Write your first Selenium script (original) (raw)

Step-by-step instructions for constructing a Selenium script

Once you have Selenium installed, you’re ready to write Selenium code.

Eight Basic Components

Everything Selenium does is send the browser commands to do something or send requests for information. Most of what you’ll do with Selenium is a combination of these basic commands

Click on the link to “View full example on GitHub” to see the code in context.

1. Start the session

For more details on starting a session read our documentation on driver sessions

        WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

examples/java/src/test/java/dev/selenium/getting_started/FirstScript.java

package dev.selenium.getting_started;

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;

import java.time.Duration;

public class FirstScript {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

        driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html");

        driver.getTitle();

        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofMillis(500));

        WebElement textBox = driver.findElement(By.name("my-text"));
        WebElement submitButton = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("button"));

        textBox.sendKeys("Selenium");
        submitButton.click();

        WebElement message = driver.findElement(By.id("message"));
        message.getText();

        driver.quit();
    }
}

driver = webdriver.Chrome()

examples/python/tests/getting_started/first_script.py

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

driver = webdriver.Chrome()

driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html")

title = driver.title

driver.implicitly_wait(0.5)

text_box = driver.find_element(by=By.NAME, value="my-text")
submit_button = driver.find_element(by=By.CSS_SELECTOR, value="button")

text_box.send_keys("Selenium")
submit_button.click()

message = driver.find_element(by=By.ID, value="message")
text = message.text

driver.quit()

        IWebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

examples/dotnet/SeleniumDocs/GettingStarted/FirstScript.cs

using System;
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome;

namespace SeleniumDocs.GettingStarted;

public static class FirstScript
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        IWebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

        driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html");

        var title = driver.Title;

        driver.Manage().Timeouts().ImplicitWait = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500);

        var textBox = driver.FindElement(By.Name("my-text"));
        var submitButton = driver.FindElement(By.TagName("button"));
            
        textBox.SendKeys("Selenium");
        submitButton.Click();
            
        var message = driver.FindElement(By.Id("message"));
        var value = message.Text;
            
        driver.Quit();
    }
}

driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for :chrome

examples/ruby/spec/getting_started/first_script.rb

require 'selenium-webdriver'

driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for :chrome

driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html')

driver.title

driver.manage.timeouts.implicit_wait = 500

text_box = driver.find_element(name: 'my-text')
submit_button = driver.find_element(tag_name: 'button')

text_box.send_keys('Selenium')
submit_button.click

message = driver.find_element(id: 'message')
message.text

driver.quit

    driver = await new Builder().forBrowser(Browser.CHROME).build();

examples/javascript/test/getting_started/firstScript.spec.js

const {By, Builder, Browser} = require('selenium-webdriver');
const assert = require("assert");

(async function firstTest() {
  let driver;
  
  try {
    driver = await new Builder().forBrowser(Browser.CHROME).build();
    await driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html');
  
    let title = await driver.getTitle();
    assert.equal("Web form", title);
  
    await driver.manage().setTimeouts({implicit: 500});
  
    let textBox = await driver.findElement(By.name('my-text'));
    let submitButton = await driver.findElement(By.css('button'));
  
    await textBox.sendKeys('Selenium');
    await submitButton.click();
  
    let message = await driver.findElement(By.id('message'));
    let value = await message.getText();
    assert.equal("Received!", value);
  } catch (e) {
    console.log(e)
  } finally {
    await driver.quit();
  }
}())

examples/kotlin/src/test/kotlin/dev/selenium/getting_started/FirstScriptTest.kt

package dev.selenium.getting_started

import org.junit.jupiter.api.*
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
import org.openqa.selenium.By
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
import java.time.Duration

@TestInstance(TestInstance.Lifecycle.PER_CLASS)
class FirstScriptTest {
    private lateinit var driver: WebDriver

    @Test
    fun eightComponents() {
        driver = ChromeDriver()

        driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html")

        val title = driver.title
        assertEquals("Web form", title)

        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofMillis(500))

        var textBox = driver.findElement(By.name("my-text"))
        val submitButton = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("button"))

        textBox.sendKeys("Selenium")
        submitButton.click()

        val message = driver.findElement(By.id("message"))
        val value = message.getText()
        assertEquals("Received!", value)

        driver.quit()
    }

}

2. Take action on browser

In this example we are navigating to a web page.

        driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html");

examples/java/src/test/java/dev/selenium/getting_started/FirstScript.java

package dev.selenium.getting_started;

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;

import java.time.Duration;

public class FirstScript {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

        driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html");

        driver.getTitle();

