Mastering the process of running selenium automation scripts (written in Java) with Safari Technology Preview

Seeking assistance with running automation scripts on Safari.

Currently utilizing Selenium Webdriver scripts on Mac OS (High Sierra) and Safari 11.1.2

I've added the WebDriver Extension to the Safari browser and enabled 'Allow Remote Automation'

This is how I'm attempting to invoke Selenium Webdriver:

   SafariOptions safariOptions = new SafariOptions();
    safariOptions.useCleanSession(true);
    safariOptions.setUseTechnologyPreview(true);
    WebDriver driver = new SafariDriver(safariOptions);

I have Safari Technology Preview installed on my machine as well.

However, upon running the scripts, I encounter the following error:

    org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: Could not create a session: A browser with name 'safari' version '(null)' could not be found on the system.
Build info: version: '3.11.0', revision: 'e59cfb3', time: '2018-03-11T20:26:55.152Z'
System info: host: 'Meghas-MacBook-Pro.local', ip: 'fe80:0:0:0:1c74:d309:2877:bd09%en0', os.name: 'Mac OS X', os.arch: 'x86_64', os.version: '10.13.4', java.version: '1.8.0_171'
Driver info: driver.version: InitiateWebDriver
remote stacktrace: 
    //stack trace details here...

Upon uninstalling Safari Technology Preview and changing the code to:

org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: java.net.ConnectException: Failed to connect to localhost/0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1:24147
Build info: version: '3.11.0', revision: 'e59cfb3', time: '2018-03-11T20:26:55.152Z'
System info: host: 'Meghas-MacBook-Pro.local', ip: 'fe80:0:0:0:1c74:d309:2877:bd09%en0', os.name: 'Mac OS X', os.arch: 'x86_64', os.version: '10.13.4', java.version: '1.8.0_171'
Driver info: driver.version: InitiateWebDriver
    //more details of the WebDriverException...

Additionally, it mentioned that "Safari driver requires safari 10 running on OSX EL Capitan or greater"

javaseleniumsafarisafaridriver

Answer №1

When using selenium webdrivers with Safari, it is important to specify the location of the Safari binary in order to run it successfully.

System.setProperty("webdriver.safari.driver", "/mypath/binary");

The typical path for the binary is 

/System/Library/CoreServices/SafariSupport.bundle/Contents/MacOS/safaridriver
. Make sure to define this before implementing your example lines.

To enable Safari automation, click on the following link:

https://i.stack.imgur.com/eB0W4.png

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