Syntax error What is Selenium Internet Explorer Driver or IE Driver?

What is Selenium Internet Explorer Driver or IE Driver?

Selenium Internet Explorer Driver is used to execute test cases in the Internet Explorer browser. It is a standalone server that establishes a link between our Selenium test and the Internet Explorer browser.

We can download the Internet Explorer Driver file from the below link − https://www.selenium.dev/downloads/

Select and click on the download link which is compatible with our local operating system. As the download is done successfully, a zip file gets created. We have to unzip it and save the executable file - IEDriverServer.exe in a location.

Next, we shall set the path of the IEDriverServer.exe file using the System.setProperty method. We have to create an object of the InternetExplorerDriver.

Syntax

System.setProperty("webdriver.ie.driver",
"C:\Users\ghs6kor\Desktop\Java\IEDriverServer.exe");
WebDriver driver = new InternetExplorerDriver();

Example

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.Capabilities;
import org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver;
public class BrwIEDriver{
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      //configure path of IEDriverServer.exe path
      System.setProperty("webdriver.ie.driver",
         "C:\Users\ghs6kor\Desktop\Java\ IEDriverServer.exe");
      //object of InternetExplorerDriver
      WebDriver driver = new InternetExplorerDriver();
      //URL launch
      driver.get("https://www.tutorialspoint.com/index.htm")
      Capabilities cap = ((RemoteWebDriver) driver).getCapabilities();
      System.out.println("Browser name is: " + cap.getBrowserName());
      System.out.println("Browser version is: " + cap.getVersion());
      //browser close
      driver.close();
   }
}

Output

Updated on: 2021-04-07T08:51:46+05:30

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