[FIXED] Selenium - Maven - Can Selenium configuration be changed to detect browser version and download webdriver automatically?

Issue

I have to automate the test cases run confugration in maven. Downloading the appopriate Chrome or Firefox webdriver is also one part of it.

In the pom.xml under the build tag

     <plugin>
            <groupId>com.github.webdriverextensions</groupId>
            <artifactId>webdriverextensions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>3.1.1</version>
            <executions>
              <execution>
                <goals>
                  <goal>install-drivers</goal>
                </goals>
              </execution>
            </executions>
            <configuration>
              <installationDirectory>${testbench.driver.path}/drivers</installationDirectory>
              <drivers>
                <driver>
                  <name>geckodriver</name>
                  <platform>windows</platform>
                  <version>0.29.0</version>
                </driver>
                <driver>
                  <name>chromedriver</name>
                  <platform>windows</platform>
                  <version>90.0.4430.24</version>
                </driver>
              </drivers>
            </configuration>
          </plugin>
 <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>2.17</version>
        <executions>
          <execution>
            <id>failsafe-integration-tests</id>
            <phase>integration-test</phase>
            <goals>
              <goal>integration-test</goal>
            </goals>
          </execution>
          <execution>
            <id>failsafe-verify</id>
            <phase>verify</phase>
            <goals>
              <goal>verify</goal>
            </goals>
          </execution>
        </executions>
        <configuration>
          <trimStackTrace>false</trimStackTrace>
          <systemPropertyVariables>
            <webdriver.chrome.driver>${testbench.driver.path}/drivers/chromedriver-windows-32bit.exe</webdriver.chrome.driver>
            <webdriver.gecko.driver>${testbench.driver.path}/drivers/geckodriver-windows-64bit.exe</webdriver.gecko.driver>
          </systemPropertyVariables>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
      <!-- The Jetty plugin allows us to easily test the development build by
        running jetty:run on the command line. -->
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
        <artifactId>jetty-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        <configuration>
          <scanIntervalSeconds>2</scanIntervalSeconds>
          <stopKey>STOP</stopKey>
          <stopPort>8005</stopPort>
        </configuration>
        <executions>
          <execution>
            <id>start-jetty</id>
            <phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
            <goals>
              <goal>start</goal>
            </goals>
            <configuration>
              <scanIntervalSeconds>0</scanIntervalSeconds>
            </configuration>
          </execution>
          <execution>
            <id>stop-jetty</id>
            <phase>post-integration-test</phase>
            <goals>
              <goal>stop</goal>
            </goals>
          </execution>
        </executions>
      </plugin>

Here I have manually enter the version of the chrome driver to be downloaded and installed. But I want the oorwser version to be automatically detected in the developer's machine and download appropriate driver automatically. If I do not mention the driver version, I am getting error during the build.

How can this be brought? I need support for both Chrome and Firefox webdriver.

Solution

You can use WebDriver Manager API. -It downloads the driver.exe to your /m2/repository/webdriver folder(while using Maven). It also automatically checks your browser version and download the matching version of driver.exe.

To use Webdriver Manager API, Include below lines in your pom.xml file:

<dependency>

<groupId>io.github.bonigarcia</groupId>

<artifactId>webdrivermanager</artifactId>

<version>3.6.2</version>

<scope>test</scope>

</dependency>

-Then in your code just call this line before initialing the Webdriver object:

//Call any of the line based on which browser you are using.

WebDriverManager.chromedriver().setup();

WebDriverManager.firefoxdriver().setup();

WebDriverManager.iedriver().setup();

WebDriverManager.operadriver().setup();

WebDriverManager.phantomjs().setup();

WebDriverManager.edgedriver().setup();

So you can eliminate below steps:

1)Downloading the driver binaries manually and placing in the location

2)Below line of code also needs to be removed:

System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "path to your driver location");

More info here

Answered By - Nischitha K N
Answer Checked By - Pedro (JavaFixing Volunteer)