Browser Interaction in Selenium WebDriver
Posted By :Rohitesh Rawat |29th June 2018
Browser Interaction and Navigating Web Pages:
Some attributes are methods and others are properties. All the method attributes ends with round brackets.
Some of the commands along with their description are explained below:
1- maximize_window(): Maximizes the current window that webdriver is using. It is a method.
2- driver.get(url): Loads a web page in the current browser session. It is a method.
3- driver.title: Returns the title of the current page. It is a property.
4- driver.current_url: URL of the current loaded page. It is a property.
5- driver.get(driver.current_url): Refreshes the current page. It is a method.
6- driver.refresh(): Refreshes the current page. It is a method.
7- driver.page_source: Gets the source of the current page. It is a property.
8- driver.back(): Goes one step backward in the browser history. It is a method.
9- driver.forward(): Goes one step forward in the browser history. It is a method.
10- driver.close(): Closes the current window. It is a method.
11- driver.quit(): Quits the driver and close every associated window. It is a method.
Example:
from selenium import webdriver
class BrowserInteractions():
def test(self):
baseUrl = "https://letskodeit.teachable.com/pages/practice"
driver = webdriver.Firefox()
# Window Maximize
driver.maximize_window()
# Open the Url
driver.get(baseUrl)
# Get Title
title = driver.title
print("Title of the web page is: " + title)
# Get Current Url
currentUrl = driver.current_url
print("Current Url of the web page is: " + currentUrl)
# Browser Refresh
driver.refresh()
print("Browser Refreshed 1st time")
driver.get(driver.current_url)
print("Browser Refreshed 2nd time")
# Open another Url
driver.get("https://sso.teachable.com/secure/42299/users/sign_in?reset_purchase_session=1")
currentUrl = driver.current_url
print("Current Url of the web page is: " + currentUrl)
# Browser Back
driver.back()
print("Go one step back in browser history")
currentUrl = driver.current_url
print("Current Url of the web page is: " + currentUrl)
# Browser Forward
driver.forward()
print("Go one step forward in browser history")
currentUrl = driver.current_url
print("Current Url of the web page is: " + currentUrl)
# Get Page Source
pageSource = driver.page_source
print(pageSource)
# Browser Close / Quit
# driver.close()
driver.quit()
ff = BrowserInteractions()
ff.test()
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