        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofMillis(500));

        WebElement textBox = driver.findElement(By.name("my-text"));
        WebElement submitButton = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("button"));

        textBox.sendKeys("Selenium");
        submitButton.click();

        WebElement message = driver.findElement(By.id("message"));
        message.getText();

        driver.quit();
    }
}

driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html")

examples/python/tests/getting_started/first_script.py

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

driver = webdriver.Chrome()

driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html")

title = driver.title

driver.implicitly_wait(0.5)

text_box = driver.find_element(by=By.NAME, value="my-text")
submit_button = driver.find_element(by=By.CSS_SELECTOR, value="button")

text_box.send_keys("Selenium")
submit_button.click()

message = driver.find_element(by=By.ID, value="message")
text = message.text

driver.quit()

        driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html");

examples/dotnet/SeleniumDocs/GettingStarted/FirstScript.cs

using System;
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome;

namespace SeleniumDocs.GettingStarted;

public static class FirstScript
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        IWebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

        driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html");

        var title = driver.Title;

        driver.Manage().Timeouts().ImplicitWait = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500);

        var textBox = driver.FindElement(By.Name("my-text"));
        var submitButton = driver.FindElement(By.TagName("button"));
            
        textBox.SendKeys("Selenium");
        submitButton.Click();
            
        var message = driver.FindElement(By.Id("message"));
        var value = message.Text;
            
        driver.Quit();
    }
}

driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html')

examples/ruby/spec/getting_started/first_script.rb

require 'selenium-webdriver'

driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for :chrome

driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html')

driver.title

driver.manage.timeouts.implicit_wait = 500

text_box = driver.find_element(name: 'my-text')
submit_button = driver.find_element(tag_name: 'button')

text_box.send_keys('Selenium')
submit_button.click

message = driver.find_element(id: 'message')
message.text

driver.quit

    await driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html');

examples/javascript/test/getting_started/firstScript.spec.js

const {By, Builder, Browser} = require('selenium-webdriver');
const assert = require("assert");

(async function firstTest() {
  let driver;
  
  try {
    driver = await new Builder().forBrowser(Browser.CHROME).build();
    await driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html');
  
    let title = await driver.getTitle();
    assert.equal("Web form", title);
  
    await driver.manage().setTimeouts({implicit: 500});
  
    let textBox = await driver.findElement(By.name('my-text'));
    let submitButton = await driver.findElement(By.css('button'));
  
    await textBox.sendKeys('Selenium');
    await submitButton.click();
  
    let message = await driver.findElement(By.id('message'));
    let value = await message.getText();
    assert.equal("Received!", value);
  } catch (e) {
    console.log(e)
  } finally {
    await driver.quit();
  }
}())

        driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html")

examples/kotlin/src/test/kotlin/dev/selenium/getting_started/FirstScriptTest.kt

package dev.selenium.getting_started

import org.junit.jupiter.api.*
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
import org.openqa.selenium.By
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
import java.time.Duration

@TestInstance(TestInstance.Lifecycle.PER_CLASS)
class FirstScriptTest {
    private lateinit var driver: WebDriver

    @Test
    fun eightComponents() {
        driver = ChromeDriver()

        driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html")

        val title = driver.title
        assertEquals("Web form", title)

        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofMillis(500))

        var textBox = driver.findElement(By.name("my-text"))
        val submitButton = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("button"))

        textBox.sendKeys("Selenium")
        submitButton.click()

        val message = driver.findElement(By.id("message"))
        val value = message.getText()
        assertEquals("Received!", value)

        driver.quit()
    }

}

3. Request browser information

There are a bunch of types of information about the browser you can request, including window handles, browser size / position, cookies, alerts, etc.

examples/java/src/test/java/dev/selenium/getting_started/FirstScript.java

package dev.selenium.getting_started;

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;

import java.time.Duration;

public class FirstScript {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

        driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html");

        driver.getTitle();

        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofMillis(500));

        WebElement textBox = driver.findElement(By.name("my-text"));
        WebElement submitButton = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("button"));

        textBox.sendKeys("Selenium");
        submitButton.click();

