HOWTO-SELENIUM.md

Installing Selenium for Chrome on IPC

Prerequisites:

• Python, PIP installed
• Chrome webbrowser installed

Steps

1. Download WebDriver for approriate Chrome version from here

2. Copy the executable to C:\WebDriver\bin

3. Add the WebDriver location to PATH (using cmd.exe):

    setx /m path "%path%;C:\WebDriver\bin\"
   

4. Install Selenium with PIP (also using cmd.exe):

    pip install selenium
   

Usage

Test if everything worked in Python console:

    from selenium import webdriver
    
    # Instantiate driver (opens browser)
    driver = webdriver.Chrome('C:\\WebDriver\\bin\\chromedriver.exe')
    
    # Open a website
    driver.get('http://www.google.com/');
    
    # Execute javascript
    driver.execute_script("javascript:alert('hi!');")
    
    # Close browser
    driver.quit()

References

• Selenium

• RealPython Tutorial