How to get HTTP Response Code using Selenium WebDriver?

We can get an HTTP response code in Selenium webdriver. While running test cases, we can check the response code from a resource. Common HTTP response codes include −

• 5XX – Issue in server.

• 4XX – Resource cannot be determined.

• 3XX - Redirection.

• 2XX – Fine.

An object of the class HttpURLConnection is created to get the HTTP response code. To establish a link to an URL, the openConnection method shall be used. Next, we shall utilize the setRequestMethod and pass HEAD as a parameter.

For connection, the connect method is to be applied to the instance of the HttpURLConnection class. At last, the getResponseCode method gets the response code.

Syntax

HttpURLConnection c=(HttpURLConnection)new URL("https://www.tutorialspoint.com/index.htm").
.openConnection();
c.setRequestMethod("HEAD");
c.connect();
int r = c.getResponseCode();

Example

Code Implementation.

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLConnection;
public class HttpCodeResponse{
   public static void main(String[] args) throws
   MalformedURLException, IOException {
      System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "C:\Users\ghs6kor\Desktop\Java\chromedriver.exe");
      WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
      driver.get("https://www.tutorialspoint.com/questions/index.php");
      // wait of 5 seconds
      driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
      // establish and open connection with URL
      HttpURLConnection c=
      (HttpURLConnection)new
      URL("https://www.tutorialspoint.com/questions/index.php")
      .openConnection();
      // set the HEAD request with setRequestMethod
      c.setRequestMethod("HEAD");
      // connection started and get response code
      c.connect();
      int r = c.getResponseCode();
      System.out.println("Http response code: " + r);
      driver.close();
   }
}

Output