To start Firefox browser on MAC using Selenium webdriver we have to use gecko driver which will interact with Firefox browser.In the previous post, we have already discussed how to work with Chrome on MAC using Selenium.
In Selenium 2 we have not used any driver for Firefox but in Selenium 3 for every browser, we have to use third party driver which will perform our task.
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Firefox with windows is quite easy where you have to download and mention the path but here we have small change so let’s get started with firefox on MAC.
Firefox browser on mac using Selenium webdriver
Step 1- Download gecko driver and unzip
Download link https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases
Step 2- Keep the drivers in /usr/local/bin directory.
Step 3- Write your test
Program for Firefox browser on mac using Selenium webdriver
2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 | publicstaticvoidmain(String[]args)throwsInterruptedException{ WebDriver driver=newFirefoxDriver(); driver.manage().window().maximize(); driver.manage().timeouts().pageLoadTimeout(1,TimeUnit.SECONDS); driver.get('http://learn-automation.com/'); } } |
As you can see we have not set any property in our program to work with Firefox browser. It will take automatically and will start our execution.
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