- Because the WebDrive directly calls the methods of different browsers, we have different drivers for each browser. Some of the widely used drivers in selenium are Firefox, Chromerover, Internet Explorer, Safari Driver and HTML Driver (a special headless driver). Four Components of Selenium: Selenium IDE; Selenium RC (Remote Control) Selenium Webdriver.
- Install Internet Explorer Driver (Win32) for Selenium WebDriver into your Unit Test Project. 'IEDriverServer.exe' is copied to bin folder from package folder when the build process. NuGet package restoring ready, and no need to commit 'IEDriverServer.exe' binary into source code control repository.
- The Selenium Server is needed in order to run Remote Selenium WebDriver (Grid). Latest stable version 3.141.59 To use the Selenium Server in a Grid configuration see the documentation.
- Jul 11, 2017.
In this post I will explain how to setup Selenium WebDriver to run in IE on a Mac using Vagrant and Virtual Box. This can be useful in a number of cases like running browser automation tests for IE on your Mac. In my case, I’m writing a script to help my wife automate some of her daily tasks at work. This post was super helpful and I borrowed a lot of content from it.
The overall setup looks like this:
Basically IE driver server is a small application created by the awesome team which created Selenium WebDriver. As IE does not have a native implementation or API in java, they had no choice but to create a server. IE Driver server implements the WebDriver protocol.
- Prerequisites
- Java
- Tools
- Selenium and Selenium-Grid
- Your Mac will run a Selenium-Grid hub, which is a tool for running tests on multiple machines in parallel.
- The Windows VM on your Mac will run a Selenium node that hooks up to the hub.
The steps to getting this up and running is as follows:
- Setup a Windows VM with IE on your Mac. Here are a bunch of vagrant boxes that have Windows and IE installed. Just follow the directions in the README to download and install the box. When the box is up and running, it will be available in VirtualBox. I went with Windows 7 and IE 10.
- Once the VM is up, you’ll have to make sure that the VM can ping your Mac. This is important because it allows the node, the VM, to connect to the hub, your Mac. To do this, change the value of Attached To: in the Network setting to Bridged Adapter. You may have to restart the VM if it’s already running.
Once done, you can test that it’s working by pinging your Mac from the VM. To do this, runping <your Mac's IP address>
from the Command Prompt. - Install Java on the Windows VM.
- Download the Selenium-Grid jar to the Windows VM and your Mac from here. Pick a suitable version (I just went with the highest) and download the file
selenium-server-standalone-<version>.jar
- Download the IE driver to the Windows VM from the same folder as the Selenium-Grid jar you downloaded in the last step. The file is called
IEDriverServer_Win32_<version>.zip
. Unzip the folder and place the.exe
file inC:Windows
or a directory that’s in the WindowsPATH
.
Now everything is all setup and ready to go!
Selenium For Internet Explorer
Now you’ll need to start the hub and node. To start the hub, on your Mac where you placed the selenium-grid jar file from step 6, run the following command:
To start the node, on the Windows VM in the directory where you downloaded the Selenium-Grid file, run:
You should see that a new node has been registered in the output of the hub.
Also, navigate to
localhost:4444/grid/console
and you should see an IE node in the console.Now you should have a running Selenium hub with an IE node available to run your tests or scripts.
As for the actual script, I went with WebDriverJs. Here’s a sample setup of the file.
Hope you found this helpful! If you have any questions, feedback, or have a different setup, I’d be interested to hear from you.
Repurposed nuget package of Selenium.WebDriver.ChromeDriver but for Internet Explorer Driver instead
Install Internet Explorer Driver (Win32) for Selenium WebDriver into your Unit Test Project.
'IEDriverServer.exe' is copied to bin folder from package folder when the build process.
NuGet package restoring ready, and no need to commit 'IEDriverServer.exe' binary into source code control repository.
Install Internet Explorer Driver (Win32) for Selenium WebDriver into your Unit Test Project.
'IEDriverServer.exe' is copied to bin folder from package folder when the build process.
