Geckodriver Selenium Setup

Introduction

Geckodriver is a HTTP client/server system that allows the execution of web browsers using the same API as Selenium WebDriver. This guide will provide you with step-by-step instructions on how to set it up in your Selenium environment.

Prerequisites

• Firefox browser installed
• Selenium WebDriver installed
• Geckodriver executable file downloaded

Installation

1. Download the latest version of Geckodriver from the official Mozilla Geckodriver releases page.
2. Extract the downloaded file to a desired location on your computer.

   tar -xvzf geckodriver-v0.29.0-linux64.tar.gz
   

3. Add the location where you extracted the geckodriver executable to your PATH environment variable.

   export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/geckodriver
   

4. Make sure the geckodriver executable file has executable permissions.

   chmod +x /path/to/geckodriver
   

5. Verify that geckodriver is installed correctly by running the following command in your terminal.

   geckodriver --version
   

Usage

Once Geckodriver is installed, you can use it in your Selenium scripts by specifying the path to the executable in your code. Here is an example Python script that uses Geckodriver to launch firefox.

from selenium import webdriver

driver = webdriver.Firefox(executable_path='/path/to/geckodriver')
driver.get("https://www.google.com")
print(driver.title)
driver.quit()

Conclusion

With the steps outlined in this guide, you should now be able to successfully set up Geckodriver in your Selenium environment for testing web applications with Firefox browser. Happy testing!