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Class RemoteWebDriver

Namespace
OpenQA.Selenium.Remote
Assembly
WebDriver.dll

Provides a way to use the driver through

public class RemoteWebDriver : WebDriver, IWebDriver, IDisposable, ISearchContext, IJavaScriptExecutor, IFindsElement, ITakesScreenshot, ISupportsPrint, IActionExecutor, IAllowsFileDetection, IHasCapabilities, IHasCommandExecutor, IHasSessionId, ICustomDriverCommandExecutor, IHasVirtualAuthenticator, IDevTools, IHasDownloads
Inheritance
RemoteWebDriver
Implements
Inherited Members
Extension Methods

Examples

[TestFixture]
public class Testing
{
    private IWebDriver driver;

    [SetUp]
    public void SetUp()
    {
        driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new Uri("http://127.0.0.1:4444/wd/hub"),new FirefoxOptions());
    }

    [Test]
    public void TestGoogle()
    {
        driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("http://www.google.co.uk");
        /*
        *   Rest of the test
        */
    }

    [TearDown]
    public void TearDown()
    {
        driver.Quit();
    }
}

Constructors

RemoteWebDriver(DriverOptions)

Initializes a new instance of the RemoteWebDriver class. This constructor defaults proxy to http://127.0.0.1:4444/wd/hub

public RemoteWebDriver(DriverOptions options)

Parameters

options DriverOptions

An DriverOptions object containing the desired capabilities of the browser.

RemoteWebDriver(ICapabilities)

Initializes a new instance of the RemoteWebDriver class. This constructor defaults proxy to http://127.0.0.1:4444/wd/hub

public RemoteWebDriver(ICapabilities capabilities)

Parameters

capabilities ICapabilities

An ICapabilities object containing the desired capabilities of the browser.

RemoteWebDriver(ICommandExecutor, ICapabilities)

Initializes a new instance of the RemoteWebDriver class

public RemoteWebDriver(ICommandExecutor commandExecutor, ICapabilities capabilities)

Parameters

commandExecutor ICommandExecutor

An ICommandExecutor object which executes commands for the driver.

capabilities ICapabilities

An ICapabilities object containing the desired capabilities of the browser.

RemoteWebDriver(Uri, DriverOptions)

Initializes a new instance of the RemoteWebDriver class. This constructor defaults proxy to http://127.0.0.1:4444/wd/hub

public RemoteWebDriver(Uri remoteAddress, DriverOptions options)

Parameters

remoteAddress Uri

URI containing the address of the WebDriver remote server (e.g. http://127.0.0.1:4444/wd/hub).

options DriverOptions

An DriverOptions object containing the desired capabilities of the browser.

RemoteWebDriver(Uri, ICapabilities)

Initializes a new instance of the RemoteWebDriver class

public RemoteWebDriver(Uri remoteAddress, ICapabilities capabilities)

Parameters

remoteAddress Uri

URI containing the address of the WebDriver remote server (e.g. http://127.0.0.1:4444/wd/hub).

capabilities ICapabilities

An ICapabilities object containing the desired capabilities of the browser.

RemoteWebDriver(Uri, ICapabilities, TimeSpan)

Initializes a new instance of the RemoteWebDriver class using the specified remote address, desired capabilities, and command timeout.

public RemoteWebDriver(Uri remoteAddress, ICapabilities capabilities, TimeSpan commandTimeout)

Parameters

remoteAddress Uri

URI containing the address of the WebDriver remote server (e.g. http://127.0.0.1:4444/wd/hub).

capabilities ICapabilities

An ICapabilities object containing the desired capabilities of the browser.

commandTimeout TimeSpan

The maximum amount of time to wait for each command.

Fields

RemoteDevToolsEndPointCapabilityName

The name of the Selenium grid remote DevTools end point capability.

public readonly string RemoteDevToolsEndPointCapabilityName

Field Value

string

RemoteDevToolsVersionCapabilityName

The name of the Selenium remote DevTools version capability.

public readonly string RemoteDevToolsVersionCapabilityName

Field Value

string

Properties

HasActiveDevToolsSession

Gets a value indicating whether a DevTools session is active.

public bool HasActiveDevToolsSession { get; }

Property Value

bool

Methods

CloseDevToolsSession()

Closes a DevTools session.

public void CloseDevToolsSession()

DeleteDownloadableFiles()

Deletes all downloadable files.

public void DeleteDownloadableFiles()

Dispose(bool)

Releases all resources associated with this RemoteWebDriver.

protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)

Parameters

disposing bool

true if the Dispose method was explicitly called; otherwise, false.

