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WebDriver mental model & first script

Driver talks to browser via W3C WebDriver protocol. Sessions, findElement, click, sendKeys. Always quit driver in finally hook.

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Hello WebDriver

Selenium Manager auto-downloads drivers (Selenium 4.6+). Start Chrome, open page, assert title, quit.

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Example

# Python
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By

driver = webdriver.Chrome()
try:
    driver.get("https://the-internet.herokuapp.com/")
    assert "Internet" in driver.title
finally:
    driver.quit()

Do this now

Script: open the-internet.herokuapp.com, assert title contains "Internet", quit in finally.

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Chapter learning outcomes
  • Driver lifecycle
  • By locators
  • First navigation and assert

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Side quest

Form submit

the-internet.herokuapp.com/login — valid and invalid credentials.