WebDriver for Microsoft Edge Browser

In this post we will discuss about WebDriver for Microsoft Edge Browser, the new addition to Browser family by Microsoft.Also, we will look at sample code to run the edge browser.Initially ,Microsoft Edge was developed by code name Project Spartan, is a web browser developed by Microsoft and is part of Microsoft Windows 10 OS. Furthermore, it’s now default browser on Windows 10 operating system.

Edge is designed to be a modern, lightweight, fast web browser with a layout engine built around latest web standards.It shreds lot of legacy technologies such as ActiveX.

Microsoft Webdriver :

Microsoft has announced support for automated testing of Microsoft Edge through the W3C WebDriver standard. To use WebDriver with Microsoft Edge, we need the Microsoft Edge WebDriver server on  Windows 10.Microsoft Webdriver closes the loop of developer cycle by automating testing of the website in Microsoft Edge Browser.

Like all other browser you need a driver to interact with Edge browser from within your webdriver tests.Also,with this  capability, Microsoft Edge can be run through automated testing as other browsers, helping developers and testers to  identify issues with less effort and demonstrate that the website works for the end users.

The WebDriver API is a platform and language-neutral interface and wire protocol allowing programs or scripts to control the behavior of a web browser. Therefore, Microsoft Edge implementation of WebDriver supports commands from both the W3C WebDriver Specification and the JSON Wire Protocol.

Getting started with WebDriver for Microsoft Edge.

You need Windows 10 operating system.

Download appropriate Microsoft WebDriver server for your build of Windows 10 operating system.

You can download the driver here :

https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/webdriver/

Download the latest WebDriver language binding of your choice ( version 3.0 )
Example binding C#, Java, JavaScript language bindings etc.

We can find sample flow of commands from selenium test to Edge browser  below :

 

Sample code

A sample test written in Java that runs a sample test on Edge Browser.

public class MicrosoftEdgeExample {
  
  @Test
  public void sampleEdgeTest() 
  {
    // i just placed the executable in project's root 
    System.setProperty("webdriver.edge.driver", "MicrosoftWebDriver.exe");
    WebDriver driver=new EdgeDriver();
    driver.get("https://www.bing.com");
    driver.quit();
  }

}

 

Free Test Virtual Machines Download

Test Microsoft Edge using free virtual machines you can download and manage locally.

You can download Free VM’s to test on Microsoft Edge locally using the link below:

https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/vms/

Tip : Please note that these virtual machines expire after 90 days trail period. Also, I recommend to set a snapshot as soon as you spin the VM , which you can roll back to later with a small overhead of reverting time. Furthermore, the above page has detailed instructions of how to setup the VM on different platforms.

Related Posts