read More

We can get the Selenium webdriver error: AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'click' while working on a test. Let us see an example of code where we have encountered such an error.ExampleCode Implementationfrom selenium import webdriver driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path='../drivers/chromedriver') #implicit wait driver.implicitly_wait(0.5) #url launch driver.get("https://www.tutorialspoint.com/index.htm") #identify an element m = driver.find_elements_by_name('search') m.click() #browser quit driver.quit()OutputIn the above code, we have got the error as we have used find_elements_by_name instead of find_element_by_name to perform a click operation on a single element. The method find_elements_by_name returns a list of elements.Here, we want to perform click operation on an element, so the ... Read More

We can get the Response status code with Selenium webdriver. While executing a test, we can verify the Response code obtained from a server. Some common HTTP Response codes are listed below −5XX means there is an issue on the server.4XX means that the server resource cannot be identified.3XX means the request has been redirected.2XX means the request executed successfully.An instance of the class HttpURLConnection is created to obtain the HTTP Response. To have a link to an URL, the method openConnection method is used. Then we have to use the method setRequestMethod and pass HEAD as a parameter.To have ... Read More

We can save a pdf file on Chrome using the Selenium webdriver. To download the pdf file in a specific location we have to take the help of the Options class.We shall create an object of this class and apply add_experimental_option on it. Then pass the values - prefs and the path where the pdf is to be downloaded as parameters to this method.Syntaxo = Options() o.add_experimental_option("prefs" , {"download.default_directory": "../downloads"} )ExampleCode Implementationfrom selenium import webdriver from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options #object of Options o = Options() #path of downloaded pdf o.add_experimental_option("prefs", {"download.default_directory": "../downloads"}) #pass Option to driver driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path='../drivers/chromedriver', options=o) ... Read More

We can work on Selenium with Python bindings. To get started with Selenium and Python automation in Windows operating system, we need to follow the below steps −Step 1 − Navigate to the link https://www.python.org/downloads/ to download Python.Step 2 − Click on Download Python . Once it is done, the Python executable file should be downloaded in our system.Step 3 − Python installation landing page is launched once the executable file is clicked. Click on the Install Now button.Step 4 − Python gets downloaded in the below path −C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\PythonStep 5 − We need to set the path of the Python ... Read More

We can use the TestNG framework for creating Selenium scripts. TestNG is a testing framework built for the usage of both the developers and testers. The steps to integrate TestNG with Selenium scripts are listed below −Step1 − Click on the Help menu from Eclipse. Then click on Eclipse Marketplace.Step 2 − In the Eclipse Marketplace pop-up, input TestNG within the Find field and click on Go. Then click on Install.Step 3 − Accept the license agreement radiobutton and then click on Finish.Step 4 − Click on the Restart Now button.Step5 − Click on the File menu, then click on ... Read More

We can resize the browser window in Selenium webdriver. We can configure the size of the browser with the help of the set_window_size method in Python.The dimensions of the window size are passed as parameters to this method. Again, to get the size of the browser, we can use the method get_window_size.Syntaxdriver.set_window_size(200, 500)ExampleCode Implementationfrom selenium import webdriver #set geckodriver.exe path driver = webdriver.Firefox(executable_path="C:\geckodriver.exe") #maximize browser driver.maximize_window() #launch URL driver.get("https://www.tutorialspoint.com/index.htm") #new browser size driver.set_window_size(800, 880) #get window size print(driver.get_window_size()) #close browser driver.close()OutputRead More