        WebElement message = driver.findElement(By.id("message"));
        message.getText();

        driver.quit();
    }
}

examples/python/tests/getting_started/first_script.py

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

driver = webdriver.Chrome()

driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html")

title = driver.title

driver.implicitly_wait(0.5)

text_box = driver.find_element(by=By.NAME, value="my-text")
submit_button = driver.find_element(by=By.CSS_SELECTOR, value="button")

text_box.send_keys("Selenium")
submit_button.click()

message = driver.find_element(by=By.ID, value="message")
text = message.text

driver.quit()

        var title = driver.Title;

examples/dotnet/SeleniumDocs/GettingStarted/FirstScript.cs

using System;
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome;

namespace SeleniumDocs.GettingStarted;

public static class FirstScript
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        IWebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

        driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html");

        var title = driver.Title;

        driver.Manage().Timeouts().ImplicitWait = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500);

        var textBox = driver.FindElement(By.Name("my-text"));
        var submitButton = driver.FindElement(By.TagName("button"));
            
        textBox.SendKeys("Selenium");
        submitButton.Click();
            
        var message = driver.FindElement(By.Id("message"));
        var value = message.Text;
            
        driver.Quit();
    }
}

examples/ruby/spec/getting_started/first_script.rb

require 'selenium-webdriver'

driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for :chrome

driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html')

driver.title

driver.manage.timeouts.implicit_wait = 500

text_box = driver.find_element(name: 'my-text')
submit_button = driver.find_element(tag_name: 'button')

text_box.send_keys('Selenium')
submit_button.click

message = driver.find_element(id: 'message')
message.text

driver.quit

    let title = await driver.getTitle();

examples/javascript/test/getting_started/firstScript.spec.js

const {By, Builder, Browser} = require('selenium-webdriver');
const assert = require("assert");

(async function firstTest() {
  let driver;
  
  try {
    driver = await new Builder().forBrowser(Browser.CHROME).build();
    await driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html');
  
    let title = await driver.getTitle();
    assert.equal("Web form", title);
  
    await driver.manage().setTimeouts({implicit: 500});
  
    let textBox = await driver.findElement(By.name('my-text'));
    let submitButton = await driver.findElement(By.css('button'));
  
    await textBox.sendKeys('Selenium');
    await submitButton.click();
  
    let message = await driver.findElement(By.id('message'));
    let value = await message.getText();
    assert.equal("Received!", value);
  } catch (e) {
    console.log(e)
  } finally {
    await driver.quit();
  }
}())

examples/kotlin/src/test/kotlin/dev/selenium/getting_started/FirstScriptTest.kt

package dev.selenium.getting_started

import org.junit.jupiter.api.*
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
import org.openqa.selenium.By
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
import java.time.Duration

@TestInstance(TestInstance.Lifecycle.PER_CLASS)
class FirstScriptTest {
    private lateinit var driver: WebDriver

    @Test
    fun eightComponents() {
        driver = ChromeDriver()

        driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html")

        val title = driver.title
        assertEquals("Web form", title)

        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofMillis(500))

        var textBox = driver.findElement(By.name("my-text"))
        val submitButton = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("button"))

        textBox.sendKeys("Selenium")
        submitButton.click()

        val message = driver.findElement(By.id("message"))
        val value = message.getText()
        assertEquals("Received!", value)

        driver.quit()
    }

}

4. Establish Waiting Strategy

Synchronizing the code with the current state of the browser is one of the biggest challenges with Selenium, and doing it well is an advanced topic.

Essentially you want to make sure that the element is on the page before you attempt to locate it and the element is in an interactable state before you attempt to interact with it.

An implicit wait is rarely the best solution, but it’s the easiest to demonstrate here, so we’ll use it as a placeholder.

Read more about Waiting strategies.

        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofMillis(500));

examples/java/src/test/java/dev/selenium/getting_started/FirstScript.java

package dev.selenium.getting_started;

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;

import java.time.Duration;

public class FirstScript {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

        driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html");

        driver.getTitle();

        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofMillis(500));

        WebElement textBox = driver.findElement(By.name("my-text"));
        WebElement submitButton = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("button"));

        textBox.sendKeys("Selenium");
        submitButton.click();

        WebElement message = driver.findElement(By.id("message"));
        message.getText();

        driver.quit();
    }
}

driver.implicitly_wait(0.5)

examples/python/tests/getting_started/first_script.py

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

driver = webdriver.Chrome()

driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html")

title = driver.title

driver.implicitly_wait(0.5)

text_box = driver.find_element(by=By.NAME, value="my-text")
submit_button = driver.find_element(by=By.CSS_SELECTOR, value="button")

text_box.send_keys("Selenium")
submit_button.click()

message = driver.find_element(by=By.ID, value="message")
text = message.text

driver.quit()

        driver.Manage().Timeouts().ImplicitWait = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500);

examples/dotnet/SeleniumDocs/GettingStarted/FirstScript.cs

using System;
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome;

namespace SeleniumDocs.GettingStarted;

public static class FirstScript
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        IWebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

        driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html");

        var title = driver.Title;

        driver.Manage().Timeouts().ImplicitWait = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500);

        var textBox = driver.FindElement(By.Name("my-text"));
        var submitButton = driver.FindElement(By.TagName("button"));
            
        textBox.SendKeys("Selenium");
        submitButton.Click();
            
        var message = driver.FindElement(By.Id("message"));
        var value = message.Text;
            
        driver.Quit();
    }
}

driver.manage.timeouts.implicit_wait = 500

examples/ruby/spec/getting_started/first_script.rb

require 'selenium-webdriver'

driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for :chrome

driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html')

driver.title

driver.manage.timeouts.implicit_wait = 500

text_box = driver.find_element(name: 'my-text')
submit_button = driver.find_element(tag_name: 'button')

text_box.send_keys('Selenium')
submit_button.click

message = driver.find_element(id: 'message')
message.text

driver.quit

    await driver.manage().setTimeouts({implicit: 500});

examples/javascript/test/getting_started/firstScript.spec.js

const {By, Builder, Browser} = require('selenium-webdriver');
const assert = require("assert");

(async function firstTest() {
  let driver;
  
  try {
    driver = await new Builder().forBrowser(Browser.CHROME).build();
    await driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html');
  
    let title = await driver.getTitle();
    assert.equal("Web form", title);
  
    await driver.manage().setTimeouts({implicit: 500});
  
    let textBox = await driver.findElement(By.name('my-text'));
    let submitButton = await driver.findElement(By.css('button'));
  
    await textBox.sendKeys('Selenium');
    await submitButton.click();
  
    let message = await driver.findElement(By.id('message'));
    let value = await message.getText();
    assert.equal("Received!", value);
  } catch (e) {
    console.log(e)
  } finally {
    await driver.quit();
  }
}())

        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofMillis(500))

examples/kotlin/src/test/kotlin/dev/selenium/getting_started/FirstScriptTest.kt

package dev.selenium.getting_started

import org.junit.jupiter.api.*
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
import org.openqa.selenium.By
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
import java.time.Duration

@TestInstance(TestInstance.Lifecycle.PER_CLASS)
class FirstScriptTest {
    private lateinit var driver: WebDriver

    @Test
    fun eightComponents() {
        driver = ChromeDriver()

        driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html")

        val title = driver.title
        assertEquals("Web form", title)

        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofMillis(500))

        var textBox = driver.findElement(By.name("my-text"))
        val submitButton = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("button"))

        textBox.sendKeys("Selenium")
        submitButton.click()

        val message = driver.findElement(By.id("message"))
        val value = message.getText()
        assertEquals("Received!", value)

        driver.quit()
    }

}

5. Find an element

The majority of commands in most Selenium sessions are element related, and you can’t interact with one without first finding an element

        WebElement textBox = driver.findElement(By.name("my-text"));
        WebElement submitButton = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("button"));

examples/java/src/test/java/dev/selenium/getting_started/FirstScript.java

package dev.selenium.getting_started;

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;

import java.time.Duration;

public class FirstScript {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

        driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html");

        driver.getTitle();

        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofMillis(500));

        WebElement textBox = driver.findElement(By.name("my-text"));
        WebElement submitButton = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("button"));

        textBox.sendKeys("Selenium");
        submitButton.click();

        WebElement message = driver.findElement(By.id("message"));
        message.getText();

        driver.quit();
    }
}

text_box = driver.find_element(by=By.NAME, value="my-text")
submit_button = driver.find_element(by=By.CSS_SELECTOR, value="button")

examples/python/tests/getting_started/first_script.py

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

driver = webdriver.Chrome()

driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html")

title = driver.title

driver.implicitly_wait(0.5)

text_box = driver.find_element(by=By.NAME, value="my-text")
submit_button = driver.find_element(by=By.CSS_SELECTOR, value="button")

text_box.send_keys("Selenium")
submit_button.click()

message = driver.find_element(by=By.ID, value="message")
text = message.text

driver.quit()

        var textBox = driver.FindElement(By.Name("my-text"));
        var submitButton = driver.FindElement(By.TagName("button"));

examples/dotnet/SeleniumDocs/GettingStarted/FirstScript.cs

using System;
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome;

namespace SeleniumDocs.GettingStarted;

public static class FirstScript
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        IWebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

        driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html");

        var title = driver.Title;

        driver.Manage().Timeouts().ImplicitWait = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500);

        var textBox = driver.FindElement(By.Name("my-text"));
        var submitButton = driver.FindElement(By.TagName("button"));
            
