Can we use Selenium to work with an already open browser session

Question

Do you'll know if WebDriver can perform testing using a browser instance that's already running instead of a new one?

Answer 1

Yup its possible. Instead of a new instance, you can use the existing instance's sessionID to perform the test on the same instacne. Its done by using this:

webdriver.WebDriver.attachToSession(executor, session_id);

More details about the documentation here: https://seleniumhq.github.io/selenium/docs/api/javascript/module/selenium-webdriver/lib/webdriver_exports_WebDriver.html#WebDriver.attachToSession

Comments

this page link is not working its blank

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The page link is working fine.

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what is this executor

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Hello,

Executor
The executor to use when sending commands to the browser.

Hope it helps!!
Thank You!!

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Hi! So I wonder where to find the executor and the session_id for the currently opened webpage? It was created by selenium, but somehow I didn't save that piece of info,

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Hello,

To find the executor and the session_id for the currently opened webpage follow the below steps:

1.open a driver

driver = webdriver.Firefox()  #python

2.Extract to session_id and _url from driver object.

url = driver.command_executor._url      
session_id = driver.session_id            

Hope it helps!!
Thank You!!