How can I Integrate WebDriver Manager to manage the browser drivers?

23    Asked by DavidPiper in QA Testing , Asked on May 8, 2024

 I am currently engaged in a particular task that is related to automating a new automation project by using Selenium’s WebDriver in Java programming language and I have decided to use the WebDriver Manager to manage the browser drivers. Explain to me how can I Integrate it into my project effectively. 

Answered by Colin Payne

 In the context of selenium, here are the steps given for how you can integrate the WebDriver Manager into your project effectively:-

Add WebDriver manager dependencies

First, you would need to add the WebDriver manager dependencies to your maven or gradle project Configuration file.

Initialize WebDriver manager

Now you can initialize the s

WebDriver manager at the beginning of the test suite or before creating any WebDriver Instances. This can be done using the “webdriverManager” class of the WebDriver Manager library.

Clean up

After completing all the above processes you can try to ensure that the proper cleanup of WebDriver has been completed and the resources to release system resources and avoid memory leaks. This would include the closing of the WebDriver Instances and quitting the WebDriver manager.

Here is the example given of the above steps:-

Import io.github.bonigarcia.wdm.WebDriverManager;
Import org.openqa.selenium.By;
Import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
Import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
Import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
Import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;
Import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxOptions;
Import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.ExpectedConditions;
Import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.WebDriverWait;
Public class WebDriverManagerExample {
    Public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Setup WebDriverManager for Chrome and Firefox
        WebDriverManager.chromedriver().setup();
        WebDriverManager.firefoxdriver().setup();
        // Create Chrome and Firefox WebDriver instances
        WebDriver chromeDriver = new ChromeDriver();
        WebDriver firefoxDriver = new FirefoxDriver();
        Try {

            // Perform actions on ChromeDriver

            chromeDriver.get(https://www.example.com);
            WebElement chromeElement = chromeDriver.findElement(By.id(“element-id”));
            System.out.println(“Chrome Element Text: “ + chromeElement.getText());
            // Perform actions on FirefoxDriver
            FirefoxOptions options = new FirefoxOptions();
            Options.setHeadless(true); // Run Firefox in headless mode
            WebDriver headlessFirefoxDriver = new FirefoxDriver(options);
            headlessFirefoxDriver.get(https://www.example.com);
            WebElement firefoxElement = new WebDriverWait(headlessFirefoxDriver, 10)
                    .until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.id(“element-id”)));
            System.out.println(“Firefox Element Text: “ + firefoxElement.getText());
        } finally {
            // Close all WebDriver instances
            chromeDriver.quit();
            firefoxDriver.quit();
        }
    }
}

Here is the example given in python programming language:-

From selenium import webdriver
From webdriver_manager.chrome import ChromeDriverManager
# Setup WebDriverManager for ChromeDriver
Driver = webdriver.Chrome(ChromeDriverManager().install())

Try:

    # Navigate to a webpage
    Driver.get(https://www.example.com)
    # Find and interact with elements
    Search_box = driver.find_element_by_name(“q”)
    Search_box.send_keys(“Selenium WebDriver”)
    Search_box.submit()
    # Wait for search results page to load
    Driver.implicitly_wait(3) # Wait for 3 seconds (just for demonstration, prefer explicit waits in actual tests)
    # Print the title of the search results page
    Print(“Search Results Page Title:”, driver.title)

Finally:

      # Close the WebDriver

    Driver.quit()

Here is the example given by using HTML:-




<meta</span> charset=”UTF-8”>

<meta</span> name=”viewport” content=”width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0”>

WebDriverManager Example



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    Function automateBrowser() {
      // Simulate browser automation using JavaScript (for demonstration purposes)
      Console.log(“WebDriverManager setup initiated…”);
      // Simulate WebDriverManager setup
      setTimeout(function() {
        console.log(“WebDriverManager setup complete.”);
        console.log(“Navigating to a webpage…”);
        // Simulate navigating to a webpage
        setTimeout(function() {
          console.log(“Webpage loaded. Interacting with elements…”);
          // Simulate interacting with elements
          setTimeout(function() {
            console.log(“Browser automation complete.”);
          }, 2000); // Simulated interaction time (2 seconds)
        }, 2000); // Simulated navigation time (2 seconds)
      }, 2000); // Simulated setup time (2 seconds)
    }

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