        textBox.SendKeys("Selenium");
        submitButton.Click();
            
        var message = driver.FindElement(By.Id("message"));
        var value = message.Text;
            
        driver.Quit();
    }
}

text_box = driver.find_element(name: 'my-text')
submit_button = driver.find_element(tag_name: 'button')

examples/ruby/spec/getting_started/first_script.rb

require 'selenium-webdriver'

driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for :chrome

driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html')

driver.title

driver.manage.timeouts.implicit_wait = 500

text_box = driver.find_element(name: 'my-text')
submit_button = driver.find_element(tag_name: 'button')

text_box.send_keys('Selenium')
submit_button.click

message = driver.find_element(id: 'message')
message.text

driver.quit

    let textBox = await driver.findElement(By.name('my-text'));
    let submitButton = await driver.findElement(By.css('button'));

examples/javascript/test/getting_started/firstScript.spec.js

const {By, Builder, Browser} = require('selenium-webdriver');
const assert = require("assert");

(async function firstTest() {
  let driver;
  
  try {
    driver = await new Builder().forBrowser(Browser.CHROME).build();
    await driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html');
  
    let title = await driver.getTitle();
    assert.equal("Web form", title);
  
    await driver.manage().setTimeouts({implicit: 500});
  
    let textBox = await driver.findElement(By.name('my-text'));
    let submitButton = await driver.findElement(By.css('button'));
  
    await textBox.sendKeys('Selenium');
    await submitButton.click();
  
    let message = await driver.findElement(By.id('message'));
    let value = await message.getText();
    assert.equal("Received!", value);
  } catch (e) {
    console.log(e)
  } finally {
    await driver.quit();
  }
}())

        var textBox = driver.findElement(By.name("my-text"))
        val submitButton = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("button"))

examples/kotlin/src/test/kotlin/dev/selenium/getting_started/FirstScriptTest.kt

package dev.selenium.getting_started

import org.junit.jupiter.api.*
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
import org.openqa.selenium.By
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
import java.time.Duration

@TestInstance(TestInstance.Lifecycle.PER_CLASS)
class FirstScriptTest {
    private lateinit var driver: WebDriver

    @Test
    fun eightComponents() {
        driver = ChromeDriver()

        driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html")

        val title = driver.title
        assertEquals("Web form", title)

        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofMillis(500))

        var textBox = driver.findElement(By.name("my-text"))
        val submitButton = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("button"))

        textBox.sendKeys("Selenium")
        submitButton.click()

        val message = driver.findElement(By.id("message"))
        val value = message.getText()
        assertEquals("Received!", value)

        driver.quit()
    }

}

6. Take action on element

There are only a handful of actions to take on an element, but you will use them frequently.

        textBox.sendKeys("Selenium");
        submitButton.click();

examples/java/src/test/java/dev/selenium/getting_started/FirstScript.java

package dev.selenium.getting_started;

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;

import java.time.Duration;

public class FirstScript {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

        driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html");

        driver.getTitle();

        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofMillis(500));

        WebElement textBox = driver.findElement(By.name("my-text"));
        WebElement submitButton = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("button"));

        textBox.sendKeys("Selenium");
        submitButton.click();

        WebElement message = driver.findElement(By.id("message"));
        message.getText();

        driver.quit();
    }
}

text_box.send_keys("Selenium")
submit_button.click()

examples/python/tests/getting_started/first_script.py

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

driver = webdriver.Chrome()

driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html")

title = driver.title

driver.implicitly_wait(0.5)

text_box = driver.find_element(by=By.NAME, value="my-text")
submit_button = driver.find_element(by=By.CSS_SELECTOR, value="button")

text_box.send_keys("Selenium")
submit_button.click()

message = driver.find_element(by=By.ID, value="message")
text = message.text

driver.quit()

        textBox.SendKeys("Selenium");
        submitButton.Click();

examples/dotnet/SeleniumDocs/GettingStarted/FirstScript.cs

using System;
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome;

namespace SeleniumDocs.GettingStarted;

public static class FirstScript
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        IWebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

        driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html");

        var title = driver.Title;

        driver.Manage().Timeouts().ImplicitWait = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500);

        var textBox = driver.FindElement(By.Name("my-text"));
        var submitButton = driver.FindElement(By.TagName("button"));
            
        textBox.SendKeys("Selenium");
        submitButton.Click();
            
        var message = driver.FindElement(By.Id("message"));
        var value = message.Text;
            
        driver.Quit();
    }
}

text_box.send_keys('Selenium')
submit_button.click

examples/ruby/spec/getting_started/first_script.rb

require 'selenium-webdriver'

driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for :chrome

driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html')

driver.title

driver.manage.timeouts.implicit_wait = 500

text_box = driver.find_element(name: 'my-text')
submit_button = driver.find_element(tag_name: 'button')

text_box.send_keys('Selenium')
submit_button.click

message = driver.find_element(id: 'message')
message.text

driver.quit

    await textBox.sendKeys('Selenium');
    await submitButton.click();

examples/javascript/test/getting_started/firstScript.spec.js

const {By, Builder, Browser} = require('selenium-webdriver');
const assert = require("assert");

