In our previous tutorial, we discussed how to install selenium and how the selenium web driver works. In this tutorial, we are going to learn the most used selenium web driver commands. If we have created a web driver object then we can use many commands on the web driver object to perform different tasks.
Now first we will see how to create a web driver object:-
from selenium import webdriver
driver = webdriver.Chrome(path= "D:\Ashish\Desktop\chromedriver.exe")We have created a selenium webdriver object, now we can perform different tasks on webdriver objects with the help of these commands. So let's start to describe these commands:-
Webdriver Commands Description
| Commands | Description |
|---|---|
| add_cookie | It is used to add a cookie to your current session |
| back | Goes one step backward in the browser history |
| close | used to close the current browser window which is currently in focus |
| current_url | Gets the URL of the current page |
| current_window_handle | current_window_handle method returns the handle of the current window |
| create_web_element | Creates a web element with the specified element_id |
| delete_all_cookies | It is used to delete all cookies in your browser history |
| execute_async_script | Asynchronously Executes JavaScript in the current window |
| execute_script | Synchronously Executes JavaScript in the current window |
| forward | To go forward |
| fullscreen_window | Invokes the window manager-specific ‘full-screen operation |
| get_cookie | It is used to get a cookie with a specified name |
| get_log | Gets the log for a given log type |
| get_screenshot_as_file | Saves a screenshot of the current window to a PNG image file |
| get_screenshot_as_png | Gets the screenshot of the current window as a binary data |
| get_window_rect | Gets the x and y coordinates of the window as well as the height and width of the current window |
| implicitly_wait | Sets a sticky timeout to implicitly wait for an element to be found |
| maximize_window | To maximize the window |
| minimize_window | To minimize the window |
| page_source | Gets the source of the current page |
| quit | It will close all the browsers windows which are currently opened and terminate the WebDriver session |
| refresh | It will refresh the page or reload the page |
| set_page_load_timeout | Set the amount of time to wait for a page load to complete before throwing an error |
| set_window_position | Sets the x and y positions of the current window |
| title | Returns the title of the current page |
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Commands
add_cookie
- Description
- It is used to add a cookie to your current session
Commands
back
- Description
- Goes one step backward in the browser history
Commands
close
- Description
- used to close the current browser window which is currently in focus
Commands
current_url
- Description
- Gets the URL of the current page
Commands
current_window_handle
- Description
- current_window_handle method returns the handle of the current window
Commands
create_web_element
- Description
- Creates a web element with the specified element_id
Commands
delete_all_cookies
- Description
- It is used to delete all cookies in your browser history
Commands
execute_async_script
- Description
- Asynchronously Executes JavaScript in the current window
Commands
execute_script
- Description
- Synchronously Executes JavaScript in the current window
Commands
forward
- Description
- To go forward
Commands
fullscreen_window
- Description
- Invokes the window manager-specific ‘full-screen operation
Commands
get_cookie
- Description
- It is used to get a cookie with a specified name
Commands
get_log
- Description
- Gets the log for a given log type
Commands
get_screenshot_as_file
- Description
- Saves a screenshot of the current window to a PNG image file
Commands
get_screenshot_as_png
- Description
- Gets the screenshot of the current window as a binary data
Commands
get_window_rect
- Description
- Gets the x and y coordinates of the window as well as the height and width of the current window
Commands
implicitly_wait
- Description
- Sets a sticky timeout to implicitly wait for an element to be found
Commands
maximize_window
- Description
- To maximize the window
Commands
minimize_window
- Description
- To minimize the window
Commands
page_source
- Description
- Gets the source of the current page
Commands
quit
- Description
- It will close all the browsers windows which are currently opened and terminate the WebDriver session
Commands
refresh
- Description
- It will refresh the page or reload the page
Commands
set_page_load_timeout
- Description
- Set the amount of time to wait for a page load to complete before throwing an error
Commands
set_window_position
- Description
- Sets the x and y positions of the current window
Commands
title
- Description
- Returns the title of the current page
We have listed only webdriver methods, in our coming tutorial, we will cover all the topics one by one so doesn't worry about these concepts. So we have successfully covered all the selenium web driver methods that are mostly used while fetching data.
Now in the next article, we will discuss How to Fetch Single Data in Selenium Webdriver.
