Internet Explorer Selenium - Python

Introduction

Internet Explorer Selenium is a powerful tool used by Python programmers for web automation. It is used as a browser driver to automate Internet Explorer browser using Python.

In this article, we will discuss the following:

• Installing the Internet Explorer driver
• Setting up Selenium
• Automating Internet Explorer browser
• Examples

Installing the Internet Explorer driver

To use Internet Explorer with Selenium, we need to download and install the Internet Explorer driver. The driver can be downloaded from here.

Setting up Selenium

Once the Internet Explorer driver is installed, we need to set up Selenium. We can install Selenium using pip.

pip install selenium

Automating Internet Explorer browser

To automate Internet Explorer using Selenium, we need to create an instance of the Internet Explorer driver and use it to control the browser.

from selenium import webdriver

driver = webdriver.Ie()

driver.get("https://www.google.com")

driver.find_element_by_name("q").send_keys("Hello World")
driver.find_element_by_name("submit").click()

driver.quit()

Examples

Example 1 - Opening a website

from selenium import webdriver

driver = webdriver.Ie()

driver.get("https://www.google.com")

driver.quit()

Example 2 - Searching for a keyword

from selenium import webdriver

driver = webdriver.Ie()

driver.get("https://www.google.com")

driver.find_element_by_name("q").send_keys("Hello World")
driver.find_element_by_name("submit").click()

driver.quit()

Example 3 - Clicking on a link

from selenium import webdriver

driver = webdriver.Ie()

driver.get("http://www.example.com")

link = driver.find_element_by_link_text("Click here")
link.click()

driver.quit()

Conclusion

Automating Internet Explorer browser using Selenium and Python can be useful for web automation tasks. With the help of the Internet Explorer driver and Selenium, we can automate various tasks such as opening websites, searching for keywords, and clicking on links.