WebDriver Methods

Selenium WebDriver provides set of methods to interact with browser. Most commonly used methods are explained below : –

Get Method
get(String url) – opens URL on web page.

driver.get("http://automate-apps.com/");

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Get Current URL
getCurrentUrl() – Returns URL of a webpage currently opened on browser.

driver.get("http://automate-apps.com/");
System.out.println(driver.getCurrentUrl());

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Get Page Title
getTitle() – Returns title of the current webpage.

driver.get("http://automate-apps.com/");
System.out.println(driver.getTitle());

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Get Page Source
getPageSource() – Returns source(HTML code) of webpage currently opened on browser.

driver.get("http://automate-apps.com/");
System.out.println(driver.getPageSource());

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Close Method
close() – Closes the current browser or page on which Selenium has focus. Let say, if multiple browsers have been opened by the script, then it will only close the browser on which Selenium is currently focusing.

driver.close(); 

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Quit Method
quit() – It is used to destroy the web driver instance. Means it will close all browsers associated with driver session.

driver.quit();

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Refer below Sample Program :-

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;
 
public class Sample {
	
  public static WebDriver driver;
  public static String baseUrl;
  
  public static void main(String s[]) {
       //Initialize driver instance
       driver = new FirefoxDriver();
       baseUrl = "http://www.gmail.com";
	    
       //Launch Application on browser 
       driver.get(baseUrl);
	  
       //Fetch page title and store it in a variable 
       String pageTitle = driver.getTitle();
       //Print title
       System.out.println(pageTitle);
	  
       //Get current url and store it in a variable 
       String currentUrl = driver.getCurrentUrl();
       //Print current URL
       System.out.println(currentUrl);
	  
      //Get page source and store it in a variable 	
      String pageSource = driver.getPageSource(); 
      //Print Page Source
      System.out.println(pageSource);
	  
      //close browser
      driver.close();	    
  }
 
}

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