DownloadFile(string, string)

Downloads a file with the specified file name.

public void DownloadFile(string fileName, string targetDirectory)

Parameters

fileName string

The name of the file to be downloaded.

targetDirectory string

The target directory where the file should be downloaded to.

FindElementByClassName(string)

Finds the first element in the page that matches the CSS Class supplied

public IWebElement FindElementByClassName(string className)

Parameters

className string

className of the

Returns

IWebElement

IWebElement object so that you can interact that object

Examples

IWebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new FirefoxOptions());
IWebElement elem = driver.FindElementByClassName("classname")

FindElementByCssSelector(string)

Finds the first element matching the specified CSS selector.

public IWebElement FindElementByCssSelector(string cssSelector)

Parameters

cssSelector string

The CSS selector to match.

Returns

IWebElement

The first IWebElement matching the criteria.

FindElementById(string)

Finds the first element in the page that matches the ID supplied

public IWebElement FindElementById(string id)

Parameters

id string

ID of the element

Returns

IWebElement

IWebElement object so that you can interact with that object

Examples

IWebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new FirefoxOptions());
IWebElement elem = driver.FindElementById("id")

FindElementByLinkText(string)

Finds the first of elements that match the link text supplied

public IWebElement FindElementByLinkText(string linkText)

Parameters

linkText string

Link text of element

Returns

IWebElement

IWebElement object so that you can interact that object

Examples

IWebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new FirefoxOptions());
IWebElement elem = driver.FindElementsByLinkText("linktext")

FindElementByName(string)

Finds the first of elements that match the name supplied

public IWebElement FindElementByName(string name)

Parameters

name string

Name of the element on the page

Returns

IWebElement

IWebElement object so that you can interact that object

Examples

IWebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new FirefoxOptions());
elem = driver.FindElementsByName("name")

FindElementByPartialLinkText(string)

Finds the first of elements that match the part of the link text supplied

public IWebElement FindElementByPartialLinkText(string partialLinkText)

Parameters

partialLinkText string

part of the link text

Returns

IWebElement

IWebElement object so that you can interact that object

Examples

IWebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new FirefoxOptions());
IWebElement elem = driver.FindElementsByPartialLinkText("partOfLink")

FindElementByTagName(string)

Finds the first of elements that match the DOM Tag supplied

public IWebElement FindElementByTagName(string tagName)

Parameters

tagName string

DOM tag Name of the element being searched

Returns

IWebElement

IWebElement object so that you can interact that object

Examples

IWebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new FirefoxOptions());
IWebElement elem = driver.FindElementsByTagName("tag")

FindElementByXPath(string)

Finds the first of elements that match the XPath supplied

public IWebElement FindElementByXPath(string xpath)

Parameters

xpath string

xpath to the element

Returns

IWebElement

IWebElement object so that you can interact that object

Examples

IWebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new FirefoxOptions());
IWebElement elem = driver.FindElementsByXPath("//table/tbody/tr/td/a");

FindElementsByClassName(string)

Finds a list of elements that match the class name supplied

public ReadOnlyCollection<IWebElement> FindElementsByClassName(string className)

Parameters

className string

CSS class Name on the element

Returns

ReadOnlyCollection<IWebElement>

ReadOnlyCollection of IWebElement object so that you can interact with those objects

Examples

IWebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new FirefoxOptions());
ReadOnlyCollection<IWebElement> elem = driver.FindElementsByClassName("classname")

FindElementsByCssSelector(string)

Finds all elements matching the specified CSS selector.

public ReadOnlyCollection<IWebElement> FindElementsByCssSelector(string cssSelector)

Parameters

cssSelector string

The CSS selector to match.