(async function firstTest() {
  let driver;
  
  try {
    driver = await new Builder().forBrowser(Browser.CHROME).build();
    await driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html');
  
    let title = await driver.getTitle();
    assert.equal("Web form", title);
  
    await driver.manage().setTimeouts({implicit: 500});
  
    let textBox = await driver.findElement(By.name('my-text'));
    let submitButton = await driver.findElement(By.css('button'));
  
    await textBox.sendKeys('Selenium');
    await submitButton.click();
  
    let message = await driver.findElement(By.id('message'));
    let value = await message.getText();
    assert.equal("Received!", value);
  } catch (e) {
    console.log(e)
  } finally {
    await driver.quit();
  }
}())

        textBox.sendKeys("Selenium")
        submitButton.click()

examples/kotlin/src/test/kotlin/dev/selenium/getting_started/FirstScriptTest.kt

package dev.selenium.getting_started

import org.junit.jupiter.api.*
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
import org.openqa.selenium.By
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
import java.time.Duration

@TestInstance(TestInstance.Lifecycle.PER_CLASS)
class FirstScriptTest {
    private lateinit var driver: WebDriver

    @Test
    fun eightComponents() {
        driver = ChromeDriver()

        driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html")

        val title = driver.title
        assertEquals("Web form", title)

        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofMillis(500))

        var textBox = driver.findElement(By.name("my-text"))
        val submitButton = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("button"))

        textBox.sendKeys("Selenium")
        submitButton.click()

        val message = driver.findElement(By.id("message"))
        val value = message.getText()
        assertEquals("Received!", value)

        driver.quit()
    }

}

7. Request element information

Elements store a lot of information that can be requested.

        WebElement message = driver.findElement(By.id("message"));
        message.getText();

examples/java/src/test/java/dev/selenium/getting_started/FirstScript.java

package dev.selenium.getting_started;

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;

import java.time.Duration;

public class FirstScript {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

        driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html");

        driver.getTitle();

        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofMillis(500));

        WebElement textBox = driver.findElement(By.name("my-text"));
        WebElement submitButton = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("button"));

        textBox.sendKeys("Selenium");
        submitButton.click();

        WebElement message = driver.findElement(By.id("message"));
        message.getText();

        driver.quit();
    }
}

message = driver.find_element(by=By.ID, value="message")
text = message.text

examples/python/tests/getting_started/first_script.py

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

driver = webdriver.Chrome()

driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html")

title = driver.title

driver.implicitly_wait(0.5)

text_box = driver.find_element(by=By.NAME, value="my-text")
submit_button = driver.find_element(by=By.CSS_SELECTOR, value="button")

text_box.send_keys("Selenium")
submit_button.click()

message = driver.find_element(by=By.ID, value="message")
text = message.text

driver.quit()

        var message = driver.FindElement(By.Id("message"));
        var value = message.Text;

examples/dotnet/SeleniumDocs/GettingStarted/FirstScript.cs

using System;
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome;

namespace SeleniumDocs.GettingStarted;

public static class FirstScript
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        IWebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

        driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html");

        var title = driver.Title;

        driver.Manage().Timeouts().ImplicitWait = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500);

        var textBox = driver.FindElement(By.Name("my-text"));
        var submitButton = driver.FindElement(By.TagName("button"));
            
        textBox.SendKeys("Selenium");
        submitButton.Click();
            
        var message = driver.FindElement(By.Id("message"));
        var value = message.Text;
            
        driver.Quit();
    }
}

message = driver.find_element(id: 'message')
message.text

examples/ruby/spec/getting_started/first_script.rb

require 'selenium-webdriver'

driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for :chrome

driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html')

driver.title

driver.manage.timeouts.implicit_wait = 500

text_box = driver.find_element(name: 'my-text')
submit_button = driver.find_element(tag_name: 'button')

text_box.send_keys('Selenium')
submit_button.click

message = driver.find_element(id: 'message')
message.text

driver.quit

    let message = await driver.findElement(By.id('message'));
    let value = await message.getText();

examples/javascript/test/getting_started/firstScript.spec.js

const {By, Builder, Browser} = require('selenium-webdriver');
const assert = require("assert");