NuGet package restoring ready, and no need to commit 'IEDriverServer.exe' binary into source code control repository.
There is a newer version of this package available.
See the version list below for details.
See the version list below for details.
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.
The NuGet Team does not provide support for this client. Please contact its maintainers for support.
NuGet packages for WebDriver - Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, PhantomJS
This is a repurposed repo of nupkg-selenium-webdriver-chromedriver by jsakamoto that handles downloading Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer WebDrivers, and PhantomJS instead
Chrome:
Firefox:
InternetExplorer:
PhantomJS:
These NuGet packages will download Selenium WebDrivers (Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, and PhantomJS) into your Unit Test Project.
Each WebDriver binary file does not appear in Solution Explorer, but it is copied to bin folder from package folder when the build process.
NuGet package restoring ready, and no need to commit any WebDriver binary files into source code control repository.
Each WebDriver binary file does not appear in Solution Explorer, but it is copied to bin folder from package folder when the build process.
NuGet package restoring ready, and no need to commit any WebDriver binary files into source code control repository.
How to install?
For example, at the package manager console on Visual Studio, enter following command to install ChromeDriver
For Firefox WebDriver (Marionette)
For Internet Explorer Driver 32bit
For PhantomJS (Windows)
Detail
Where is each WebDriver binary file saved to?
Each WebDriver will be downloaded to their respective nuget package location:
{solution folder}/packages/Selenium.{browser}.WebDriver. {ver} /driver
And package installer configure msbuild task such as .csproj to copy each WebDriver binary file into output folder during build process.
How to build each nuget package?
You will need to execute the BuildPackage.bat file with the following input parameters:
- Browser {Chrome, Firefox, IE, PhantomJS}
- Version
- (OPTIONAL) Binary File Bit Version 32 or 64 (defaults to 32bit)
Usage Examples
BuildPackage.bat {browser} {version} {OPTIONAL|bitversion}
For creating nuget package for ChromeDriver version 2.25:
For creating nuget package for Firefox (Marionette) Driver version 0.11.1:
For creating nuget package for Internet Explorer Driver version 2.48:
For creating nuget package for Internet Explorer Driver version 3.8.0 64bit version:
For creating nuget package for PhantomJS version 2.1.1:
NuGet packages for WebDriver - Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, PhantomJS
This is a repurposed repo of nupkg-selenium-webdriver-chromedriver by jsakamoto that handles downloading Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer WebDrivers, and PhantomJS instead
Firefox:
InternetExplorer:
PhantomJS:
These NuGet packages will download Selenium WebDrivers (Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, and PhantomJS) into your Unit Test Project.
Each WebDriver binary file does not appear in Solution Explorer, but it is copied to bin folder from package folder when the build process.
NuGet package restoring ready, and no need to commit any WebDriver binary files into source code control repository.
Each WebDriver binary file does not appear in Solution Explorer, but it is copied to bin folder from package folder when the build process.
NuGet package restoring ready, and no need to commit any WebDriver binary files into source code control repository.
How to install?
For example, at the package manager console on Visual Studio, enter following command to install ChromeDriver
For Firefox WebDriver (Marionette)
For Internet Explorer Driver 32bit
For PhantomJS (Windows)
Detail
Where is each WebDriver binary file saved to?
![Explorer Explorer](https://3fxtqy18kygf3on3bu39kh93-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Selenium-WebDriver-for-Automation-Testing-image-2.jpg)
Each WebDriver will be downloaded to their respective nuget package location:
{solution folder}/packages/Selenium.{browser}.WebDriver. {ver} /driver
And package installer configure msbuild task such as .csproj to copy each WebDriver binary file into output folder during build process.
How to build each nuget package?
