We can programmatically configure Chrome extension through Selenium webdriver. We can have multiple extensions of the Chrome browser while we manually open the browser and work on it.However, while the Chrome browser is opened through Selenium webdriver, those extensions which are available to the local browser will not be present. ... Read More

We can find when a download has completed with Selenium webdriver in Python. We shall use the ChromeOptions class for this purpose. First, we shall create an object of the ChromeOptions class.Then apply the add_experimental_option method on the object created. We shall pass browser preferences and download.default_directory: as parameters to ... Read More

The differences between Selenium RC and Selenium webdriver are listed below −FunctionalitiesSelenium RCSelenium WebdriverServerNeeds the server to trigger test execution.No need for the server to trigger test execution.Object OrientedNot much support from object oriented concepts.Majority of tests based on object oriented concepts.Dynamic LocatorsNo identification of elements with dynamic locators.Identification of ... Read More

We can find a definitive Selenium webdriver to Firefox compatibility matrix. To verify the Firefox browser compatibility with the Selenium webdriver, note the Selenium webdriver version.Then navigate to the link −https://firefox−source−docs.mozilla.org/testing/geckodriver/Support.html.Verify the Firefox version needed for the Geckodriver and Selenium.For any compatibility related concerns, we can navigate to the link ... Read More

We can run Chrome browser Incognito mode with Selenium webdriver. Incognito mode is a safe mode of opening a browser. This can be done with the help of the DesiredCapabilities and ChromeOptions class.We shall create an object of the ChromeOptions class and apply addArguments method on it. Then pass −−incognito ... Read More

We can deal with security certificates using Selenium webdriver. We can have certificates like the SSL certificate and insecure certificate. All these can be handled with the help of the DesiredCapabilities and ChromeOptions class.We shall create an object of the DesiredCapabilities class and apply setCapability method on it. Then pass ... Read More

Selenium RC is a key part in Selenium. It is a framework for testing that allows testers and developers to design test scripts in multiple languages to automate frontend UI test cases.It has a client library and a server that starts and quits the browser sessions by default.Selenium RC is ... Read More

We can get HTML with JavaScript rendered source code by using Selenium webdriver. Selenium can execute JavaScript commands with the help of the executeScript method.JavaScript command to be executed is passed as a parameter to the method. To obtain the HTML, with JavaScript, we shall pass return document.getElementsByTagName('html')[0].innerHTML as a ... Read More

We can send keys without specifying elements in Python with Selenium webdriver. The tagname input is used for all the edit boxes. We shall use the find_element_by_tag_name method and pass input as a parameter to that method.Thus we need not mention element attributes explicitly. Let us investigate the html code ... Read More

We can use extensions with Selenium webdriver in Python. We can have multiple extensions of the Chrome browser while we manually open the browser and work on it.However, while the Chrome browser is opened through Selenium webdriver, those extensions which are available to the local browser will not be present. ... Read More