SELENIUM launch IE (Internet Explorer) Microsoft Edge using Selenium.

Launch SELENIUM IE (Internet Explorer) / Edge Browser:

1. Launch IE (Internet Explorer) Browser:

WebDrivers for different browsers like: FirefoxDriver() for Firefox browser, ChromeDriver() for Google Chrome, SafariDriver() for Safari Browser, InternetExplorerDriver for Internet Explorer etc.

Webdriver is an Interface and InternetExplorerDriver() is a class which has implemented Webdriver Interface.

WebDriver is an interface which contains all the unimplemented common methods, which can be used for any browser e.g. getTitle(), getCurrentUrl(), get(), findElement() etc.

Download IEDriverServer.exe:

The Internet Explorer driver needs the installation of “webdriver.ie.driver” property with the location of IEDriverServer.exe.

IEDriverServer.exe could be downloaded here.

Choose IEdriver server based on your work environment because there are two separate zip files for both 32 and 64 bit IE.

32-bit driver has been recommended, which is less than errors compared to the 64-bit driver to launch IE (Internet Explorer).

Launching IE Explorer Browser:

// Setting the webdriver.ie.driver property to its location
System.setProperty("webdriver.ie.driver", "Path_IEDriverServer.exe");

//Creating a driver object referencing WebDriver interface
WebDriver driver = new InternetExplorerDriver();

// Setting the webdriver.ie.driver property to its location

System.setProperty("webdriver.ie.driver", "Path_IEDriverServer.exe");

//Creating a driver object referencing WebDriver interface

WebDriver driver = new InternetExplorerDriver();

Example Launching IE Explorer Browser:

// Importing Packages
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver;

public class InternetExplorerDriver{

   public static void main(String[] args) {

      // Set IEDriverServer path
      System.setProperty("webdriver.ie.driver","D:\\IEDriverServer.exe");

      // Creating a driver object referencing WebDriver interface
      WebDriver driver=new InternetExplorerDriver();

      driver.get("https://www.stqatools.com");

      System.out.println("Title is :-"+driver.getTitle());

      // Close IE Browser
      driver.close();
   }
}

// Importing Packages

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;

import org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver;

public class InternetExplorerDriver{

public static void main(String[] args) {

// Set IEDriverServer path

System.setProperty("webdriver.ie.driver","D:\\IEDriverServer.exe");

// Creating a driver object referencing WebDriver interface

WebDriver driver=new InternetExplorerDriver();

driver.get("https://www.stqatools.com");

System.out.println("Title is :-"+driver.getTitle());

// Close IE Browser

driver.close();

}

Output:

Title is :- Software Testing Quality Automation Tutorials

1	Title is :- Software Testing Quality Automation Tutorials

Points while working with IE browser in Selenium:

The IE browser is slower than other browsers.

Your browser zooming level must be set to 100% otherwise, you will get an exception.

You must also check your security settings in IE when you turn on the IE browser in the Selenium, all your areas should be enabled or disabled.

If not then you will get an exception and your test case will fail.

2. Launch Edge Browser:

Make sure you have Windows 10 on your machine and download the specified Microsoft WebDriver server version for your build.

You can download the latest version of Download Microsoft Edge Driver Go to this Link.

Example of Launch Edge Browser:

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.edge.EdgeDriver;

    public class While_Java {

       public static void main(String[] args) {

       // Set the driver path
       System.setProperty("webdriver.edge.driver", "C://MicrosoftWebDriver.exe");

       // Start Edge Session
       WebDriver driver = new EdgeDriver();

       driver.get("https://stqatools.com");

       driver.quit();

   }

}

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;

import org.openqa.selenium.edge.EdgeDriver;

public class While_Java {

public static void main(String[] args) {

// Set the driver path

System.setProperty("webdriver.edge.driver", "C://MicrosoftWebDriver.exe");

// Start Edge Session

WebDriver driver = new EdgeDriver();

driver.get("https://stqatools.com");

driver.quit();

}