You will need to execute the BuildPackage.bat file with the following input parameters:
- Browser {Chrome, Firefox, IE, PhantomJS}
- Version
- (OPTIONAL) Binary File Bit Version 32 or 64 (defaults to 32bit)
Usage Examples
BuildPackage.bat {browser} {version} {OPTIONAL|bitversion}
For creating nuget package for ChromeDriver version 2.25:
For creating nuget package for Firefox (Marionette) Driver version 0.11.1:
For creating nuget package for Internet Explorer Driver version 2.48:
For creating nuget package for Internet Explorer Driver version 3.8.0 64bit version:
For creating nuget package for PhantomJS version 2.1.1:
Show moreRelease Notes
v3.12 - Internet Explorer Driver 3.12 release http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=3.12/
v3.11.1 - Internet Explorer Driver 3.11.1 release http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=3.11/
v3.11 - Internet Explorer Driver 3.11 release http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=3.11/
v3.10 - Internet Explorer Driver 3.10 release http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=3.10/
v3.9 - Internet Explorer Driver 3.9 release http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=3.9/
v3.8 - Internet Explorer Driver 3.8 release http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=3.8/
v3.7 - Internet Explorer Driver 3.7 release http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=3.7/
v3.6 - Internet Explorer Driver 3.6 release http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=3.6/
v3.5.1 - Internet Explorer Driver 3.5.1 release http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=3.5/
v3.4 - Internet Explorer Driver 3.4 release http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=3.4/
v3.3 - Internet Explorer Driver 3.3 release http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=3.3/
v3.2 - Internet Explorer Driver 3.2 release http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=3.2/
v3.1 - Internet Explorer Driver 3.1 release http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=3.1/
v3.00 - Internet Explorer Driver 3.00 release http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=3.0/
v2.48 - Internet Explorer Driver 2.48 release http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=2.48/
v3.11.1 - Internet Explorer Driver 3.11.1 release http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=3.11/
v3.11 - Internet Explorer Driver 3.11 release http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=3.11/
v3.10 - Internet Explorer Driver 3.10 release http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=3.10/
v3.9 - Internet Explorer Driver 3.9 release http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=3.9/
v3.8 - Internet Explorer Driver 3.8 release http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=3.8/
v3.7 - Internet Explorer Driver 3.7 release http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=3.7/
v3.6 - Internet Explorer Driver 3.6 release http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=3.6/
v3.5.1 - Internet Explorer Driver 3.5.1 release http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=3.5/
v3.4 - Internet Explorer Driver 3.4 release http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=3.4/
v3.3 - Internet Explorer Driver 3.3 release http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=3.3/
v3.2 - Internet Explorer Driver 3.2 release http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=3.2/
v3.1 - Internet Explorer Driver 3.1 release http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=3.1/
v3.00 - Internet Explorer Driver 3.00 release http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=3.0/
v2.48 - Internet Explorer Driver 2.48 release http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=2.48/
Dependencies
This package has no dependencies.
Used By
Selenium For Internet Explorer 11
GitHub repositories
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Version History
Version | Downloads | Last updated |
---|---|---|
3.150.1 | 84,607 | 10/21/2019 |
3.141.5 | 197,388 | 1/22/2019 |
3.141.0 | 36,888 | 12/13/2018 |
3.14.0 | 429,617 | 8/29/2018 |
3.13.0 | 17,617 | 7/10/2018 |
3.12.0 | 31,339 | 6/18/2018 |
3.11.1 | 33,898 | 3/18/2018 |
3.11.0 | 923 | 3/18/2018 |
3.10.0 | 492 | 3/18/2018 |
3.9.0 | 13,803 | 2/9/2018 |
3.8.0 | 19,982 | 12/5/2017 |
3.7.0 | 7,980 | 11/12/2017 |
3.6.0 | 15,527 | 9/29/2017 |
3.5.1 | 610 | 9/29/2017 |
3.4.0 | 26,847 | 5/4/2017 |
3.3.0 | 13,944 | 3/14/2017 |
3.2.0 | 610 | 3/14/2017 |
3.1.0 | 1,500 | 2/20/2017 |
3.0.0 | 7,732 | 12/7/2016 |
2.48.0 | 17,837 | 11/1/2016 |