(async function firstTest() {
  let driver;
  
  try {
    driver = await new Builder().forBrowser(Browser.CHROME).build();
    await driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html');
  
    let title = await driver.getTitle();
    assert.equal("Web form", title);
  
    await driver.manage().setTimeouts({implicit: 500});
  
    let textBox = await driver.findElement(By.name('my-text'));
    let submitButton = await driver.findElement(By.css('button'));
  
    await textBox.sendKeys('Selenium');
    await submitButton.click();
  
    let message = await driver.findElement(By.id('message'));
    let value = await message.getText();
    assert.equal("Received!", value);
  } catch (e) {
    console.log(e)
  } finally {
    await driver.quit();
  }
}())

        val message = driver.findElement(By.id("message"))
        val value = message.getText()

examples/kotlin/src/test/kotlin/dev/selenium/getting_started/FirstScriptTest.kt

package dev.selenium.getting_started

import org.junit.jupiter.api.*
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
import org.openqa.selenium.By
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
import java.time.Duration

@TestInstance(TestInstance.Lifecycle.PER_CLASS)
class FirstScriptTest {
    private lateinit var driver: WebDriver

    @Test
    fun eightComponents() {
        driver = ChromeDriver()

        driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html")

        val title = driver.title
        assertEquals("Web form", title)

        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofMillis(500))

        var textBox = driver.findElement(By.name("my-text"))
        val submitButton = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("button"))

        textBox.sendKeys("Selenium")
        submitButton.click()

        val message = driver.findElement(By.id("message"))
        val value = message.getText()
        assertEquals("Received!", value)

        driver.quit()
    }

}

8. End the session

This ends the driver process, which by default closes the browser as well. No more commands can be sent to this driver instance. See Quitting Sessions.

examples/java/src/test/java/dev/selenium/getting_started/FirstScript.java

package dev.selenium.getting_started;

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;

import java.time.Duration;

public class FirstScript {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

        driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html");

        driver.getTitle();

        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofMillis(500));

        WebElement textBox = driver.findElement(By.name("my-text"));
        WebElement submitButton = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("button"));

        textBox.sendKeys("Selenium");
        submitButton.click();

        WebElement message = driver.findElement(By.id("message"));
        message.getText();

        driver.quit();
    }
}

examples/python/tests/getting_started/first_script.py

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

driver = webdriver.Chrome()

driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html")

title = driver.title

driver.implicitly_wait(0.5)

text_box = driver.find_element(by=By.NAME, value="my-text")
submit_button = driver.find_element(by=By.CSS_SELECTOR, value="button")

text_box.send_keys("Selenium")
submit_button.click()

message = driver.find_element(by=By.ID, value="message")
text = message.text

driver.quit()

examples/dotnet/SeleniumDocs/GettingStarted/FirstScript.cs

using System;
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Chrome;

namespace SeleniumDocs.GettingStarted;

public static class FirstScript
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        IWebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

        driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html");

        var title = driver.Title;

        driver.Manage().Timeouts().ImplicitWait = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500);

        var textBox = driver.FindElement(By.Name("my-text"));
        var submitButton = driver.FindElement(By.TagName("button"));
            
        textBox.SendKeys("Selenium");
        submitButton.Click();
            
        var message = driver.FindElement(By.Id("message"));
        var value = message.Text;
            
        driver.Quit();
    }
}

examples/ruby/spec/getting_started/first_script.rb

require 'selenium-webdriver'

driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for :chrome

driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html')

driver.title

driver.manage.timeouts.implicit_wait = 500

text_box = driver.find_element(name: 'my-text')
submit_button = driver.find_element(tag_name: 'button')

text_box.send_keys('Selenium')
submit_button.click

message = driver.find_element(id: 'message')
message.text

driver.quit

examples/javascript/test/getting_started/firstScript.spec.js

const {By, Builder, Browser} = require('selenium-webdriver');
const assert = require("assert");

(async function firstTest() {
  let driver;
  
  try {
    driver = await new Builder().forBrowser(Browser.CHROME).build();
    await driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html');
  
    let title = await driver.getTitle();
    assert.equal("Web form", title);
  
    await driver.manage().setTimeouts({implicit: 500});
  
    let textBox = await driver.findElement(By.name('my-text'));
    let submitButton = await driver.findElement(By.css('button'));
  
    await textBox.sendKeys('Selenium');
    await submitButton.click();
  
    let message = await driver.findElement(By.id('message'));
    let value = await message.getText();
    assert.equal("Received!", value);
  } catch (e) {
    console.log(e)
  } finally {
    await driver.quit();
  }
}())

examples/kotlin/src/test/kotlin/dev/selenium/getting_started/FirstScriptTest.kt

package dev.selenium.getting_started

import org.junit.jupiter.api.*
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
import org.openqa.selenium.By
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
import java.time.Duration

