Selenium Web Driver Command List

Command                                               Description

driver.get(“http://www.google.com”); To open an application
driver.findElement(By.id(“passwd-id”)); Finding Element using Id
driver.findElement(By.name(“passwd”)); Finding Element using Name
driver.findElement(By.xpath(“//input[@id=’passwd-id’]“)); Finding Element using Xpath
element.sendKeys(“some text”); To type some data
element.clear(); clear thecontents of a text field or textarea
driver.findElement(By.xpath(“//select”)); Selecting the value
select.findElements(By.tagName(“option”)); Selecting the value
select.deselectAll(); This will deselect all OPTIONs from the first SELECT on the page
select.selectByVisibleText(“Edam”); select the OPTION withthe displayed text of “Edam”
findElement(By.id(“submit”)).click(); To click on Any button/Link
driver.switchTo().window(“windowName”); Moving from one window to another window
driver.switchTo().frame(“frameName”); swing from frame to frame (or into iframes)
driver.switchTo().frame(“frameName.0.child”); to access subframes by separating the path with a dot, and you can specify the frame by itsindex too.
driver.switchTo().alert(); Handling Alerts
driver.navigate().to(“http://www.example.com”); To Navigate Paeticular URL
driver.navigate().forward(); To Navigate Forward
driver.navigate().back(); To Navigate Backword
driver.close() Closes the current window
driver.quit() Quits the driver and closes every associated window.
driver.switch_to_alert() Switches focus to an alert on the page.
driver.refresh() Refreshes the current page.
driver.implicitly_wait(30) Amount of time to wait
driver.set_script_timeout(30) The amount of time to wait
driver.get_screenshot_as_file(‘/Screenshots/foo.png’) The full path you wish to save your screenshot to
driver.get_screenshot_as_base64() Gets the screenshot of the current window as a base64 encoded string which is useful in embedded images in HTML