Returns

ReadOnlyCollection<IWebElement>

A ReadOnlyCollection<T> containing all IWebElements matching the criteria.

FindElementsById(string)

Finds the first element in the page that matches the ID supplied

public ReadOnlyCollection<IWebElement> FindElementsById(string id)

Parameters

id string

ID of the Element

Returns

ReadOnlyCollection<IWebElement>

ReadOnlyCollection of Elements that match the object so that you can interact that object

Examples

IWebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new FirefoxOptions());
ReadOnlyCollection<IWebElement> elem = driver.FindElementsById("id")

FindElementsByLinkText(string)

Finds a list of elements that match the link text supplied

public ReadOnlyCollection<IWebElement> FindElementsByLinkText(string linkText)

Parameters

linkText string

Link text of element

Returns

ReadOnlyCollection<IWebElement>

ReadOnlyCollection<IWebElement> object so that you can interact with those objects

Examples

IWebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new FirefoxOptions());
ReadOnlyCollection<IWebElement> elem = driver.FindElementsByClassName("classname")

FindElementsByName(string)

Finds a list of elements that match the name supplied

public ReadOnlyCollection<IWebElement> FindElementsByName(string name)

Parameters

name string

Name of element

Returns

ReadOnlyCollection<IWebElement>

ReadOnlyCollect of IWebElement objects so that you can interact that object

Examples

IWebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new FirefoxOptions());
ReadOnlyCollection<IWebElement> elem = driver.FindElementsByName("name")

FindElementsByPartialLinkText(string)

Finds a list of elements that match the class name supplied

public ReadOnlyCollection<IWebElement> FindElementsByPartialLinkText(string partialLinkText)

Parameters

partialLinkText string

part of the link text

Returns

ReadOnlyCollection<IWebElement>

ReadOnlyCollection<IWebElement> objects so that you can interact that object

Examples

IWebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new FirefoxOptions());
ReadOnlyCollection<IWebElement> elem = driver.FindElementsByPartialLinkText("partOfTheLink")

FindElementsByTagName(string)

Finds a list of elements that match the DOM Tag supplied

public ReadOnlyCollection<IWebElement> FindElementsByTagName(string tagName)

Parameters

tagName string

DOM tag Name of element being searched

Returns

ReadOnlyCollection<IWebElement>

IWebElement object so that you can interact that object

Examples

IWebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new FirefoxOptions());
ReadOnlyCollection<IWebElement> elem = driver.FindElementsByTagName("tag")

FindElementsByXPath(string)

Finds a list of elements that match the XPath supplied

public ReadOnlyCollection<IWebElement> FindElementsByXPath(string xpath)

Parameters

xpath string

xpath to the element

Returns

ReadOnlyCollection<IWebElement>

ReadOnlyCollection of IWebElement objects so that you can interact that object

Examples

IWebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new FirefoxOptions());
ReadOnlyCollection<IWebElement> elem = driver.FindElementsByXpath("//tr/td/a")

GetDevToolsSession()

Creates a session to communicate with a browser using a Developer Tools debugging protocol.

public DevToolsSession GetDevToolsSession()

Returns

DevToolsSession

The active session to use to communicate with the Developer Tools debugging protocol.

GetDevToolsSession(DevToolsOptions)

Creates a session to communicate with a browser using a Developer Tools debugging protocol.

public DevToolsSession GetDevToolsSession(DevToolsOptions options)

Parameters

options DevToolsOptions

Returns

DevToolsSession

The active session to use to communicate with the Developer Tools debugging protocol.

GetDevToolsSession(int)

Creates a session to communicate with a browser using a specific version of the Developer Tools debugging protocol.

[Obsolete("Use GetDevToolsSession(DevToolsOptions options)")]
public DevToolsSession GetDevToolsSession(int protocolVersion)

Parameters

protocolVersion int

The specific version of the Developer Tools debugging protocol to use.

Returns

DevToolsSession

The active session to use to communicate with the Developer Tools debugging protocol.

GetDownloadableFiles()

Retrieves the downloadable files.

public IReadOnlyList<string> GetDownloadableFiles()

Returns

IReadOnlyList<string>

A read-only list of file names available for download.

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