@TestInstance(TestInstance.Lifecycle.PER_CLASS)
class FirstScriptTest {
    private lateinit var driver: WebDriver

    @Test
    fun eightComponents() {
        driver = ChromeDriver()

        driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/web-form.html")

        val title = driver.title
        assertEquals("Web form", title)

        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofMillis(500))

        var textBox = driver.findElement(By.name("my-text"))
        val submitButton = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("button"))

        textBox.sendKeys("Selenium")
        submitButton.click()

        val message = driver.findElement(By.id("message"))
        val value = message.getText()
        assertEquals("Received!", value)

        driver.quit()
    }

}

Running Selenium File

mvn exec:java -D"exec.mainClass"="dev.selenium.getting_started.FirstScript" -D"exec.classpathScope"=test

examples/java/README.md

# Running Selenium Java Tests
The following steps will guide you on how to 
run Selenium Java tests using a repository 
of `SeleniumHQ/seleniumhq.github.io` examples.

## Initial Setup

### Prerequisites

Ensure that Java Development Kit (JDK) and Maven 
are installed on your system. If they are not installed, 
you will need to download and install them. You can 
find detailed installation guides for both on their 
respective official sites.

### Clone the repository
First, we need to get the Selenium Java examples 
on your local machine. This can be done by 
cloning the `SeleniumHQ/seleniumhq.github.io` Git repository. 
Run the following command in your terminal:

```bash
git clone https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/seleniumhq.github.io.git

Navigate to the java directory

After cloning the repository, navigate into the directory where the Selenium Java examples are located. Run the following command:

cd seleniumhq.github.io/examples/java

Running the Tests

Install dependencies

Before running the tests, we need to install all necessary dependencies. Maven, a software project management tool, can do this for us. Run the following command:

mvn test-compile

Run all tests

To verify if everything is installed correctly and functioning properly, we should run all available tests. This can be done with the following command:

mvn test

Please be patient! If this is your first time running these tests, it might take a while to download and verify all necessary browser drivers.

Execute a specific example

To run a specific Selenium Java example, use the following command:

mvn exec:java -D"exec.mainClass"="dev.selenium.getting_started.FirstScript" -D"exec.classpathScope"=test

Make sure to replace dev.selenium.getting_started.FirstScript with the path and name of the example you want to run.

##### examples/python/README.md

Running tests from Selenium Python examples

1. Clone this repository

git clone https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/seleniumhq.github.io.git

2. Navigate to python directory

cd seleniumhq.github.io/examples/python

3. Create a virtual environment

• On Windows:

py -m venv venv
venv\Scripts\activate

• On Linux/Mac:

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

4. Install dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

for help, see: https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/tutorials/installing-packages

5. Run tests

• Run all tests with the default Python interpreter:

pytest

• Run all tests with every installed/supported Python interpreter:

tox

Please have some patience - If you are doing it for the first time, it will take a little while to download the browser drivers

• Run a specific example:

pytest path/to/test_script.py

Make sure to replace path/to/test_script.py with the path and name of the example you want to run

##### examples/ruby/README.md

Running all tests from Selenium ruby example

Follow these steps to run all test example from selenium ruby

1. Clone this repository

git clone https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/seleniumhq.github.io.git

1. Navigate to ruby directory

cd seleniumhq.github.io/examples/ruby

1. Install dependencies using bundler

bundler install

1. Run all tests

bundle exec rspec

Please keep some patience - If you are doing it for the first time, it will take a little while to verify and download the browser drivers

Execute a ruby script

Use this command to run a ruby script and follow the first script example

ruby example_script.rb

node example_script.spec.js

##### examples/javascript/README.md

Running all tests from Selenium javascript example

Follow these steps to run all test example from selenium javascript

1. Clone this repository

git clone https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/seleniumhq.github.io.git

1. Navigate to javascript directory

cd seleniumhq.github.io/examples/javascript

1. Install dependencies using node

npm install

1. Run all all tests

npm test

Please keep some patience - If you are doing it for the first time, it will take a little while to verify and download the browser drivers

Execute a javascript test

Use this command to run a JavaScript and follow the first script example

node example_script.spec.js

```

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