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Originally reported on Google Code with ID 4400 1. Ensure Chrome is not running 2. Run the test case that's reproduced below 1 3. Browser starts up, doesn't go to base url, and does nothi. How to install Selenium WebDriver on Mac OS X 10.7.5 supporting Chrome, Firefox and safari? What I have to set, where to install.

ChromeDriver

WebDriver is an open source tool for automated testing of webapps across many browsers. It provides capabilities for navigating to web pages, user input, JavaScript execution, and more. ChromeDriver is a standalone server that implements the W3C WebDriver standard. ChromeDriver is available for Chrome on Android and Chrome on Desktop (Mac, Linux, Windows and ChromeOS).

You can view the current implementation status of the WebDriver standard here.

All versions available in Downloads

  • Latest stable release: ChromeDriver 86.0.4240.22
  • Latest beta release:ChromeDriver 87.0.4280.20

ChromeDriver Documentation

  • Getting started with ChromeDriver on Desktop (Windows, Mac, Linux)
  • ChromeOptions, the capabilities of ChromeDriver
  • Security Considerations, with recommendations on keeping ChromeDriver safe
  • Verbose logging and performance data logging

Troubleshooting

Getting Involved

  • The chromedriver-users mailing list for questions, help with troubleshooting, and general discussion.


All code is currently in the open source Chromium project. This project is developed by members of the Chromium and WebDriver teams.

Selenium is great for automated testing of web-apps and I’ve been using the Selenium IDE Firefox extension for a few months now.

For completeness of automated testing for web apps you need to do this in a number of different browsers which Selenium IDE doesn’t do. So you’ll need to download and install Selenium on your Mac.

June 2020 - this article is out of date - checkout my updated post on Automated Testing

Download Chromedriver to your Mac

Head over to the Chromedriver Project page and download the latest package.

You then need to unzip the package and then copy the file to /usr/bin

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This is a hidden system folder so the easy way to get to this file is

  1. Open another finder window
  2. From the Go menu select Go To Folder
  3. Type /usr/bin and press enter

Now drag n drop the Chromedriver file from your Download folder to this directory. You’ll be prompted for you Admin password.

Finally, I suggest you restart your computer as the next step didn’t work when I tried it.

Basic Test Case for Chromedriver and Selenium

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If you’ve already followed my guide to setup Selenium via Python then this will look familiar

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Open a terminal window and type the following, pressing enter at the end of each line

After a few seconds, if all is well a new instance of Chrome will open

To finish the test just type

driver.get('http://www.damien.co')

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To exit Python from your open Terminal, press ctrl+z