Selenium WebDriver Methods Tutorial 🚀
By Bhau Automation • Learn Selenium Methods with Examples
🎯 What You Will Learn
- What are Selenium WebDriver methods?
- Important browser control methods
- Navigation methods in Selenium
- Locators and element handling
- Real examples of Selenium methods
💡 Selenium methods are the core building blocks used to automate browser actions.
📌 What are Selenium Methods?
Selenium methods are predefined functions provided by Selenium WebDriver to interact with browsers and web elements during automation testing.
These methods help testers perform actions like:
- Launching websites
- Clicking buttons
- Typing text
- Handling browser navigation
- Fetching page information
🌐 Browser Methods in Selenium
1. get()
Used to open a website URL in browser.
driver.get("https://www.google.com");
2. getTitle()
Returns the title of current webpage.
String title = driver.getTitle(); System.out.println(title);
3. getCurrentUrl()
Returns current webpage URL.
System.out.println(driver.getCurrentUrl());
4. getPageSource()
Returns complete HTML source code of webpage.
System.out.println(driver.getPageSource());
5. close()
Closes current browser window.
driver.close();
6. quit()
Closes all browser windows opened by WebDriver.
driver.quit();
🔍 Selenium Locators Best Practices
- Use unique locators whenever possible
- Prefer ID locator for better performance
- Avoid long XPath expressions
- Use meaningful locator names
💻 Example Selenium Program
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
public class SeleniumMethodsDemo {
public static void main(String[] args) {
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.get("https://www.google.com");
System.out.println(driver.getTitle());
System.out.println(driver.getCurrentUrl());
driver.quit();
}
}
🌍 Real-World Use Cases
- Website automation testing
- Browser navigation validation
- Page verification testing
- Automation framework development
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🎓 Key Takeaways
- Selenium methods help automate browser operations
- Browser methods are essential for automation scripts
- Locators play important role in identifying elements
- Understanding methods improves automation skills
- Core foundation topic for Selenium beginners
⚡ Pro Tip: Practice all Selenium methods daily to improve automation scripting speed and confidence.
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