The very basic browser operations of WebDriver include opening a browser; perform few tasks then closing the browser.
Given are a number of the foremost commonly used Browser commands for Selenium WebDriver.
1. Get Command
Method:

1. get(String arg0) : void

In WebDriver, this method loads a replacement website within the existing browser window. It accepts String as parameter and returns void.
The respective command to load a replacement website are often written as:

1. driver.get(URL);
2.
3. // Or are often written as
4.
5. String URL = "URL";
6. driver.get(URL);

Example: as an example , the command to load the official website of tecklearn are often written as:

1. driver.get("www.tecklearn.com")
2. Get Title Command

Method:

1. getTitle(): String

In WebDriver, this method fetches the title of the present website . It accepts no parameter and returns a String.
The respective command to fetch the title of the present page are often written as:

1. driver.getTitle();
2.
3. // Or are often written as
4.
5. String Title = driver.getTitle();
3. Get Current URL Command

Method:

1. getCurrentUrl(): String

In WebDriver, this method fetches the string representing the present URL of the present website . It accepts nothing as parameter and returns a String value.
The respective command to fetch the string representing the present URL are often written as:

1. driver.getCurrentUrl();
2.
3. //Or are often written as
4.
5. String CurrentUrl = driver.getCurrentUrl();
4. Get Page Source Command

Method:

1. getPageSource(): String

In WebDriver, this method returns the ASCII text file of the present website loaded on the present browser. It accepts nothing as parameter and returns a String value.
The respective command to urge the ASCII text file of the present website are often written as:

1. driver.getPageSource();
2.
3. //Or are often written as
4. String PageSource = driver.getPageSource();
5. Close Command

Method:

1. close(): void

This method terminates the present browser window operating by WebDriver at the present time. If the present window is that the only window operating by WebDriver, it terminates the browser also . This method accepts nothing as parameter and returns void.
The respective command to terminate the browser window are often written as:

1. driver.close();
6. Quit Command

Method:

1. quit(): void

This method terminates all windows operating by WebDriver. It terminates all tabs also because the browser itself. It accepts nothing as parameter and returns void.
The respective command to terminate all windows are often written as:

1. driver.quit();

Let us consider a sample test script during which will cover most of the Browser Commands provided by WebDriver.
In this sample test, we’ll automate the subsequent test scenarios:
• Invoke Chrome Browser
• Open URL: https://www.google.co.in/
• Get Page Title name and Title length
• Print Page Title and Title length on the Eclipse Console
• Get page URL and verify whether it’s the specified page or not
• Get page Source and Page Source length
• Print page Length on Eclipse Console.
• Close the Browser
For our test purpose, we are using the house page of “Google” program .
We will create our test suit step by step to offer you an entire understanding on the way to use Browser Commands in WebDriver.
• Step1. Launch Eclipse IDE and open the prevailing test suite “Demo_Test” which we’ve created in WebDriver Installation section of WebDriver tutorial.
• Step2. Right click on the “src” folder and make a replacement Class File from New > Class.

Give your Class name as “Navigation_command” and click on on “Finish” button.

Step3. Let’s get to the coding ground.
To automate our test scenarios, first you would like to understand “How to invoke/launch web browsers in WebDriver?”
Note: To invoke a browser in Selenium, we’ve to download an executable file specific thereto browser. for instance , Chrome browser implements the WebDriver protocol using an executable called ChromeDriver.exe. These executable files start a server on your system which successively is liable for running your test scripts in Selenium.
We have stated the procedures and methods to run our tests on different browser in later sections of this tutorial. For reference you’ll undergo all of them before proceeding with the particular coding.
1. Running test on Firefox
2. Running test on Chrome
3. Running test on Internet Explorer
4. Running test on Safari
• To invoke Google Chrome browser, we’d like to download the ChromeDriver.exe file and set the system property to the trail of your ChromeDriver.exe file. we’ve already discussed this in earlier sessions of this tutorial. you’ll also ask “Running test on Chrome Browser” to find out the way to download and set System property for Chrome driver.
Here is that the sample code to line system property for Chrome driver:

1. // System Property for Chrome Driver
2. System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver","D:\\ChromeDriver\\chromedriver.exe");

After that we’ve to initialize Chrome driver using ChromeDriver class.
Here is that the sample code to initialize Chrome driver using ChromeDriver class:

1. // Instantiate a ChromeDriver class.
2. WebDriver driver=new ChromeDriver();

Combining both of the above code blocks, we’ll get the code snippet to launch Google Chrome browser.

