Selenium for Edge in Build 18362 or higher

Question

I am having a difficult time with the webdriver for Edge. I know that the driver is installed via the command:

DISM.exe /Online /Add-Capability /CapabilityName:Microsoft.WebDriver~~~~0.0.1.0

But what is the next step after this? Here is my code in Java so far:

System.setProperty("webdriver.edge.driver", "[I don't know the path of the install]");
@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
WebDriver driverEdge = new EdgeDriver(options);
driverEdge.get("https://www.google.com/");

Answer 1

 String windir = System.getenv("windir");
 String edgeDriverPath = windir + "\\SysWOW64\\MicrosoftWebDriver.exe";  
 System.setProperty("webdriver.edge.driver", edgeDriverPath); 
 driver = new EdgeDriver();

This assumes 64-bit and I haven't actually tested it, so please let me know if it works. For 32-bit I believe the directory will by "System32" instead of "SysWOW64".

Answer 2

You could find the Microsoft Edge WebDriver from the following folders:

C:\\Windows\\WinSxS\\amd64_microsoft-webdriver-server-components_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.18362.1_none_c52dd23839475f5b\\MicrosoftWebDriver.exe

C:\\Windows\\System32\\MicrosoftWebDriver.exe

C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\MicrosoftWebDriver.exe

C:\\Windows\\WinSxS\\wow64_microsoft-webdriver-server-components_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.18362.1_none_cf827c8a6da82156\\MicrosoftWebDriver.exe

Then, refer to the following code to use Microsoft Edge WebDriver with Java:

package seleniumtest; 

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.Keys; 
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.edge.EdgeDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.ExpectedConditions;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.WebDriverWait;
public class testsample {

    public static void main(String[] args) { 

         //String windir = System.getenv("windir");
         //String edgeDriverPath = windir + "\\SysWOW64\\MicrosoftWebDriver.exe";  

         //String edgeDriverPath = "C:\\Windows\\WinSxS\\amd64_microsoft-webdriver-server-components_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.18362.1_none_c52dd23839475f5b\\MicrosoftWebDriver.exe";
         //String edgeDriverPath = "C:\\Windows\\System32\\MicrosoftWebDriver.exe";
         //String edgeDriverPath = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\MicrosoftWebDriver.exe";

         String edgeDriverPath = "C:\\Windows\\WinSxS\\wow64_microsoft-webdriver-server-components_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.18362.1_none_cf827c8a6da82156\\MicrosoftWebDriver.exe";

         System.setProperty("webdriver.edge.driver", edgeDriverPath); 
         WebDriver driver = new EdgeDriver();

         //replace the URL of the web page here..
         driver.get("https://www.bing.com");
         //wait page load success.
         WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, 5);
         wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.id("sb_form_q")));

         //find the element from the web page.
         WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.id("sb_form_q"));
         //enter value and search
         element.sendKeys("web driver");
         element.sendKeys(Keys.ENTER);  
    }    
}

Answer 3

New in EdgeHTML 18

EdgeHTML 18 includes the following new and updated features shipped in the current release of the Microsoft Edge platform, as of the Windows 10 October 2018 Update (10/2018, Build 17763). For changes in specific Windows Insider Preview builds, see the Microsoft Edge Changelog and What's New in EdgeHTML.

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As per the Microsoft blog Enhancing automated testing in Microsoft Edge with new WebDriver capabilities, W3C protocol support, and automatic updates:

WebDriver needed to match the version of Microsoft Edge you’re testing against, which has historically required manually matching a standalone download of WebDriver to the appropriate version of Windows on your device.

So now WebDriver being a Windows Feature on Demand (FoD), which ensures that it’s always up to date automatically and also enables some new ways to get Microsoft WebDriver.

Steps

• Enable Developer Mode which will install the appropriate version of WebDriver.

  Open Settings app > Go to Update & Security > For Developer and then select "Developer Mode".
  

• You can also install a standalone version of WebDriver in one of two ways:

  • Search "Manage optional features" from Start, then select "Add a Feature", "WebDriver".

  • Install via DISM by running the following command in an elevated command prompt:

    DISM.exe /Online /Add-Capability /CapabilityName:Microsoft.WebDriver~~~~0.0.1.0
    

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Conclusion

Once you install MicrosoftWebDriver with the elevated command prompt it will be updated automatically and you won't have to mention the absolute path of the MicrosoftWebDriver binary through System.setProperty() anymore.

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Reference

You can find a detailed discussion in:

• Microsoft Web Driver has stopped working. A problem cause the program to stop working correctly error using EdgeDriver and Microsoft Edge in Selenium