Selenium Python webdriver condition

Question

My script can give me 3 separate webdrivers based on what I want i.e., my script can either install the chromedriver or safaridriver, or firefoxdriver. As an example:

chromedriver:

<selenium.webdriver.chrome.webdriver.WebDriver (session="8032fa9146e8fc2a764aa278a1521014")>

safaridriver:

<selenium.webdriver.safari.webdriver.WebDriver (session="7703B595-D074-40C4-82D5-D4A265C2AAB2")>

firefoxdriver:

<selenium.webdriver.firefox.webdriver.WebDriver (session="d2549d48-bec3-4ccc-b95f-7339bbe4ca60")>

What is the best way to have the script run differently based on browser?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 01 '23 at 22:00

Using Selenium Java clients and a framework like TestNG you can use the @Parameters tag to choose the browser of your choice through testng.xml as follows:

private WebDriver driver;

@Parameters ({"browser"})

@BeforeTest

public void preCondition(String browser)
{
    try
    {
        if(browser.equalsIgnoreCase("Firefox"))
        {
            driver = new FirefoxDriver();
        }

        if(browser.equalsIgnoreCase("Chrome"))
        {
            driver = new ChromeDriver();
        }

        if(browser.equalsIgnoreCase("IE"))
        {

            driver = new InternetExplorerDriver();
        }                   
    }

    catch (WebDriverException e)
    {
        System.out.println("Browser not found" +e.getMessage());
    }
}

This approach will be the best approach to download, create and use any type of WebDriver

Downloading and installing the webdriver at runtime, is not a problem @undetected Selenium. My original question was how do I make my script run differently based on browser? — chauhany, Mar 06 '23 at 09:57

Selenium Python webdriver condition

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