driver.get selenium code example

Example 1: selenium webdriver python

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys

driver = webdriver.Firefox()
driver.get("http://www.python.org")
assert "Python" in driver.title
elem = driver.find_element_by_name("q")
elem.clear()
elem.send_keys("pycon")
elem.send_keys(Keys.RETURN)
assert "No results found." not in driver.page_source
driver.close()

Example 2: selenium finding elements

from selenium import webdriver

chrome_driver_path = 'C:\Development\chromedriver.exe'
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=chrome_driver_path)

driver.get('https://www.python.org')

name = driver.find_element_by_name('q')
print(name.get_attribute('placeholder'))

python_logo = driver.find_element_by_class_name('python-logo')
print(python_logo.size)

documentation_link = driver.find_element_by_css_selector('.documentation-widget a')
print(documentation_link.text)

anchor_xpath = driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="search"]/div[2]/div[6]/div[1]/div/div'))
print(anchor_xpath.text)
# you can get xpath by right click and inspect > right click on element > 
#  >> copy >>> XPath

# you can also search by class selector
# id_selector = driver.find_element_by_id('#id')

driver.quit()

Example 3: what is driver get method

If you use this method for opening URL, it will wait until the page has
fully loaded, that means every element in the page gets loaded before
returning control to your test or script. It only opens the url, but
driver.navigateto() interface also exposes the ability to move
backwards and forwards in browser’s history.