Error when trying to execute a code?

Question

I got this error when executing a script . I have upgrade FF(56), Gecko(v0.19) and Selenium 3.6...

This is my code:

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;

public class Testing {
public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException{
WebDriver  driver = new FirefoxDriver();
System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver","C:\\geckodriver.exe");
driver.get("http://www.facebook.com");
Thread.sleep(5000);
System.out.println("website is opened");
driver.close();
}
}

Error in Logs:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalStateException: The path to the driver executable must be set by the webdriver.gecko.driver system property; for more information, see https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver. The latest version can be downloaded from https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases at com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkState(Preconditions.java:754) at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverService.findExecutable(DriverService.java:124) at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.GeckoDriverService.access$100(GeckoDriverService.java:40) at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.GeckoDriverService$Builder.findDefaultExecutable(GeckoDriverService.java:114) at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverService$Builder.build(DriverService.java:329) at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.toExecutor(FirefoxDriver.java:150) at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.(FirefoxDriver.java:120) at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.(FirefoxDriver.java:98) at god.Testing.main(Testing.java:8)

Alright, tried the posiitons of path and launching the driver..successfully opened the facebook but got these errors meantime.. — Nayan, Oct 06 '17 at 19:19

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 07 '17 at 05:04

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Replace the position of setProperty() method, it should before get() method

Try this code:

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver; 
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;

public class Testing {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException{
    System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver","C:\\geckodriver.exe");
    WebDriver  driver = new FirefoxDriver();
    driver.get("http://www.facebook.com");
    Thread.sleep(5000);
    System.out.println("website is opened");
    driver.close();
    }

}

answered Oct 07 '17 at 05:04

iamsankalp89

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Try this code and let me know, it is working fine for me – iamsankalp89 Oct 07 '17 at 05:06
Thank you for helping me ..although the browser opens and does it work but got different errors this time. – Nayan Oct 07 '17 at 23:31
1507418717668 geckodriver INFO geckodriver 0.19.0 1507418717676 geckodriver INFO Listening on 127.0.0.1:15238 – Nayan Oct 07 '17 at 23:31
Seems different i will. Try and let you know – iamsankalp89 Oct 08 '17 at 04:52
i tried the script and i'm OK now but now 'm having hard time to handle Geolocation pop up . I tried the script which was posted on this site(THANK YOU) but can still see the pop up and this site is not letting me ask one more question:-(.HELP please. – Nayan Oct 09 '17 at 03:42
Post a different question so we will try – iamsankalp89 Oct 09 '17 at 04:09

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 07 '17 at 07:37

The error we are seeing on the Console as IllegalStateException is pretty correct and justified.

Explaination:

In your code block, right in the begining, you have first initialized the WebDriver instance and casted it to FirefoxDriver as follows:

WebDriver  driver = new FirefoxDriver();

When this line of code is executed, Java Compiler have no information about your Test Configuration of using geckodriver.exe as the line for Test Configuration is mentioned later in your program as follows:

System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver","C:\\geckodriver.exe");

Hence, in absence of finding a proper driver executable, Java Compiler complains of java.lang.IllegalStateException.

Solution:

The solution to your issue would be to rearrange the 2 lines of code as follows:

System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver","C:\\geckodriver.exe");
WebDriver  driver = new FirefoxDriver();

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