WebDriverManager

 

WebDriverManager:

Why use WebDriverManager:

Manages various driver executable files like chromedriver.exe, edgedriver.exe, geckodriver.exe, etc.

                        chromedriver.exe

                        edgedriver.exe

                        geckodriver.exe...etc

WebDriverManager is an open-source jar file that:

• Downloads all necessary driver executable files automatically.
• Ensures the drivers are always the latest version.
• Manages the driver executable files efficiently.

When you use WebDriverManager to download chromedriver.exe, it typically downloads the driver executable files to a default cache location in the user's home directory. The exact location can vary based on the operating system and the version of WebDriverManager being used. By default, the path is usually something like:

• Windows: C:\Users\<YourUserName>\.cache\selenium
• Mac/Linux: /home/<YourUserName>/.cache/selenium or /Users/<YourUserName>/.cache/selenium

 

Changing the Cache Location

If you want to change the default location where WebDriverManager downloads the driver executables, you can do so by configuring the wdm.cachePath system property. Here is how you can set a custom location:

 

import io.github.bonigarcia.wdm.WebDriverManager;

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;

import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;

 

public class CustomCachePath {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        // Set the custom cache path

        System.setProperty("wdm.cachePath", "C:\\custom\\path\\to\\cache");

 

        // Automatically download the latest version of chromedriver.exe to the custom path

        WebDriverManager.chromedriver().setup();

 

        // Create an instance of ChromeDriver

        WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

 

        // Navigate to a website

        driver.get("https://www.example.com");

 

        // Your test code here

 

        // Close the browser

        driver.quit();

    }

}

Checking the Downloaded Files

After running the code, you can navigate to the specified directory to verify that the chromedriver.exe file has been downloaded. This can help ensure that the WebDriverManager is functioning correctly and managing driver versions automatically as expected.

 

           

           

           

Add below depenedency  in pom.xml :

<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.seleniumhq.selenium/selenium-java -->

<dependency>

    <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>

    <artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>

    <version>4.20.0</version>

</dependency>

<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.github.bonigarcia/webdrivermanager -->

<dependency>

    <groupId>io.github.bonigarcia</groupId>

    <artifactId>webdrivermanager</artifactId>

    <version>5.5.2</version>

</dependency>

 

package com.birla;

import org.openqa.selenium.By;

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;

import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;

import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;

import io.github.bonigarcia.wdm.WebDriverManager;

public class WebDriverManagerBasics1

{

           

            public static void main(String[] args) {

                                                //                     System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "C:\\Users\\Lenovo\\Downloads\\chromedriver_win32 (8)\\chromedriver.exe");

                        //                     download chromedriver.exe manually and write above statement in code

                        // if browser version changes -- we have to download same version of driver.exe

                        //                     ex:  chrome browser Version 110.0.5481.178   --->  chromedriver.exe  110

                        // chrome browser Version  112  --  --->  chromedriver.exe  112

                        // download chromedriver.exe file with WebdriverManager

//                     WebDriverManager.chromedriver().setup();

                       

                        // download specific version

                        WebDriverManager.chromedriver().browserVersion("126.0.6478.63");

                       

                       

                        //2  create obj for ChromeDriver- Class

                        WebDriver driver =  new ChromeDriver();// open chrome browser with empty url                   

               driver.get("file:///C:/brahma/Practise/SelniumPractiseNew/SampleWebpage.html");

                        // click  Electronics,  Computers  checkbox

                        WebElement  ElectronicsCheckBoxele=  driver.findElement(By.id("eleId"));

                        ElectronicsCheckBoxele.click();

                        WebElement  ComputersChkboxEle=  driver.findElement(By.id("cid"));

                        ComputersChkboxEle.click();

            }

}

 

EdgeDriver Setup:

 

package WebdriverManagerBasics;

import org.openqa.selenium.By;

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;

import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;

import org.openqa.selenium.edge.EdgeDriver;

import io.github.bonigarcia.wdm.WebDriverManager;

public class EdgeBrowserBasics2 {

            public static void main(String[] args) {

//                     System.setProperty("webdriver.edge.driver", "C:\\Users\\Lenovo\\Downloads\\edgedriver_win64 (3)\\msedgedriver.exe");

                       

                                               

                        // download edgedriver.exe file

//                     WebDriverManager.chromedriver().setup();

                       

                       

                        // download latest edgedriver.exe  in run time

                       

                        // download specific version

                       

                       

//                     WebDriverManager.edgedriver().browserVersion("117.0");

                        //  if we want to download specific version of browser- we can download by specifying verison no

                       

                        WebDriver  driver=  new EdgeDriver();

               driver.get("file:///C:/brahma/Practise/SelniumPractiseNew/SampleWebpage.html");

           

                       

                        // click  'Electronics',  'Computers'  checkbox

                        WebElement  ElectronicsCheckBoxele=  driver.findElement(By.id("eleId"));

                       

                        ElectronicsCheckBoxele.click();

                       

                        WebElement  ComputersChkboxEle=  driver.findElement(By.id("cid"));

                        ComputersChkboxEle.click();

            }

}

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HW Geckodriver setup with help of Webdriver manager ?

HW IE driver setup  with help of Webdriver manager ?

download latest chromedriver.exe file  and add to the project

download latest chromedriver.exe  in run time using webdrivermanager