1. // System Property for Chrome Driver
2. System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver","D:\\ChromeDriver\\chromedriver.exe");
3.
4. // Instantiate a ChromeDriver class.
5. WebDriver driver=new ChromeDriver();

• To automate our second test scenario i.e. “Get Page Title name and Title length”, we’ve to store the title name and length in string and int variable respectively.
Here is that the sample code to try to to that:

1. // Storing Title name within the String variable
2. String title = driver.getTitle();
3. // Storing Title length within the Int variable
4. int titleLength = driver.getTitle().length();

To print page Title name and Title length within the Console window, follow the given code snippet:

1. // Printing Title & Title length within the Console window
2. System.out.println("Title of the page is : " + title);
3. System.out.println("Length of the title is : "+ titleLength);

• The next test scenario requires fetching the URL and verifying it against the particular URL.
First, we’ll store the present URL during a String variable:

1. // Storing URL in String variable
2. String actualUrl = driver.getCurrentUrl();

Verifying the present URL because the actual URL:

1. if (actualUrl.equals("https://www.google.co.in"))
2. {
3. System.out.println("Verification Successful - the right Url is opened.");
4. }
5. Else
6. {
7. System.out.println("Verification Failed - An incorrect Url is opened.");
8. }

• To automate our 6th test scenario (Get page Source and Page Source length), we’ll store the page source and page source length within the string and int variable respectively.

1. // Storing Page Source in String variable
2. String pageSource = driver.getPageSource();
3.
4. // Storing Page Source length in Int variable
5. int pageSourceLength = pageSource.length();

To print the length of the Page source on console window, follow the given code snippet:

1. // Printing length of the Page Source on console
2. System.out.println("Total length of the Page Source is : " + pageSourceLength);

• Finally, the given code snippet will terminate the method and shut the browser.

1. driver.close();

Combining all of the above code blocks together, we’ll get the specified ASCII text file to execute our test script “Web_command”.
The final test script will appear something like this:
(We have embedded comment in each section to elucidate the steps clearly)

1. import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
2. import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
3.
4. public class Web_command {
5.
6. public static void main(String[] args) {
7.
8. // System Property for Chrome Driver
9. System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver","D:\\ChromeDriver\\chromedriver.exe");
10.
11. // Instantiate a ChromeDriver class.
12. WebDriver driver=new ChromeDriver();
13.
14. // Storing the appliance Url within the String variable
15. String url = ("https://www.google.co.in/");
16.
17. //Launch the ToolsQA WebSite
18. driver.get(url);
19.
20. // Storing Title name within the String variable
21. String title = driver.getTitle();
22.
23. // Storing Title length within the Int variable
24. int titleLength = driver.getTitle().length();
25.
26. // Printing Title & Title length within the Console window
27. System.out.println("Title of the page is : " + title);
28. System.out.println("Length of the title is : "+ titleLength);
29.
30. // Storing URL in String variable
31. String actualUrl = driver.getCurrentUrl();
32.
33. if (actualUrl.equals("https://www.google.co.in/")){
34. System.out.println("Verification Successful - the right Url is opened.");
35. }
36. else{
37.
38. System.out.println("Verification Failed - An incorrect Url is opened.");
39. }
40.
41. // Storing Page Source in String variable
42. String pageSource = driver.getPageSource();
43.
44. // Storing Page Source length in Int variable
45. int pageSourceLength = pageSource.length();
46.
47. // Printing length of the Page Source on console
48. System.out.println("Total length of the Pgae Source is : " + pageSourceLength);
49.
50.
51. //Closing browser
52. driver.close();
53. }
54. }

To run the test script on Eclipse window, right click on the screen and click on
Run as → Java application

After execution, the test script will launch the chrome browser and automate all the test scenarios. The console window will show the results for print commands.

So, this brings us to the end of blog. This Tecklearn ‘Selenium WebDriver – Browser Commands’ blog helps you with commonly asked questions if you are looking out for a job in Selenium and Automation Testing. If you wish to learn Selenium and build a career in Automation Testing domain, then check out our interactive, Selenium Certification Training, that comes with 24*7 support to guide you throughout your learning period. Please find the link for course details:

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Getting started with Selenium
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Deploying Web Drivers for scripting
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• Hands On
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Switching Operations in WebDriver using Window
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• Introduction to TestNG
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• TestNG Features
• Annotations
• Grouping
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• Enable/Disable a test case
• Parameterization: Using Xml file and DataProvider
• Parallel Testing & Cross Browser Testing
• TestNG Report: HTML Report, Console Report, XML Report
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• Annotations, Methods in JUnit
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• Module Based Testing Framework
• Data Driven Testing Framework
• Keyword Driven Testing Framework
• Hybrid Driven Testing Framework
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Object Repository
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