Selenium WebDriver is a web framework that permits you to execute cross-browser tests. This tool is used for automating web-based application testing to verify that it performs expectedly.
Installation Procedure:
Follow the below steps to install Selenium WebDriver on macOS:
Step 1: Install the latest Python3 in MacOS
Step 2: Download and install the latest Chrome and check your Chrome version from "chrome://settings/help"
Step 3: Download the Chrome WebDriver Zip File matching with your Chrome version and Apple Chip from here and extract the chromedriver.
Step 4: Copy the chromedriver and paste it to "/usr/local/bin" (If this folder doesn't exist then create one)
Step 5: Open a terminal inside the bin folder and run the following command so that MacOS can verify the app.
xattr -d com.apple.quarantine chromedriver
Step 6: Upgrade your pip to avoid errors during installation.
pip3 install --upgrade pip
Step 7: Install selenium library via pip.
pip3 install selenium
Verifying the Installation:
Run the python code below in your system and it should open up "https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/" in your chrome browser automatically.
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service
import time
options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument("--start-maximized")
# Path to chromedriver
service = Service("/usr/local/bin/chromedriver")
driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=service, options=options)
driver.get("https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/")
time.sleep(10)
driver.quit()
print("Done")
Browser Output:
Terminal Output:
